Illustrators

Sojung Kim-McCarthy is an award-winning, versatile illustrator who dances freely between a dreamy, colourful kidlit style and a more realistic, painterly one.

Raúl the Third is the Pura Belpre award winning author illustrator of Lowriders to the Center of the Earth from Chronicle Books. He is the author of Vamos! Let’s go to the Market and Vamos! Let’s go Eat from Versify books and Houghton-Mifflin. Lowriders in Space his first graphic novel by Cathy Camper was nominated

Tasia Graham explores bold, atmospheric, narrative illustration, using her colourful pallet and fluid, stylized drawing techniques. Working in both digital format and traditional painting, Tasia explores womanhood, culture, and identity, depicting moods and scenes formed into illustrative storytelling. Tasia’s work has been shortlisted for the Penguin Design Awards, and has worked with The Financial Times,

Camilla Ru is a self-taught visual artist who creates illustrations for magazines, books, albums, podcasts and more. Based in the rainy city of Manchester, her work explores various forms of creativity, working on expanding imaginations and welcoming inspirations from life’s experiences.  Her work has appeared in publications such as Black Ballad, Broadly, Vice and Buzzfeed amongst

Yinka Ilori is a London-based multidisciplinary artist of a British-Nigerian heritage, who specialises in storytelling by fusing his British and Nigerian heritage to tell new stories in contemporary design.

Farah Khandaker is an illustrator and designer currently based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She received her masters with distinction from Nottingham Trent University specialising in Illustration. She’s worked across children’s books, logos and editorial. Her work is fun and engaging with vibrant colour schemes and unique characters.

Lakwena’s iconic, kaleidoscopic work is informed by the use of decoration as a means of communication. As a form of expression within a political world, Lakwena explores how the use of adornment in worship and myth-making translates into contemporary popular culture.  Central to her practice are words, used as both images and anchors of meaning, borrowing from the

Selom is a London-based illustrator and Character Designer. He is the illustrator of five Jason Reynolds books including ‘Ghost’ which was published in February this year.

Kay is a London based freelance illustrator, inspired by British mythlogy, Vogue and the work of Tove Jansson. 

Wumzum Is an illustrator and muralist from London that works digitally and traditionally. Character designs are the focal point of his work and he often reflects the likeness of experiences of people he knows. Wumzum tells stories through visual moments of music, London’s urban culture and community.