Diana Leto

Diana Leto is a Sesame Street artist. Her work has included illustrations for the promotion of various products published online by Sesame Workshop's social marketing on Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter. She also works as the colorist on Sesame Bits.

Rosita as Rosie the Riveter for Put Down the Pacifier

Elmo as Uncle Sam for Put Down the Pacifier

Grover poster for Put Down the Pacifier

Elmo as Popeye for Elmo's Learning Adventures

King Kong parody poster for Big Elmo Fun

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band spoof for Singing with the Stars

Houdini parody for the release of Elmo's Magic Numbers DVD

Pac-Man inspired Cookie Monster poster for the Elmo's Alphabet Challenge DVD release.

Glee spoof for the release of Preschool is Cool: Making Friends and for Friendship Week

Official bio

Diana Leto at the 2011 Jim Henson Legacy Reunion.

From Adobe.com

As an artist at Sesame Workshop, Diana Leto aids, guides and participates in the creation of visuals in all formats of media using Adobe software. From print to web, she is involved with creating style guides, apparel designs, photography, large-scale banners, web elements and more relating to character artwork and designs. Diana’s experience encompasses animations and video for The Jim Henson Legacy. Troubleshooting for colleagues, learning how to get the best from Adobe software and helping refresh beloved characters for a cultural institution, Diana’s work on Sesame Street stands at the intersection of Adobe’s innovation and artists’ inspiration.

External links

Adobe Illustrator Scribble Brush Tutorial

Adobe Illustrator Scribble Brush Tutorial

• Official site
• Diana Leto Designs, a blog devoted to her Sesame work
• Mark Magner, documented the installation of a mural he and Diana Leto helped to design at the Sesame Workshop headquarters in NYC in this stop motion video..
• The Art of Sesame Street, Adobe Max 2011 conference
• Graydon Gordian, "The Story Behind Sesame’s Latest Spoof", Our blog, Sesame Workshop, 3 May 2012.
• Mark Magner, The Making of a Sesame Street Comic, Our blog, Sesame Workshop, 7 Feb 2012.