Picture Books

Children’s picture books compete for attention with so many other things. Finding the right illustrator is vital to their success.

Picture Books

The Saigonese Magazine Cover

Duckie The Duck

Comics Cover : Fables 1 : Legends in Exile

Picture Book Cover NeZha’s Story :Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King

Elephant and bird graphic art

Pintachan

Cute Girl

Don't Panic lettering illustration

Children's puzzle game illustration

Gouache illustration

Clémence Guillemaud

Watercolor & ink illustration

Entry for Shelley Couvillon DTIYS. Watercolor, Gouache and Color Pencils

Digital illustration for profil picture

Digital illustration for Patreon

Esther Stimphat

Princesses

Agnès Ernoult

Les Dinos Décongelés 2 Published by Marmaille & Cie Out September 23

When a boy who hates cleaning his teeth meets a gang of grime-loving tooth fiends, he finds himself trapped in an irresistible world of snacks and sweets! Can he escape or does a sticky end await?🍬⁠ ⁠ THE ROTTERS by Cazzie Phillips is a hilariously fun picture book, inspiring children to learn about the importance of dental hygiene while following a little boy's adventures with the grim and grizzly Rotters and exploring Agnès Ernoult's incredible illustration

A character for a kid's novel published by Fleurus

Alice in Wonderland

Fox and Fables

Medium: Gouache, Ink, Pencil

Medium: Gouache, Colored Pencil, Papercut

Sholto Walker, IllustrationX,Self portrait walking in profile with several comic creatures and characters

Sholto Walker

The Fish Tickler

Sholto Walker, Illustration, Boy and his dog skipping through puddles

Where the Wild Dads Went

Book cover design by UK based illustrator

Where the Wild Mums Went

Veronica's Pack for Scholastic

Fionna Fernandes

Girl Vibes

Illustration of creatures and candy for a Seek & Find activity

Fantasy Land

Dynamic visuals for Junior Scholastic News Alert

US Grows More Diverse

Jungle Paradise

Genna Blackburn

The Cat's Museum by Viviana Falletti Client: Little Feather Press

Victoria Fomina

"The Snow Queen"", H. Ch. Andersen

"East of the Sun and West of the Moon"

Children illustration

From the picture book - Crocodylus Scorpius

Nathaniel Eckstrom

Treasures of the Tide'

May I Pet the Kitten

Picture Book Illustration For Stubborn Stanley

Stubborn Stanley - Picture Book

Acrylic Picture book for Scholastic Australia

A You're Adorable - Picture Book

Katharina Madesta

Cartoon & Humour kids in classroom

Turine Tran

Children girl playing with toys

Children character design of monster and girl painting

Cartoon of a dentist examining child

Andressa Meissner Kids

Text Book

Book's Cover

Fashion woman colorful

Gen

Contemporary nature art

Contemporary kids with fish

Children Girl Picked up Airport on Hands illustration

Contemporary Girl playing music

An illustration from Peachtober 2023, I created a storyline following a girl and her cat who journey through many times and spaces, this being the spooky graveyard.

Sophie Loren Moran

SMOOCH Magazine spread features black cat info and matching playful illustration

A spread from SMOOCH Magazine with some information about black cats and some fun illustrations to match

An illustration from Peachtober 2023, I created a storyline following a girl and her cat who journey through many times and spaces. This is the girl waking up with a massive bedhead.

SMOOCH Magazine spread on tasks at animal shelters during their working hours

A spread from SMOOCH Magazine about the tasks animal shelters do during their working hours.

An illustration from Peachtober 2023, I created a storyline following a girl and her cat who journey through many times and spaces. This is a universe where the girl rules a cult full of cats.

The pied piper

Anne Wilson

Jungle campflage

Advice from a Caterpillar - chapter from Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol

Mad hatter

The Gibbon is the smallest of the apes.

