ilaria campana

ilaria campana – Designer

I love illustrating children's stories about mythos, fairytales, and legends from different countries. Passionate about nature and ecology

Overview

Hi There!:)

I'm Ilaria from Italy!

I've a wide experience as illustrator in both picture books and middle grade/YA novels.

I love working in different projects and explore mythos, fairytales, legends from different countries.

I deeply focus on the story to understand how to visually convey it in the best way. I put myself in the characters shoes to get who they are and what are their role in the story. This help me to draw them and to emphasizes their capability and their features.

I love nature, animals and plants, I studied environment conservation and animal ecology for ten years, and I really love drawing animals/ antropomorphic animals, plants or whatever is connected to nature.

When not hiking a mountain following the animal tracks or building a time machine with my daughter, you can find me sitting somewhere playing with colors or doodling with my ipad :)

Services
Non-Fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction Nature
Fiction
Middle Grade Picture Books
Languages
English

Work experience

Running Press, Hachette, Usborne, Oxford University Press, Self publishers, Harper and Collins, Eli, Il battello a vapore.

Jun, 2015 — Present
working as freelance illustrator for several publishers (Running Press, Oxford University Press, Hachette,among others),

University "La Sapienza" Rome

Sep, 2010 — Jun, 2011 (10 months)
Researcher to study wild fauna

Portfolio

Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design
Spy Skills for Girls

Wright, Carmen

Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design
Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design
Made with Reedsy
The King Beneath the Sea (Nonestic Sea Chronicles)

Dunshie, Rowden

Wild Timber Press

Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design
Made with Reedsy
Sophie the Eco-Artist: The Plastic Pollution Puzzle

Jamie Jones

Mascot Kids

Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design
Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design
Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design
Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design
Santa's Puppy

Hapka, Catherine

Illustration Book Interior Design
Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design

ilaria has 4 reviews

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Gabriella T.

Gabriella T.

Aug, 2025

I hired Ilaria as the illustrator for my children's picture book. This project included a dust jacket design and all the interior illustrations and formatting. Ilaria exceeded all my expectations. From an artistic standpoint, her illustrations are amazing. She has a wonderful sense of whimsy and ...
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Rowden D.

Rowden D.

Jun, 2025

Working with Ilaria was a delight. Professional, kind, and intuitive, she captured the spirit of my characters and settings with remarkable accuracy and heart. My book is set in the early 1900s, so she suggested adding a wavy, vintage print pattern over the illustrations, which gave the artwork a...
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Jamie J.

Jamie J.

Mar, 2025

Ilaria was amazing!! I couldn’t have imagined better illustrations. I’m still amazed at how she brought my characters to life. She vastly exceeded expectations and was very patient. I highly recommend her if you are looking for an illustrator and I hope to work with her again.
Gabriella T.

Gabriella T.

Feb, 2025

Ilaria does truly lovely, whimsical work. She was very thorough in providing a character samples and followed the briefing well. She is easy to communicate with and very collaborative. I'm looking forward to working with her more!

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