The best book illustrators for hire in Spain

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Perfectionist, Creative, Punctual! Book designer with 20-years experience working for publishers and independent authors worldwide.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Romance, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • Weston Publishing House
  • MacKein Hill NYC

Hi, I am a freelance Illustrator specializing in YA and children’s books who loves to tell stories and give emotions to the characters!

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Comics & Graphic Novels, Coming of Age, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, and Picture Books.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Designer and illustrator specializing in YA/Adult fantasy and romance book covers.

Genres: LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, New Adult, Young Adult, Young Adult Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, and Romantic Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Aardman Animation
  • Blue Zoo Animation
  • Self-employed
  • Boulder Media
  • Cloth Cat Animation

Freelance illustrator with graphic, colorful and fun style. I focus on the concept to create a simple and attractive narratives.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Nature, Non-Fiction, Design, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Holiday.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Onestic
  • Impero

Illustrator in search of giving beauty to your projects. Classical, patterns and portraits are my speciality. Traditional and digital.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Anframa

Pilar 5 star rating

Barcelona, Spain

Award winning designer and art director with extensive background in the publishing industry and good eye for production details.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Children's, Literary Fiction, Design, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Entertainment, Short Story, Music, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Grup62 Publishing House
  • Planeta Publishing House
  • Elisava

Hi, I’m Marta, an illustrator for HarperCollins, Bloomsbury, Oxford University Press (+) with experience in graphic design and book layout.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, and Middle Grade.

Work experience:

  • Room 116
  • Self-employed

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Denise 5 star rating

Barcelona, Spain

Experienced illustrator with more than 20 years of experience. I specialise in children books, book covers and text books.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Cultural & Ethnic, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Nature, Comics & Graphic Novels, and Comics Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Digital artist specializing in book covers for novels across genres, with works featured by publishing giants like Penguin Random House

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Marta 5 star rating

Barcelona, Spain

I’m a children's book illustrator. I’ve published more than 120 titles in Europe and America since 2008, mainly for children from 0 to 6 yo.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • P&E Comunicacio / Print Zone

Hi! I am a book designer and illustrator with 13+ years of experience. Very versatile and open minded. Do we work together in your project?

Genres: Classics, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Women's Fiction, Short Story, Poetry, Literary Fiction, Anthologies, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Architecture, and Design.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

David 5 star rating

Ponferrada, Spain

Illustrator with 11 years of experience. Specialization in Digital Illustration and Concept Art. Extensive experience in educational apps.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • WORDLIST (MENTAT TECHNOLOGIES, SL)

Illustrator with more than 25 years of experience painting children books, magazines. Versatile artist with a wide range of artistic styles.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Short Story, and Middle Grade.

Work experience:

  • Egmont DK
  • Self-employed

Spanish based illustrator from Madrid, with more than 10 years of experience. Specialized in food, children's and travel illustration.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Architecture, Travel, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Picture Books, Children's, Poetry, and Nature.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

I'm a coffee table book designer, magazine art director and consultant working with global publishers and arts, culture, lifestyle brands.

Genres: Design, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Music, Photography, Fashion & Textiles, Philosophy, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Marian 5 star rating

Valencia, Spain

With a warm and collaborative process, I create digital and hand-painted illustrations for children's picture books and young adult books.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, and Nature.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Xavier 5 star rating

Barcelona, Spain

Award-winning creative director and designer with 35-year experience working for publishers and independent authors worldwide.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Dystopian, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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Know those gorgeous illustrated picture books that kids can’t stop running their fingers over? That’s the effect you want your illustrated book to have on its readers, whether they’re kids or not. Regardless of your genre, the job of illustrators (ahem, ilustradores) is the same: to help distill and enhance the essence of your writing through visual language.


Our marketplace can help you hire book illustrators in Spain or further afield in the world — they’ve worked in countless genres, from children’s books to fantasy or horror fiction and textbooks. Using their experience working with successful publishers and authors, our book illustrators will work with you to sketch out initial ideas, and then develop them into the right artwork for your book.


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