Children’s Book Illustrator Needed — Soft Painterly / Stylized Storybook Art

Children’s Book Illustrator Needed — Soft Painterly / Stylized Storybook Art I’m looking for a children’s book illustrator to help create cohesive final artwork for an illustrated picture book. The book centers around a family dog and follows warm, emotional, playful scenes across different ages and environments. I already have: real-life photo references AI-generated mockups for each scene example illustrations showing the target visual style character reference direction for recurring people and the dog I am NOT looking for someone to invent everything from scratch. I’m looking for an illustrator who can: refine and repaint from references/mockups maintain strong visual consistency across pages unify the artwork into one cohesive children’s-book style preserve warmth, softness, and emotional expression throughout the book Desired Style soft painterly children’s-book illustration slightly cartoon/stylized warm and cozy emotional tone simplified forms and soft shading expressive characters consistent recurring characters across all illustrations NOT hyper-realistic or overly detailed What I Need final polished illustrations for multiple pages/spreads square format illustrations consistent rendering style across the full book recurring characters that remain visually consistent Important Character consistency is extremely important for this project. Please only apply if you have: children’s book illustration experience examples of recurring characters across multiple illustrations experience maintaining a cohesive visual style over a series of images To Start Before committing to the full project, I’d like to begin with one paid test page/spread to make sure we’re a good fit stylistically and creatively. Please Include portfolio samples children’s book examples examples with recurring characters your pricing structure (per page/spread or project-based) your preferred workflow when working from references/mockups Budget is flexible depending on experience and fit.