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Illustrator for books by Tim Ferriss and Martha Stewart. I am versatile, dedicated and responsive.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, DIY & Crafts, Entertainment, Home & Garden, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Steve 5 star rating

Coquitlam, BC, Canada

Professional cartographer specializing in the design of custom maps.

Genres: Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, Travel, Nature, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Geography, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Transportation.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Ashley 5 star rating

Toronto, ON, Canada

Digital illustrator and visual storyteller with a passion for horror, surrealism, and highlighting Black voices and faces.

Genres: African American Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Entertainment, Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Magical Realism, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Annie 5 star rating

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Let’s team up to turn your stories into enchanting visual adventures! My goal is to ensure your book is not just read, but cherished.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Elif 5 star rating

Toronto, ON, Canada

Illustrator with experience in creating illustrations and character designs for print. Open to exploring different styles and aesthetics.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Magical Realism, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Festival on Wheels || Baskent University
  • Tragic Mushroom Press Publishing House (WIP), Rene Barchmann, Germany.
  • Unicef Turkey
  • Ayizi Publications, Turkey
  • Various

Jimmy 5 star rating

Montreal, QC, Canada

3D illustrator crafting engaging content for families & young audiences. Let's bring your stories to life in vibrant dimensions!

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Izabela 5 star rating

Toronto, ON, Canada

Award-winning and bestselling children's illustrator. I can design and illustrate your picture book :)

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fantasy, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, and Children’s Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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Katie 5 star rating

Victoria, BC, Canada

Freelance illustrator and designer who loves illustrating animals and nature for both grownups and children.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Nature, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Jessica 5 star rating

Toronto, ON, Canada

Specializing in illustration with a graphic design background; my focus is storytelling, book illustration and design. Let’s tell a story!

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Fantasy, Middle Grade Fantasy, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Images 2000 Inc / Northwood Collection / Feri & Joon / Mirrorize
  • Self-employed

Melanie 5 star rating

Montreal, QC, Canada

I create pieces that are simple, but colourful and full of depth. My projects mainly consist of editorial illustration and packaging.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Holiday, Home & Garden, Non-Fiction, Nature, Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction, and Coming of Age.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

David 5 star rating

Kingston, ON, Canada

Professional Illustrator specializing in Children's Books with a heart for the natural world and a belief that we all have a story to tell.

Genres: Children's and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Anna 5 star rating

Coquitlam, BC, Canada

I'm an independent illustrator with a classic background. I love working on people, animals, enjoy drawing food and abstract patterns.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Agriculture, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, and Children’s Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Elysia 5 star rating

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Experienced book designer specialising in Cover Design // Internal Design // Marketing Assets // Illustration // Typesetting

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Young Adult, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Pantera Press
  • Self-employed

A passionate illustrator specializing in story-driven children's books. My passion is illustrating nature, animals and playful characters!

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Children's, Nature, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Mino Games
  • EA, Ludia, Hibernum, Mino Games
  • Hibernum, Mino Games

Leonard 5 star rating

Toronto, ON, Canada

I'm Leonard, an illustrator fascinated by all things natural. I specialize in telling stories about the earth, geography, flora and fauna.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Nature, Geography, Humanities & Social Sciences, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Travel, and Transportation.

Work experience:

  • NGX Interactive
  • Self-employed
  • Mapleleaf Fine Arts School

Nyco 5 star rating

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

I'm an artist/illustrator/graphic designer. My art style is heavily influenced by retro movie posters and comic book illustration.

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, and Humor & Comedy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Daria 5 star rating

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Experienced illustrator specializing in creating editorial arts with vivid metaphors and intricate textured details.

Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Economics, and Nature.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Apex Media

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Hire the best book illustrators in Ottawa

To ground your reader in the world of your story, you can’t go wrong with hiring a book illustrator. Illustrations aren’t exclusively the domain of children’s picture books (though they certainly appeal a lot to kids) — they can help cookbooks, textbooks, fantasy, science fiction, and horror works too. Not to mention that YA and romance covers frequently feature illustrated characters.

Our book illustrators in Ottawa and further afield in Canada can work with you to sketch out the right size and style of artwork for your book. Together, you’ll work toward a shared creative vision with the aim of giving your book’s essence a visual expression. On Reedsy’s marketplace, you can hire the best illustrators in the book industry. They’ve worked with Canadian and international publishers, award-winning presses, and successful self-published authors — you could be their next creative partner.

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