Children's Illustration Services

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Candice

Candice

Iowa City, IA, United States

Award-winning fantasy illustrator crafting new worlds. Providing complete covers with professional typography, marketing assets, and more!


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Bovard Studio, Inc.

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Steampunk, Science Fiction, Gaming & LitRPG, New Adult

Anthony

Anthony

Putnam, CT, USA

I have done illustration work for NY Times, Washington Post, Spider Children's Magazine, NPR, Miami Herald, etc. I am an awarded illustrator


Work experience:

  • Startec
  • Mediacentric
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Computers & Internet, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Finance & Accounting, Math & Science, Political Science & Current Affairs, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences

Hannah

Hannah

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Artist and illustrator with over 4 years of experience. I specialize in visual storytelling, fantasy, and whimsy.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • DHC PRODUCTION
  • “Fast Forward to Forever” Short Film

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Picture Books, LGBTQ Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance

Katie

Katie

San Antonio, TX, USA

Professional illustrator and designer, specializing in whimsical, cozy art and expressive characters. ISO middle grade illustration clients.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Rivet

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Coming of Age, Fiction, Nature, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Middle Grade Fantasy, Picture Books

Susan

Susan

Berkeley, CA, USA

Award-winning Illustrator-Designer, former clients: Scholastic, Chicago Review Press, Stanford University Press, Hunter House Pub. UCSF...


Work experience:

  • Chicago Review Press
  • Scholastic Book Club
  • Self-employed
  • Blue Dot Kids Press

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Fantasy, Young Adult, Action & Adventure, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science

Andrea

Andrea

Newark, NJ, USA

Professional illustrator/fine artist with 8y of experience. I love nature and crafting compelling and emotive visuals to augment stories


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Tomboy Hues Zine & Art Collective

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Nature, Non-Fiction, Sex & Relationships, Holiday, Short Story, New Age, Cultural & Ethnic

Nikki

Nikki

Muncie, IN, USA

I am a digital children's book illustrator with 15 years experience in children's books ranging from novelty board books to chapter books.


Work experience:

  • Rainstorm Publishing
  • Kidsbooks Publishing
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction

Eugene

Eugene

Chicago, IL, USA

I'm a talented freelance illustrator who specializes in creating eye catching sci-fi, fantasy, horror and YA fiction illustrations.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction

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