Home > Places > Arrival and Farewell • Paris by Day & Night These two illustrations were created for the illustrated endpapers of a picture book set in Paris, a story about fear, courage, and transformation. In this collection, each book takes place in a different city, and the endpapers frame the journey: the first […]

Home > Places > Place du Tertre, Montmartre Set in the heart of Montmartre, this illustration captures the Place du Tertre on a calm, sunlit autumn morning. I wanted to evoke Paris’s artistic spirit: cafés opening for the day, artists setting up their easels, and the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur watching over the square. I researched

Home > Places > Grandparents’ house in Kyoto When designing this scene, I wanted the home to feel like a real place filled with memory; the kind of quiet corner a child might return to in a story. I asked myself: what would a grandparent’s home in the heart of Kyoto look like? It clearly