Colorful, whimsical digital and traditional collage illustrations for picture books, posters, products children's products, advertisements, editorial articles and greeting cards.

The german illustrator Günther Jakobs presents examples of his work, childrens book fictional and non fictional illustration.

David Pintor was born in a seaside windy city named A Coruña, in the northwest of Spain. He began his career as a cartoonist in the 90′s. In 2007, he was featured in the illustrator’s exhibition at Bologna book fair, and since that time, he has collaborated with publishers all over the world. His caricatures and the simplicity of his drawings, his lines and colour choices make for a fun and elegant style. He has been awarded by SND, selected in Bratislava biennial, and selected by White Ravens list. He primarily works in Spain, but likes very much travelling all over the world with his moleskine and some pens. All of his travels appear in his drawings. He loves New York, Venezia, Paris, Sidney, Barcelona, London… He has a studio, but sometimes he likes to work in a coffee shop with soft music, nice views and a very hot coffee on the table.

Dan Santat editorial and children's book illustration

With over 30 published books, Cheryl speciailizes in multicultural and historic illustrations for children.

Laura Huliska- Beith is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute. She grew up in Omaha Nebraska, the oldest of 5 children and her siblings were the inspiration behind her first picture book, The Book of Bad Ideas (although she takes full credit for Bad Idea #143). She has since illustrated many books including Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler, The Recess Queen and The Worst Best Friend both by Alexis O’Neill. Most recently illustrated books are The Wild, Wild Inside (March 2010) by Kate Feiffer and The Adventures of Granny Clearwater and Little Critter (October 2010) by Kimberly Willis Holt.

illustrated books for young and children, advertising, Book covers, medical illustration, interactive books, CD-ROM, Web pages and computer animated cartoons.

Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Cecilia Rebora belongs to a creative family of painters, a sculptor, and a wood carver. As long as she can remember, Cecilia could be found with a crayon in her hand. Shortly after beginning her studies in the arts, Cecilia discovered that what she enjoyed most in life was telling stories with pictures. She studied for three years at the Josep Serra I Abella School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. It was there that she truly fell in love with the profession. She has since published 18 children’s books and contributes to a popular children’s magazine called Tareas E Ilustraciones. She and her husband, Luis, have welcomed a new edition to their family named Mateo, a delightful boy who sleeps most of the time. When not illustrating, she enjoys sipping a hot cappuccino and taking in the sun on a chilly morning. Cecilia’s goals are to continue illustrating for a very long time and to always see the smile on her son’s face.

Peter lives and works in New York City and, when not illustrating, spends his time pondering what part of the brain is responsible for compelling one to be an illustrator. The same part, perhaps, that persuades one to believe in the possibility of lasting peace in the Middle East, a Beatles reunion (all four), O.J. Simpson's innocence, tolerable Adam Sandler movies, keeping the porchlight on for Jimmy Hoffa's return, health insurance for every American and a high six figure yearly salary due to buyers of Illustration who know good art when they see it. Peter Fasolino's illustrations cover the spectrum of Children's Books, Editorial and Advertising art as well as Caricature. Peter lives and works in New York City and, when not illustrating, spends his time pondering what part of the brain is responsible for compelling one to be an illustrator.  The same part, perhaps, that persuades one to believe in the possibility of lasting peace in the Middle East, a Beatles reunion (All four), O.J. Simpson's innocence, tolerable Adam Sandler movies, keeping the porchlight on for Jimmy Hoffa's return, health insurance for every American and a high six figure yearly salary due to buyers of Illustration who know good art when they see it. "Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid, The ILLUSTRATOR.... must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor... He talks as the man of his age talks, that is, with rude wit, a lively sense of the grotesque, a disgust for sham, and a contempt for pettiness. He is cynical yet idealistic, romantic yet full of despair, an essentially gentle man moving across the landscape of beauty, decadence and violence." (apologies to Raymond Chandler)

