I am a Canadian children's illustrator from Toronto based in Japan with best selling books and products found at 25 major bookstores across Hong Kong. I am actively working on projects around the world and welcome international collaboration especially for children's book projects!

Both! Majority of my illustrations are created traditionally by hand (coloured pencils, watercolours, markers). The original paintings are then scanned as a high-resolution raster image and further enhanced digitally to be optimized for web or print reproduction. I usually draw larger than the finished size to ensure a crisp image output and to account for bleed. From time to time, I also work digitally when the art style and increased precision of digital illustration is more suitable to a project. This is particularly the case for branding projects with large scale printing to maintain a high-resolution reproduction.

Commissioning and Licensing: The AOI (Association of Illustrators) is a trade association representing illustrators, campaigns for their rights as well as providing advisory services to its members all around the world. They have published resources for commissioning and understanding licensing. General Pricing: The Handbook of Pricing & Ethical Guidelines published by Graphic Artist's Guild offers insights on standard fees and terms. Fees are a reflection of the artist's time and the nature of usage. Children's Books: SCBWI (Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators) is an international professional organization for children's publishing. They have published a resource for hiring an illustrator for your self-published book. From the Illustrator's Perspective: Society of Visual Storytelling produces podcasts from the artist's perspective on professional practice.

I am a Canadian children's illustrator from Toronto based in Japan with best selling books and products found at 25 major bookstores across Hong Kong. I am actively working on projects around the world and welcome international collaboration especially for children's book projects!

Both! Majority of my illustrations are created traditionally by hand (coloured pencils, watercolours, markers). The original paintings are then scanned as a high-resolution raster image and further enhanced digitally to be optimized for web or print reproduction. I usually draw larger than the finished size to ensure a crisp image output and to account for bleed. From time to time, I also work digitally when the art style and increased precision of digital illustration is more suitable to a project. This is particularly the case for branding projects with large scale printing to maintain a high-resolution reproduction.

Commissioning and Licensing: The AOI (Association of Illustrators) is a trade association representing illustrators, campaigns for their rights as well as providing advisory services to its members all around the world. They have published resources for commissioning and understanding licensing. General Pricing: The Handbook of Pricing & Ethical Guidelines published by Graphic Artist's Guild offers insights on standard fees and terms. Fees are a reflection of the artist's time and the nature of usage. Children's Books: SCBWI (Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators) is an international professional organization for children's publishing. They have published a resource for hiring an illustrator for your self-published book. From the Illustrator's Perspective: Society of Visual Storytelling produces podcasts from the artist's perspective on professional practice.