Illustration
These illustrations were created for the Sarah the Magnificent picture book series.
The work relies on strong silhouettes, limited palettes, and deliberate use of light. Color is used with intention, often to signal emotional shifts or moments of change rather than to describe setting. Darkness is allowed to take up space. Light is allowed to cut through it.
Figures are simplified so the story reads clearly and immediately. Composition and contrast carry much of the narrative weight. When fear feels contained, the frame tightens. When it grows, the page opens and the image stretches with it.
Across the series, the visual language evolves. Early illustrations ground fear in physical space and shadow. Later work turns inward, allowing emotion to reshape the environment itself.
All illustrations shown here were developed alongside the text as part of a single storytelling process.