Douglas Rugh is a classically trained oil painter (and Copley Master) who works quickly and will provide digital images shot in-house as well as original art. Realistic oil paintings, Representational Landscapes, Imaginative, Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Animals, Cartoon or Character Development, Children, Children's Book, Editorial, Emotive, Historical, Illustration, Impressionist, Lifestyle, Medical, Nature, Painterly, People and Figures, Posters and Covers, Product Still Life, Realistic Paintings, Realistic Stylized, Sports,

Giovannina (Jo-van-NEE-nah). Award winning illustrations. Dynamic, vivid, fluid, conceptual, whimsical, stylized, figurative, painterly, watercolor pastels and ink line illustrations for editorial, advertising, publishers, web, children book, nature, fashion, food, health, lifestyle, etc. Illustrations available digitally. Stock illustrations available. Contact directly at art@giovannina.com or contact American Artists Reps in NY at aareps.com - Gold and Merit Award Winner Porfolios.com

Bold colors, playful patterns and a whimsical mood characterize my illustrations. My work is primarily focused on picture books, but I am also interested in advertising and surface design illustration. I use acrylics, but my portfolio features some digital illustration as well. keywords: children, animals, stylized, picture books, decorative, whimsical

Brochure, Book, Black & White, Advertising, Poster, People, Corporate, Editorial, Decorative, Computer/Digital, Children, annual reports, people, business, work, intelligent, corporate, information, typography, art, advertising, poster, product, packaging, animation, children, Lettering, childrens book, conceptual, decorative, lettering, naive, line, bitmap, digital, vector, computer, whimsical, wacky, corporate, ink, pen, advertising, editorial, characters, graphic design, book publishing, CD covers, book covers. Innovative, intelligent and fun. Clients include: IBM, WPP, The Swatch Group, Royal Mail, Orange mobile company.

I´m a professional freelance illustrator spezialising in magical, fantasy, children's book, realistic, painterly, watercolor, colored pencil, astel, animals, people, fiction and nonfiction illustrations.

Enjoy the artwork of the german Illustrator Michael Bayer

Valeria Cis was born and raised in the city of Rosario, Argentina, where she still lives with her son Facundo, her little daughter Olivia and her husband Sebastián. As a little girl, Valeria spent many hours painting and drawing especially on rainy days. She also loved to read and among her favorites were stories about animals, princes and princesses from foreign lands, and their adventures. Once she realized that she could merge her two passions, she dedicated her time and talent to illustrating children’s books. Valeria studied fine art at The University of Humanities and Arts in Rosario. Her illustration, inspired by daily events and ordinary objects, is brought to life with special attention to detail and pattern. When not illustrating, she likes to spend her time playing with her son, Facundo and cat, Roberta and collecting wooden chairs and old irons.

Children's Illustrator & Licensing Artist - cute, whimsical and just plain fun art for babies, kids & kids at heart. Putting smiles on faces since 2004.

STYLES: Painertly/Digital | 3-D/Clay | Found Object/Junk A Doodles®

Painterly & dimensional illustration styles for the children's industry (specializing in the educational market). From magazine, greeting cards and advertising, to CD covers, packaging and children's books, Holli approaches each project with whimsy and creativity guaranteed to put a smile on any child's (and parent's) face.

Holli has a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design & Advertising that has allowed her the knowledge and experience of working with art directors, designers, editors and other creative types to collaborate on projects. She lives and works in Nashville, TN, where her husband, their daughter, son, and their goofy basset hound, give her plenty of inspiration.

