Cookbooks Illustration Services

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Leticia

Leticia

Portland, ME, USA

Professional illustrator covering the gamut from editorial to surface illustration, with over 25 years experience. Playful line, bold color.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, Calendars, Nature, Home & Garden, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Holiday

Chris

Chris

Berkeley, CA, USA

A freelance illustrator skilled in digital, hand drawn and photo collage illustration, pictorial maps and diagrams, and custom lettering.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Children’s Non-Fiction, Geography, Humanities & Social Sciences, Home & Garden, Education & Reference, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Architecture

Candace

Candace

Virginia Beach, VA, USA

I’m an illustrator with a passion for creating whimsical illustrations, illustrated covers, and hand-drawn maps with a vivid sense of place.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, History, Design

Lucy

Lucy

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Illustrator with extensive experience creating illustrations for titles published by Random House, HBG, Chronicle Books & more.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Home & Garden, Travel, Sports & Outdoors, Nature, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade

Kate

Kate

Vancouver, WA, USA

I specialize in narrative artwork with a focus on lifestyle, travel and food illustration with bold colors and clever attention to detail


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Travel, Non-Fiction, Short Story, Architecture, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Home & Garden, Nature, Biographies & Memoirs

Mary

Mary

Seattle, WA, USA

I'm an illustrator based in Seattle, WA, USA, specializing in animals and nature hand-rendered in a playful and whimsical style.


Work experience:

  • Lemeda Group
  • Design Imports
  • Lantern Press
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Holiday, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Home & Garden, Fashion & Textiles, Children's, Nature, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits

Michelle

Michelle

University Park, MD, USA

I am an illustrator and animator specializing in YA and Middle Grade book cover illustration.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Short Story, Inspirational, Non-Fiction, Anthologies, Business & Management, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Education & Reference, Parenting & Families

Maki

Maki

New York, NY, USA

Japanese award-winning illustrator based in NY. Old-school painter/drawing artist specializing in editorial and middle-grader books.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nature, Travel, Writing & Publishing, Children's, Short Story

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It’s a well-known adage among chefs and food connoisseurs alike that you “eat with your eyes first” — foods that are pleasant to look at are likely to be even more pleasant to eat. And cookbooks that look good are more likely to sell. To take your collection of recipes to the next level, make sure to hire a cookbook illustrator who can help make your readers’ tummies grumble with mouthwatering visuals.


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