Illustrator Born in Florence

by Silvia Faschi
(New York, New York)

Italian born children's book illustrator and painter


I was born and partially raised in Florence, Italy, where the core of my insipiration was instilled in me from an early age. Throughout my childhood I always drew and experimented with different mediums, and once in high school I took several advanced art and art history classes to further expand my skills.

I then attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City where I graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration.

Much of my children's art has come directly from the inspiration of my own childhood and fantasies. The stories that were read to me, with my dreams and imagination, brought forth such fantastic visuals that as I got older I gained enough talent to be able to transform them into art.

I have, however, many diverse styles that range from the silly cartoon to the sophisticated oil painting, both of which I handle very differently according to subject. I work in

• oil,
• tempera,
• acrylic,
• watercolor,
• gouache,
• pencil, and
• charcoal

I can also work digitally, which has been required of me in certain instances. I have, in that style, published two sports children's books with Mascotbooks Inc.

When working with authors the most important thing is to understand the feeling they want to convey with the illustrations, which are in most cases the most prominent characteristic of a children's book, and to work with them step by step to ensure that the end result will be the perfect match to their words and, of course, attractive and beautiful.

Visit Silvia Faschi Illustration.

Heartistic!

by Lucie Mizutani
(Elizaville,NY, USA)

Give strong heartistic pictures to your words

I do illustrations for children stories using organic media like watercolor, ink, pencil but I also mix those media in photoshop, using the mouse as my brush and playing with layers too. I use also personal pictures from your scrapbook if you like to draw and create the scene you want with the action and impression you want to create.

I work closely with writers to make sure I illustrate their wishes.

Pictures are close to reality, but made with warm feeling, heartistic connection with the story itself.

I can do your whole book in adobe illustrator with the text made with special fonts or regular fonts and with border or background. I can put all your book into a single file PDF and publish it to places like lulu.com or other self-publishing online places as you like.

I can give you references and samples of my work published online.

Visit Lucie at ArtWanted.

:::Simple yet Elegant Illustration / Graphic Design:::

by Asami Michelle Hasegawa
(New York City, NY, USA)

My illustrations and graphic designs are bold, simple and colorful but at the same time delicate, intricate, and vivid. I use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for both basic and final touches, but sometimes use pencil, pens, watercolors, pastels, and color pencils. I am also a member of the SCBWI.

Visit Asami Michelle Hasegawa's site, Simple and Elegant Design.

Nick Cherre Illustrations

(Buffalo NY United States)

Whimsy

I would describe most of my pieces as whimsical. I prefer to work in pen and ink then render the color on the computer because I feel it looks sharpest that way.

Although, I very much enjoy working in traditional colored pencils too. I love drawing animals, people, scenery etc...

Illustrating is what I love to do, and I put my heart and soul into every piece and make it come to life the best I could.

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Chelsea Greene Lewyta

(Brooklyn, NY)

Beautiful quality illustration which references a classical style with Japanese print influence.

Chelsea’s Illustrations range from children’s illustration, to editorial, and personal. Check out her website for more work.