Children’s book illustration portfolio project showcasing character design, visual storytelling, and double-page illustration for picture books and early readers.
Project Details
Title: Chestnuts & friends
Portfolio Project
My role: visual concept, Illustration, Layout
Status: -
Portfolio Project
My role: visual concept, Illustration, Layout
Status: -
Scope of the Project
• Development of a children’s book illustration concept created specifically as a portfolio project for the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025
• Visual exploration of a children’s story centered on friendship, empathy, and social interaction in a classroom environment
• Character design and emotional expression for a group of children, focusing on interaction, conflict, and connection
• Illustration of a complete double-page spread to demonstrate composition, pacing, and visual storytelling
• Translation of a short narrative idea into a cohesive illustrated scene, emphasizing mood, atmosphere, and narrative clarity
• Demonstration of my illustration process for children’s books, from concept development to finished artwork
Chestnuts & Friendship
Is a portfolio project I put together for the Frankfurt book fair 2025. It is a little story about a class of children at odds with each other, that through a class project around having to create chestnut figures together, little accidents and empathy, develops stronger bonds and better friendships with each other. The story was not fully developed, as it served to demonstrate my process of developing character and image ideas through completion of a full double page illustration.
Examples for single objects and figures
Double page illustration
Figure sttudies and character development
further development of character Manuel in different poses
Example for inner pages with vignettes and half page illustrations
