Children's Illustrators

 1. Elin Kelsey and Toronto-based Korean artist Soyeon Kim seek to inspire in kids in You Are Stardust.

2. The Dark. Daniel Handler — beloved author is perhaps better-known by his pen name Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Jon Klassen.

In a conversation with NPR, Handler echoes Aung San Suu Kyi’s timeless wisdom on freedom from fear and articulates the deeper, more universal essence of the book’s message (Popova: 2014):
"I think books that are meant to be read in the nighttime ought to confront the very fears that we’re trying to think about. And I think that a young reader of The Dark will encounter a story about a boy who makes new peace with a fear, rather than a story that ignores whatever troubles are lurking in the corners of our minds when we go to sleep."

3. Thomas Docherty illustration

Thomas Docherty was born in New Zealand but has spent most of his life in England where he went to school and university. He studied metalwork and sculpture at Art College and has always liked drawing, especially whilst on his travels, which have taken him all over the world.

After leaving Art College, Thomas lived in Madrid for six years, where he wrote and illustrated his first book Pip and the Lost Dream which has been published in Taiwan, Spain and South Africa.

4. Shaun Tan (The Arrival)

Shaun Tan is an Australian illustrator and author of children's books and speculative fiction cover artist. He won an Academy Award for The Lost Thing, a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated.

Tan's rendering skills are completely astonishing, in terms of accuracy and shadowing every right part at the right place. Rendering an intricate picture only with one kind of  pencil/pen, makes it quite difficult to manage the gradient and shades, but Tan mastered it by probably constantly sharpening his pencil.

Moreover, his amazing character development skills manifest into loads of little dynamic and beautiful creatures from other worlds, making the whole thing more than interesting to children to explore. The intricacy of the illustration makes the imaginary world so vast, its almost impossible to explore it all.

Architectural and design skills Tan possesses are probably perfect, given the difficulty of the compositions and perfectly correct angles that he uses. It is probably the most dynamic picture book I have ever gotten my hands on, that is suitable for kinds and adults.

 

Additional illustrators

5. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, written and

illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg.

6. Flotsam, written and illustrated by David Wiesner.

7. East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales From the North, illustrated by Kay Nielsen.























8. The Great Paper Caper, written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers.