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Meet the Illustrators
from Around the World
Venezuela
Milbeth Morillo
Illustrator of Cat's Fairy Tales
Milbeth Morillo is a freelance Illustrator from Venezuela currently living in the United States. She is a Self-taught artist and illustrator, who has loved drawing since childhood. She attended IUTIRLA Graphic Design School and enjoys working with traditional and mixed media such as watercolors, pen, colored pencils, gouache, and Clip Studio Paint. She enjoys drawing semi-realism illustrations and scenes from the natural world. Millbeth’s art is inspired by her long walks in nature, playing video games, watching anime, and reading Korean novels and comics.
India
Nikhila Anil
Illustrator of Buddha Bear
Nikhila graduated from the College of Fine Arts in India (Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath). She believes that art is a deep reflection and extension of how she perceives the world. Nikhila tries to capture the tangible moments in her art such as the smallest drop of rain to the highest mountain-details that can otherwise slip away or go unnoticed in people’s busy lives. She is inspired by nature, her son and everyday life. She loves adventure and spends her free time traveling, trekking, gardening, and playing music.
Nikhali is learning Hindusthani vocal.
She has been interested in art since she was a child
Russia
Nina Kononova
Illustrator of Kawaii Mandalas
My Name is Nina Kononova and I am a freelance illustrator from Russia. Since childhood, I have loved children’s books with beautiful illustrations. I have always painted and now my hobby has become my profession. Mostly I draw in the doodle style, and I love bright colors. A few years ago, my family and I moved to the Philippines. I like nature and plants in Asia. I live on a small island and raise a child with special needs. I love taking pictures and singing. This is what makes me happy and inspires me.
Ukraine
Olena Tolstokora
Illustrator of Tendo and the Bug Wars
Olena is a Ukrainian artist with a passion for drawing that spans her entire life. From a young age, she was fascinated by the power of art to communicate ideas, emotions, and experiences. As she grew older, she honed her skills and developed a unique style that is characterized by a raw, bold, and pure approach. Now, as a professional artist, Olena channels her passion for drawing into her work daily. Her pieces are marked by a dynamic interplay of line, shape, and color, which she uses to convey a wide range of moods and ideas. She has a keen eye for detail and a talent for capturing the essence of her subjects, whether she is working with human figures, landscapes, or abstract concepts.
Argentina
Majo Compalati
Illustrator of Wisdom of the Ocean
Majo Compalati is a freelance illustrator from Argentina. She studied fine arts in Buenos Aires University. She loves reading books, travelling, and spending hours walking in the forest by the sea with her daughter. The magical beauty of nature and her childhood memories are the primal influences of her beautiful and soothing illustrations of the ocean.
Bangladesh
Abu Rayan
Illustrator of Dog Feelings
Abu Rayan is a professional artist who lives in Bangladesh and started drawing paper and pencil drawings when she was a just a small child, even winning local art competitions. She currently spends her time teaching art and in her free time loves to travel, cycle and go fishing.
Argentina
Celina Josens
Illustrator of Elizabeth Sue Gloo and the Gorgle
Celina Josens is a professional illustrator from Mar del Plata, Argentina. Celina received her professional technical degree in illustration at the "Martín A. Malharro" School of Art in her hometown. Celina’s greatest passion is creating children’s illustrations, but she also is skilled at numerous art styles and techniques. She loves the place in her mind where color and imagination merge to create and fashion magical details, textures, scenes, and lovable characters. In her free time, Celina spends time in nature and with her three children—for her, these experiences are simple, mischievous, and soulful and where she finds some of her greatest inspiration.
Sri Lanka
Hiruni Karlyawasam
Illustrator of My First Week of School
& Penelope's Paddle Puddle Day
Hiruni Karlyawasam is from Sri Lanka, known as the pearl of the Indian Ocean. She graduated from fashion design and product development at the University of Moratuwa, one of the leading universities in Sri Lanka. She loves to paint and draw illustrations for children’s books and lives happily in her hometown of Ambalangoda with her family, two dogs, Ken and Marshel, and her street cat named Sudu.
Ukraine
Anastasia Khmelevska
Illustrator of Orange Fox on a Blue Rug
Anastasia Khmelevska is an artist from Ukraine. She graduated from the Ukrainian academy of printing in Lviv and has been working on children’s book illustrations since 2018. Anna loved to draw as a young girl and was inspired by the beautiful illustrations in her own children’s books. She especially loves to draw foxes and other animals and scenes from everyday life.
Indonesia
Yosephine Djohan
Illustrator of Cats Don't Like Baths
Yosephine Djohan is a freelance illustrator based out of Indonesia. She started painting when she was younger as a hobby, designing card games and then began illustrating book covers. This is her first experience illustrating an entire book! She is a cat enthusiast despite never owning one, but anything is paw-sible. Someday she would love to have her own family of pet cats.
