Hire Book Illustrators in New Zealand

Hire top professional book illustrators in New Zealand. Give your book beautiful illustrations in three easy steps: sign up, upload your project brief, and request quotes from professionals of your choice!

Arjan

Arjan

Auckland, New Zealand

Easy-going and highly experienced designer / art director with many professional accolades and experience under his belt.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
  • Doom & Dickson

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design Production Management

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Management, Historical Romance, Romance, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Humor & Comedy

Claudia

Claudia

Auckland, New Zealand

I'm an illustrator who loves children's books. I love working in collaboration with the person who hire me.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Middle Grade

Felix

Felix

Christchurch, New Zealand

Illustrator specializing in poster and book cover art with a distinct graphic visual style. clients: Netflix, PenguinRH, Simon and Schuster.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction

Laura

Laura

Queenstown, New Zealand

I am an award winning illustrator and author specialising in detail focused artworks with multiple visual narratives.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, New Adult, Young Adult, Middle Grade Fantasy, Classics, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction

Katie

Katie

Dunedin, New Zealand

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


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Nature, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits

Jasmine

Jasmine

Tauranga, New Zealand

I'm an illustrator/ artist with a feminine and organic illustration style. I have 14 years experience in illustration and graphic design.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Fashion & Textiles, Nature, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Themes & Motifs, Home & Garden

Lily

Lily

Wellington, New Zealand

Creative Illustrator and cover designer. Published with Penguin and Scholastic. Specialised in picture books, middle-grade, YA, fantasy


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Cozy Mysteries, Historical Romance, Romance, Coming of Age

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Whether you’re based in Auckland, Queenstown, Wellington, Dunedin, or elsewhere in the country, our book illustrators in New Zealand (and further afield) can help you bring your project to life. Each of our illustrators has their own distinct and unique style, and they can lend some of that character and personality to your book’s visuals, too.



The illustrators you can hire on our marketplace specialize in a great variety of genres, which you can browse in their profiles and portfolios. From children’s picture books to middle grade novels, fantasy or sci fi epics and technical how-to guides, they’ve worked on a huge variety of projects and can help you give your book artwork that matches its essence.



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