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For children's book publishing contact:
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Partial Client List: Adventure Magazine, Abdo Publishing/Magic Wagon, Anthology, The Art Group/Habitat UK, Barnes & Noble, Better Homes & Gardens, Brown Publishing, Chirp Magazine, The Cleaver Factory, Cranium, Inc., Creative Teaching Press, Crowley Robinson Publishing, Design Design, DK Press, Element, Fisher Price, Goble & Associates, Harcourt, Hidden Valley Ranch, HighFive, Highlights, Hooked on Phonics/Educate, Houghton Mifflin, Intervisual Books/Piggy Toes Press, Jumping Jack Press/Up With Paper, John Deere, Ladybug Magazine, LifeWay Christian Resources, Loyola Press, MacMillan, Magnix, McGraw-Hill, Monotype, Oospy Daisy, Pearson, Random House, Reader’s Digest, RSVP, Silver Editions, Scholastic US & UK, Scott Foresman, Standard Publishing, Sterling Publishing, Th!nk, Uppercase Living, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Weekly Reader, and The Wright Group.

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I am a UK based illustrator with over 25 years experience, in children's books, novelty books and graphic novels. At the heart of my drawing is a love of story, characters and unstoppable imagination and inventiveness. While I delight in fulfilling a tight brief I am equally at home with entire projects from initial ideas to finished art. Fantasy, cute, spooky, maps, monsters, pirates, adventures! I can't get enough!

Writer/illustrator for children's markets.

Gynux was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France and currently resides in Lyon. As a child, he had always been drawn to storytelling and illustration. Growing up, he was impressed by Rembrandt’s use of contrast in his compositions, Hirao Miyasaki’s use of detail and unique characters in his cartoons, and the color palette of Dominique Louis’s illustrations. He studied industrial engineering in college and later worked as a furniture and graphic designer. However, he came to realize that there were some boundaries which had been suppressing his creativity by solely focusing on industrial design. He craved the spontaneity that comes from being free to recreate anything from his wildest dreams and his farthest imaginations. Luckily, Gynux met some illustrators at an exhibit which brought him back into the realm of drawing and illustration. His inspiration comes from a wide range of sources – cartoons, fine arts, architecture, film and especially music. While not illustrating, he loves to travel and has visited Turkey, Austria, Spain, England, Greece, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, and Germany. Gynux also enjoys spending his free time riding his bike through the forest and playing his piano.

Digital illustration, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, kids, children, animals, nature, ethnic diversity, insects, icons, ESL, educational, picturebooks, colored pencil, acrylics, watercolor

Online portfolio of the more than 60 children's books illustrated by John Nez. Artwork for children's publishing in traditional and digital mediums.

Vibrant, friendly and fun, line and dye illustrations, maps, food, animals, characters, nature, icons, interior overviews for advertising, packaging, corporate, children's book publishing, esl, editoral, games, infographics and more....

BOOKS:
Békakirály / The Frog King, Csimota kiadó, 2008
Macskakirálylány / Cat Princess (Zsuzsa Tamás), Naphegy publisher, 2013
Balaton / Balaton lake (Adrienn Megyery-Pálfay), Libell publisher, 2014
Puszirablók / Kiss Snatchers (Balázs Víg), Móra publisher, 2014
Bűvös Mesetorna / Tale of Magic Tournament (Béres Alexandra és Alma együttes), Tormasor publisher, 2015
Borisz bemutatkozik / Borisz introdices (Blanka Radnóti), Naphegy publisher, 2015
Borisz a szuperhős / Borisz the superhero (Blanka Radnóti), Naphegy publisher, 2015
Borisz világgá megy / Borisz goes the world (Blanka Radnóti), Naphegy publisher, 2015
Add a mancsod! / Give your paws / Kluk a pest! (Ivona Brezinova), Móra publisher, 2016

Kit's Kids are the artistic characters created by Kit Allen for the children's publishing market.

Freelance artist/Illustrator of Children's Books, greeting cards, posters, note cards, catalogs, and other commercial media primarily utilizing watercolor, and pen and ink.

Funky, whimsical and cute illustrations. Sweet, graphic, pen and ink. Not just for kids!

Jerome was born in Normandy France in 1970. He spent the last ten years illustrating French comics. This past year he made a move into magazine and advertising art. He is especially enjoying illustrating children's books. His most recent book is Le Chasseur Dans Le Ciel editions Le Pommier. He also loves to work with his clients in the USA.

