The illustrators 24/25

LUOGO COMUNE is the pseudonym of the award-winning Italian illustrator and artist Jacopo Ghisoni. As his artistic name—literally meaning "cliché" or "stereotype"—suggests, his core mission is to break down stereotypes, whether on paper or on the walls of buildings. His illustrations can be found in magazines and children's books, while his murals appear across Italy, [...]

MARIJA-LIISA PLATS (born 1984) is an illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, and singer. She graduated in photography from the Tartu Art College. To date, she has illustrated over 40 works for children and young adults, and she regularly collaborates with the Estonian children's magazine Täheke ("Little Star"). Her work has received numerous accolades, including the selection [...]

ULLA SAAR is an illustrator and graphic designer. She graduated in product design from the Estonian Academy of Arts. Her first illustrated book, The Elevator, received numerous awards. Since then, she has illustrated more than 30 books, two of which have been selected for the prestigious White Ravens catalogue. Her lively and playful artistic style [...]

MALGOSIA ZAJĄC is a Polish illustrator and graphic designer. She lives with her family in a very old city—Kraków. Malgosia firmly believes that imagination is the most important thing in life. Her head is always full of strange creatures, imaginary friends, magical words, and stories. With her illustration skills and various techniques, she brings these [...]

VANDA ČIŽMEK is a renowned Croatian illustrator. She was born in 1974 in Zagreb—just eight days before Christmas. She began drawing in diapers, continued at the School of Applied Arts, and later studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts. In recent years, she has focused on illustrating books for children and young adults, while also [...]

NATALIA JABŁOŃSKA was born in 1993 in Stalowa Wola, in southeastern Poland. In 2018, she graduated from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, from the Department of Graphic Arts, and during her studies, she further developed her skills at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon. In the Biedronka competition (2015), the [...]

KOSTAS MARKOPOULOS (pronounced Kóstas Markópulos) was born in 1977 in Kalamata. He studied painting and is also dedicated to illustration, particularly book illustration. In 2011, he received the first prize in a competition organized by the Bank of Cyprus for his illustrations in the book I Come from the City. For his illustrations in the [...]

VANE KOSTURANOV spends a significant part of his life creating things. Sometimes, he invents new stories, and sometimes he invents and illustrates children's books. In his spare time, he draws on paper and canvas, and he occasionally creates illustrations for other writers (who are also known inventors). Vane lives and works in Strumica, a small [...]

ANDREJA PEKLAR is a Slovenian painter, illustrator, and writer from Kamnik, who lives and works in Ljubljana. She has been painting for as long as she can remember, inspired by her mother and grandmother, who were both talented artists. Andreja's path to illustration took a slightly winding route; she initially studied art history and philosophy [...]

Ana Košir is a gifted illustrator who did not spend much time chatting in school, as she was interested in most subjects. Her school friends considered her to be a very serious student, but appearances can be deceptive – she has a playful soul, which laid low at that time, but is now expressed in [...]