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Welcome! I’m Jennifer. I love drawing playful, expressive characters and environments with strong lighting. If I’m doing that with my dog, Frisket, at my side (and maybe a pastry just out of paw’s reach), even better!

I’ve spent decades building my technical and narrative skills. I often pull from my background in graphic design, film, and comic book illustration to convey the story in the best possible way.

I have so much fun creating rich visuals and helping people tell their stories, and I’m excited to tell some of my own, too!

 

Check out some of my recent commissioned and personal work:

 

See more of my children’s illustration here.

See some of my books here.

See cards and licensing illustration here.

 
 

Awards and Honors

2024 World Illustration Awards Shortlist
2023 American Illustration 42 Chosen Winner
2023 BOit! International Illustration Competition Long List
2023 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Featured Artist, June
2023 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Draw This! Winner, February
2022-23 Nominee, The Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award
2022-2023 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Grades 3-5, Claude
2021 School Library Journal Starred Review, That's Betty!
2020 Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year, Claude
2020 Kirkus Starred Review, Claude
2020 Missouri School Librarians Dogwood Book List for Nonfiction, Claude
2020 North Somerset Teachers Book Award, Short List, Songbird
2020 Washington Post, The Art of Our Pandemic Lives, Juried Selection
2019 Washington Post Best of Illustration
2018 Lilla Rogers Studio Global Talent Search Studio Award
2017 Fjallraven Kånken Art contest, Juried Winner

 

Check out Picture Practice!

It’s like a blog and newsletter rolled into one. I share insights on illustration life and talk a lot about mindset and tackling the particular struggles we illustrators face.

 
 

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A batch of color roughs. Do you batch your art? I think it’s nice to have a suite of pieces that fit together in terms of process and palette. Sometimes I’ll do one piece at a time, but if I have a project or goal in mind, I’ll of