Fun, colorful, whimsical art specializing in the children's book market. Partial Client List: Random House, Scholastic, Grossett& Dunlap, Houghton Mifflin, Scott Foresman, Leapfrog, Sesame Street Magazine, New Moon Magazine, Brown Publishing, Kar-Ben

Humorous illustration for children's books and educational material

childrens books, greeting cards, pastel, soft pastel, oil pastel, packaging, illustration, posters

Classic paint, ink, pencil and airbrush techniques, and you get it with fast, drop-it-in digital delivery. Images can be created from scratch, with photography, or built with CGI. Experienced in medical and health, food, landscape and nature, industrial machinery and mechanical constructs, product concepting, technical, cutaways and phantoms, instructional, people (adults and children), animals, fantasy, architectural, toys, and seasonal, using painterly, realistic or retro styles. Illustrator of eight children's books to date. Clients include Mattel, Disney, Dole, Pillsbury, Hallmark, Zimmer, Nestle, Green Giant, Serta, Williams-Sonoma, Tyson, OshKosh B'Gosh and Volkswagen. From spots to spreads and posters to packaging, call or email for a fast quote.

Infotoons are informational cartoons. The simple line work and vivid color of a cartoon provides a visually digestible means for explaining what might otherwise be a difficult subject. In other words, the easiest way is often the best way. Unique, evocative imagery for magazines, books, and web pages.

Award winning illustration for the children's book, editorial and tween markets. My work has received awards from Print, How magazine, the Educational Press Association of America, and Moms' Choice Awards. Anthropomorphic animals are one of my specialties, as well as ethnic diversity, and the environment. Traditional media combined with digital techniques.

Detailed, light-hearted illustration by a Society of Illustrators Silver Medal Winner. Animals, people, whimsical scenes, dinosaurs, fairytales, anthropomorphic characters, painterly settings, detailed realism. Illustrations for film, advertising, licensing, editorial, product design and children's books (over 3 million in print) as well as fantasy themes and detailed caricatures. Clients include National Geographic Books, Accord/Andrews McMeel, The Danbury Mint, Sesame Street, IBM, Chicago Tribune, Dial Books, Northland/Rising Moon, Better Homes & Gardens Books, Tommy Nelson, Scripture Press, Ottenheimer Press, Pacific Press, Silver Burdett & Ginn, Standard Publishing, Concordia Press, Bradford Exchange, Harcourt Publishing, Houghton Mifflin, Franklin Mint, The Mind's Eye, National Wildlife Federation,etc. To discuss your project, give me a call at 210-807-4192 or drop me a line at jharris@jimharrisillustrator.com

Monica was born in Rosario city in Argentina but now lives in Buenos Aires with her husband, Alejandro, their 2 children, Sebastian and Lucia, and their 4 dogs! As a young girl, Monica was always drawing and creating with her crayons and paints. She went on to study visual art education at the School of Art in Buenos Aires. She started out working as a colorist for book publishers, newspapers, and magazines publications. Nowadays, she is dedicating most of her time to children’s illustration. Monica’s studio overlooks their beautiful garden filled with buzzing bees, orange blossoms, and chirping birds. When not illustrating, she enjoys reading, watching movies, tending to her garden and she also spends some of her time working as a digital artist for gallery exhibitions.

Moss Moon is a creative team of Kaori Hamura and Bill Long with funky & whimsical illustrations and animations. Our clients include: MTV Networks, Nickelodeon, Time Out, New York Press, Interviews, Mademoiselle, Cosmo Girl!, Ray Gun, Anna Sui and others. Our animated shorts have been broadcast on different networks (Nickelodeon, MTV, and Oxygen Media). We were able to design, animate, and direct the animation. We also were able to write, perform, and produce the music to go with the animation. Recently,our collaboration, "Bootie Boogie"(animation shorts) directed by Kaori and music by Bill has won a Silver Award in E-Culture Category for The Society of Illustrators' Annual Awards 2003 in Los Angeles.(http://www.si-la.org)

