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Amy Schimler

I have been working as a children's illustrator for over a decade. I am inspired by the child that lives in all of us. I love experimenting with color, texture, and pattern. In particular, I enjoy working in mixed media and collage. 

My work has been sold and licensed for children's books and magazines, wall art, apparel, fabric, greeting cards, gift wrap, and much more. Recent clients include:

Little Simon, Oxford University Press, Piggy Toes Press, Ladybird Books, Scholastic Press, Highlights, Family Fun Magazine, Unicef, Peaceable Kingdom Press, Hallmark, American Greetings, Target, Fisher Price, Babies R Us, Baby Gap, Pottery Barn Kids, Oopsy Daisy.


This type of illustration seems suiting for little toddlers for its shapes and colours and patterns.

Sam Church

Sam Church has lived and worked as an illustrator in the sleepy West Country village of Bristol, England for 15 years.

A pen and ink man at heart, Sam works in a variety of media including 

gouache, watercolour and increasingly (despite a secret belief it is the devil's 

work), digitally. His trademarks are a sense of fun twinned with strong 

draughtsmanship.

Clients to date include,

Bloomsbury/A&C Black, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Cambridge University Press, Highlights High Five, Usborne Books

,The National Trust, National Wildlife Conservation Park, Parragon Books, Random House, Story Train Ltd (for CBeebies series 'Driver Dan's Story Train')

This type of illustration, in my opinion seems to be aimed at young children, around the age of 8.

Gary SwiftI have been serving clients around the globe for 18 years. Always solving creative problems within budget and meeting every deadline, however impossible it seems.

From Picture books to Flash animation projects I am constantly evolving to meet the demands of the Creative media industry.Clients include : Hasbro, BBC, Hallmark Cards, Scholastic Inc, Sterling Publishing NY, Bill Smith Studio, Oxford Univ Press, MacMillans, Pearson Education,Leapfrog, Hodder Education, Disney, Nickelodeon, Readers Digest Children's Books, Harcourt, Cambridge Univ Press, Simon & Schuster NY, Tesco Stores, Bill Smith Studio, Kingfisher Books, Thomas Nelson, The Times, Nestle, Emap, Kleenex USA, Microsoft, McGraw Hill, Capstone Publishers, American Greetings, Silver Editions and Emirates Airways Kids Magazine, HPL Interactive, Integra and Random House Children's Books.

I love the combination of real pictures with his own illustrations. 







Annabel HudsonSome time ago, I was lucky enough to win a place at Central Saint Martins, and left my city job as a lawyer to spend 3 happy years studying graphic design and illustration. I've been illustrating children's books ever since, (for the last 8 years). 

My clients include: Pan Macmillan, Puffin, Kingfisher, Ladybird, London Zoo, Lion & Hudson, Beam and Book Start (28 books to date).

Please do get in touch if you'd like to chat about a new project - I'm always happy to do samples, or pop in with my portfolio.

I like how minimalist these illustrations are, but still effective.

I like elements from the 4 artists. I like the colour shapes and patterns of 

Schimler's, I like the adventurous of Church's illustration in black and white. This is due to the fact that I still read manga which is printed in black and white. But it might be a bad move when it come to appeal children. I like Swift's style combined with realistic pictures, and from Hudson's illustrations I like the simplicity of it, very simple and effective in my opinion.

If I had to only pick a style I would most likely go for Swift's, because is is colourful, the line work and child-like appearance are fitting for a young audience. (Big eyes, big heads and small bodies)