Children and their teacher playing musical instruments at a school concert

Tatsiana Burgaud

"Daddy, can we get a Puppy?" book cover artwork

Daddy, can we get a Puppy? - EnglishEGG Co., Ltd., South Corea, Learn English, STEP 3

Autumn Forest

Thumbelina and Mister Frog

Family

Story Starters Vol II: tracks

Alexandra Ball

Betty the Blue Whale: family

Young boy child in his imaginary dinosaur, aeroplane car, digger, train and dumper truck world

3 children 2 girls and a boy with 2 horses at a country fair

Alyssa De Asis

Children's illustration of the wizard

Books Stomp, wiggle, clap and tap

Halloween illustration

Julia Prokhotskaya

Cute drawing of a school girl

Adorable drawing of kids room

Evandro Marenda

Blue Tiger rider

Shiane Salabie

Grandma and the Dream Quilt

Hopscotch

A witch in training and her ghost friend may have added a bit too much pumpkin spice to the mixture.

Sometimes being lost is fun. You discover things you may have never seen before when you lose yourself in your imagination.

Colourful character doodles

Chris Gilleard

Border Collie Sheepdog

Courier Pigeon

Poodle Frog (Personal Work)

Colourful collection of objects

"Happy With my Nappy"

Lhaiza Morena

Illustration for a children's book published by Pearson UK

Book - Adriel's discovery

Inspired by the Wishing Chair series by Enid Blyton

Momo Sugimoto

Inspired by the Wishing Chair series by Enid Blyton

Aki

Boy and Cat down the road

Fish lady character design by Cindy Fröhlich

Cindy Fröhlich

children illustration girl riding horse

children illustration boys playing

Children illustration Girl doctor

Character design of soldier

In this children's book, Xuxa, the Brazilian “queen of the children”, tells the story of Mimi, a little cow who didn't want to become food. The book shares the importance of respecting animals and introduces the concept of veganism. Additionally, it includes vegan recipes selected by Xuxa herself, allowing children to prepare snacks without any ingredients of animal origin.

Guilherme Francini

Illustration for the book “Se os bichos falassem: Austrália” by Luisa Mell. Published by Globo Livros.

Rita Lee observing a small ant in her sugar bowl. Inspired by a passage from the book "Rita Lee: outra autobiografia"

Illustration for the book “Dr. Alex e vovó Ritinha: uma aventura no espaço” by Rita Lee. Published by Globo Livros.

Book cover design of he Phantom Fossil

Tom Bonson

Beauty girl dancing with crown

Book Cover Oh yes I can

Book Cover with animal art

Children illustration of bear and girl

Teresa Alberini

L’eredità di Topone

The Wind in the Willows,

"The Hidden Garden"

Lair sweet Lair

Graphic The race to space

Paul Daviz

Ocean jigsaw

Graphic magazine catchup

Graphic Cryptids Monsters & Mythical Beasts

Graphic anmals in bubble

Kathryn Rathke

Portrait of eggplants

Watercolor sketch of Farmer’s Market

Portrait of young Herman Melville

Still life of vegetables: pepper, fennel, and red onion

hi summer

Mae Besom

Children contemporary illustration of people collage

Fishing

Water colour painting of people struct in a cyclone

love u

Dalia Awad

Picture Books

How do I find the right picture book illustrator for my project?

IllustrationX represents a plethora of professional children’s illustrators working in diverse styles. Browse their beautiful portfolios in our picture book style gallery.

How much does picture book illustration cost?

The cost can vary considerably depending on the medium used and level of detail in the imagery; how when and where you use the imagery; the profile of the illustrator and your deadline.

Why use IllustrationX?

Bringing together the most talented picture book artists with agents who know children’s publishing inside out, IllustrationX has unparalleled expertise in the kids books market.

How do I commission a children’s picture book illustrator?

Speak to one of our agents who will help you select and artist and draw up a brief covering the content of the book, your usage requirements and the project timeline.

What makes a good kids picture book illustrator?

The best picture book atists are capable of creating spread after spread of captivating artwork that children want to look at again, and again, and again.

Do you commission animation as well?

If so, we represent many outstandingly talented animators, creating gifs, explainers, characters, stop motion and motion graphics for TV, film, games and digital streaming in 2d and 3d.

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