Award winning artist Vince McIndoe was born in Canada. After graduating OCAD in 1985 with numerous scholarships, he became a celebrated illustrator as well as a successful fine artist. Vincent was featured in many magazines such as Allure and Applied art magazine. He was also a guest for international TV talk shows. Vincent has designed series stamps for Canada Post; The Canals of Ontario (1998), Toronto’s 200th Anniversary stamp, and 50th Anniversary of All Star Game stamp (2000) as well as a portrait of Queen Elizabeth (1996). Vincent also designed the Hudson’s Bay company’s 325th Anniversary commemorative Silver Dollar. Previous clients include: Moet & Chandon, Stolichnya Vodka, Big Apple Circus, Crush Wine Bar, Wine Spectator, Tokaji, Anheuser-Busch, Zinfest, and many more. Vincent’s posters and paintings are housed and viewed in private and public collections worldwide.

Mae graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2003, she began work as a character designer in Sichuan, China; she then decided to embrace her love of illustration and has been working as a full-time children's illustrator since 2007.

Mae uses traditional media, pencil and watercolour to create texture and light within her enchanting illustrations.

Mae Besom is the illustrator of the #1 nationally best-selling What Do You Do With an Idea? The book written by Kobi Yamada tells a story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens.

Mae has also just finished illustration the sequel called What To Do With A Problem, out in bookstores from July 1st.

Client List Pearson Education Compendium Inc Random House Guideposts Usborne Publishing Orchard School District Nursery World

Living right next to a nature reserve in Nottingham, Tim Bradford also has the convenience of being just half a mile from the city centre. From alpine landscapes to geometry and animals, he’s inspired by nature and also loves drawing people of all sizes, shapes and nationalities.

Tim studied for a BA Hons in Illustration at Lincoln University and an MA in Illustration and Animation at Kingston University London.

Everything begins as a pencil sketch, which is then coloured up digitally using Photoshop and Illustrator. With his animation skills, many clients ask him to create work for both print and digital projects where motion is required. For a more physical feel to his work, Tim is increasingly introducing hand drawn elements as well.

Most of Tim’s imagery is quirky, fun and character based, and his work often incorporates custom typography along with some movement. Life, energy, charm and wit are what he strives for when he creates an illustration, and he likes to find visual solutions that are easy on the eye and keep you looking.

Client List Fanta HSBC Oxford University Press Cambridge University Nescafe Nivea Ogilvy & Mathers JWT Lufthansa

It’s a love of drawing that drives Adam Larkum, and it’s something he practices every day, constantly coming up with quirky new characters and putting them in hair-raising situations. And if you chat with Adam for a while he has a few real life hair-raising situations to recount. While he was a teenager, his family lived in Alexandria, Virginia for a while where Adam became the projectionist in the town’s cinema. When the bulb blew during the scariest part of Friday The 13th the crowd poured out of the cinema like a lynch mob…

This didn’t deter Adam from studying animation once he got back to the UK, and as a student he won a competition to create a short film for MOMI and Channel 4. Once his career producing animated commercials was under way, he became an illustrator as well. He’s now created over 30 children’s books, and illustrates for magazines and packaging.

Adam studied illustration and animation, and received a BA followed by an MA from the Edinburgh College of Art.

Adam believes every commission should start with a pencil in one hand and an eraser in the other, and is never afraid to erase whole areas of a drawing if they aren’t right. He loves working in ink on paper and then shifting into Photoshop to bring the piece together. If his work were a film, he says, it would be an Ealing Comedy – fun, fast and eccentric.

Client List Taylor’s Port BBC Island Bakery Green King Faber and Faber Puffin Books Usborne Channel 4 Cambridge University press Oxford University press Egmont Publishing Ziggurat Brands The V&A Museum Ask magazine Ink Robin

Growing up in West London near Richmond and the Thames, Victoria Scott was always drawing and making things as a child, and knew from an early age that she wanted to be an illustrator.

