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Childrens Book Illustration and Design

Children's Book Illustrators

This is a directory of specific illustrators who have expressed an interest in working with self-publishers and will work within a reasonable budget for a 32 page illustrated children’s book.

Nick Germano

My name is Nick Germano!
Having been an artist since I was old enough to use crayons on my parent’s walls, I am skilled in all types of traditional art medium. For about 15 years, my favorite method was the mix of airbrush and color pencil. I became interested in Graphic Design and Illustration around 2001, and received three years of training and experience while attending Design School in Minnesota....

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Sandra Gadds

Sandra Gadds QUALIFICATIONS
Proficient in Macromedia Flash, Adobe After Effects ,Adobe Illustrator, Adobe
Photoshop, and Microsoft Office Suite. Experience in Traditional Animation,
Illustration, and Graphic Art/Design.

EDUCATION
1999-2004 Pratt Institute, BFA in Animation, with concentration on Traditional and
Computer Aided Animation.

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Paul Frederico

Paul Frederico I am a Senior Art director and creative strategist. I specialize in building brands and creating award-winning concepts. I've worked at many top RX Pharmaceutical Ad agencies with the brightest minds in the business. I am a concept person. I believe in the brands I work on and I am passionate about my work.
I received my BFA from New York's Parsons School of Design. I am a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, The Westfield New Jersey Artist Association and the Art Directors Club of New Jersey.

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Jeff Powell

Jeff Powell Jeff is a consultant for both Fortune 500 companies as well as small design firms. Jeff is also a veteran of the comic book industry and has been working as a letterer for well over a decade. His most recent work has been for Archie Comics where he has lettered, both traditionally and digitally, a variety of titles including Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic X, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Josie & the Pussycats.

Currently Jeff is working with Vito Delsante, Mike Lilly and Wilson Ramos on The Mercury Chronicles and various projects for print and web with Scott Wegener and Lawrence Basso.

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D.W.Murray

D.W.Murray is an award winning story artist. As a former Disney animation artist, his screen credits include Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, and the newly released Curious George, by Universal Pictures. He has written numerous screenplays, pitched story concepts to Roy Disney, and the producers of Touched By An Angel. He has had scripts read by a host of prominent actors, directors and producers in the film industry.

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Betsy Day

Betsy Day Day developed her love of children's book illustration while studying at the Paier College of Art. As an apprentice to Mercer Mayer and student of Caldecott Medal winner Uri Shulivitz, Day realized children's book illustration as a true art form. Stefan & Olga, written and illustrated by Day, was published by Dial Publishers, and was featured on the television program Reading Rainbow.

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Jim Balkoveks

Jim Balkoveks' work ranges from realistic to whimsical. A career spanning over 20 years, includes the illustration of over 150 books. His experience includes, editorial, advertising, book layout and illustration, graphic and package design, educational and children's book illustration.

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Additional Resources

SCBWI (The Society of Children’s Book Illustrators – and Illustrators), formed in 1971 by a group of Los Angeles based writers for children, is the only international organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children’s literature. The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people. There are currently more than 19,000 members worldwide, in over 70 regions, making it the largest children's writing organization in the world. http://www.scbwi.org/

AACBWI (African American Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators) is a collective information-sharing forum for children’s authors and illustrators, young and old, aspiring or published. This site was designed to bridge the gap between this stand-alone, yet up-and-coming genre and children’s writers and illustrators of color. AACBWI desires to assist, grow and encourage aspiring African-American children’s authors and illustrators in obtaining their literary achievements by hosting this website as a an outlet for links, postings, events, and individual artist features http://www.aacbwi.com/

The Children’s Book Council - The Children's Book Council, Inc. is the nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults. List of authors & illustrators: http://www.cbcbooks.org/contacts/

Open Source Directory of over 200 links to individual illustrator websites. Brief description of each as well as link to illustrator’s website. http://dmoz.org/Arts/Illustration/Children's/

Picture Book – The Online Resource for Children’s Illustrators, Publishers and book lovers – Hundreds of artists listed by specialty. http://www.picture-book.com/

Illustration Web - We represent 100+ contemporary illustrators of the highest order. They are contributing to many exciting and innovative projects from the advertising, new media, graphic design, publishing, editorial and broadcast industries. http://www.illustrationweb.com/

UK Children’s Book Illustrators - Hello, we're Steve and Diana Kimpton - the people behind this site. We created The Word Pool to increase the profile of UK children's books on the Internet. Our original site (www.wordpool.co.uk) is now a well established source of information for anyone interested in choosing or writing children's books. The UK Children's Books directory and our own web design service are both natural spin-offs from it and reflect the growing interest in author and illustrator websites. http://www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk/ills.html

Yahoo List of Children’s Book Editors – 197 individual illustrators listed , with short description of each. Links to each artist’s individual website. http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Children_s/Illustrators/ -

PBAA (Picture Book Artists Association) - is an independent association of professional children's book illustrators from around the world. If you are interested in an artist for a project or speaking engagement, please contact them directly. PBAA does not act as an agent for our members. If you'd like us to send a request to all PBAA members, please send the following to: info@picturebookartists.org: your name, title, company name, address, phone, web site, specifically what you're looking for (the more details the better), deadlines, rights you'd like to license and proposed budget. http://www.picturebookartists.org/

Story Book Arts represents illustrators specializing in the children's art field. We produce delightful and creative works for trade and educational books as well as materials for magazines, the mass market and religious markets. We pride ourselves on placing the perfect artist with the right client project for wonderful, well-executed results. http://www.storybookartsinc.com/index.html

Children’s Illustrators - welcome to childrensillustrators.com - the fastest method of sourcing children's illustrators online. This unique online community currently counts 386 illustrators, 12 agents showcasing 8137 illustrations and 577 published books! Childrensillustrators.com is accessed on a daily basis by art buyers from leading publishing houses, advertising agencies and design groups from across the globe. http://www.childrensillustrators.com

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