Her influences come from the early 20th century, such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau, but she also enjoys a bit of 60s psychedelia.

Vicky went to the Wimbledon School of Art and Design for foundation, and then went to the University of Brighton to gain a BA in Illustration.

All of Vicky’s illustrations are created as handmade paper collages. By its very nature, Vicky’s work is highly figurative, and you’d describe it as quirky, colourful, bold, graphic and a little retro. She likes to bring a narrative element into her work as much as possible.

Client List Microsoft Volkswagen Radio Times Top Sante magazine Dobbies Garden Centre Paperchase The Elephant Parade Bayer Regents College Queen Mary's University

Gail Armstrong has been creating paper sculptures for over 20 years and her enthusiasm for the medium hasn’t waned one snip. She still wants every image she creates to be better than the last, and this approach has led to plenty of awards, including a Cannes Gold Lion for her Kleenex campaign. She finds inspiration in contemporary art and, not surprisingly, the huge Paperchase outlet on Tottenham Court Road in London.

Gail did her foundation course at Sheffield Polytechnic before gaining both a BA and Post Graduate Diploma in Graphic Design and Illustration at Glasgow School of Art.

Though finally rendered in pieces of paper that have been carefully cut and glued together, each image Gail creates begins as a series of drawings. As she explores the composition and various concepts, she focuses on creating something that has both style and substance to it. The result is usually a photograph of her artwork, which viewers love to see more than once, poring over the textures, colours and patterns in the final construction.

Awards
Shortlisted in AOI Illustration Award 2014 - Research and Knowledge category for “Life Cycle of a Butterfly”

Asiago International Award for Philatelic Art 2012 - winner for “Land” stamp in set of 3 for United Nations conference on sustainable development in Rio

Cannes Gold Lion 2010 – Billboards Cannes Bronze Lion 2010 – Illustration Cannes Bronze Lion 2010 - Press The Big Won 2010 – 1st in Press Campaigns Creative Circle Awards 2011 Silver in Illustration (Craft Print) Creative Circle Awards 2011 Bronze in Magazine Campaign (Press) Creative Match Flair Award for Illustration 2011 Daler Rowney Award for Outstanding Paper Sculpture 1997

Client List
SunSense, Kleenex, United Nations, Charles Darwin University, Nestlé, Sogo Hong, Kong, Sandoz, Macy's, MidFirst Bank, California Lottery, Delta TechOps, Safeguard Handwash and Jack-In-A-Box.

Like all kids, David found he loved to draw at a young age. He stuck with it through his whole life and has developed a frank, accurate approach to portraying the emotions of the subject. His influences have long included many classical artists of the 19th century and Golden Age illustrators. David studied Illustration at Brigham Young University and worked for over a decade as a Disney artist while refining his illustrative style. He can handle a range from light and stylized to realistic and accurate and has worked with clients from editorial, publishing, advertising, video game design, even coin design for the U.S. Mint. David lives with his artistic wife and four muse children in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Having studied philosophy in Japan, Asako came to Brighton to pursue her childhood love of illustration, in which she achieved a further degree. Since then she has spent some years building a career in Japan, before moving to Greece in 2009. Recent achievements include learning how to swim the backstroke and mastering basic Greek verb conjunctions. Asako likes to find humour and heartiness in everyday life. This, along with a little nostalgia, forms the inspiration for her work.

Sara Mulvanny grew up with a paint brush in one hand and a cup of tea in the other. After studying Illustration at Kingston, Sara moved back to her North Hampshire studio which she shares with her cat, Simba. Whilst this cheeky feline tries to walk across Sara's keyboard or balances precariously on stacked sketchbooks, Sara can be found creating her stylised pen and ink drawings, which she digitally transforms with texture and colour. Inspired by the age of Art Deco illustration and muted colour palettes, her charming illustrative style has captured the attention of many clients including Harrods, Sainsbury’s Magazine and Harper Collins.