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2,200+ videos. 1,400+ projects on Upwork. $900K+ earned. Still delivering. Since 2007 I've worked where storytelling meets production speed. What started as a video production career is now an AI-accelerated studio: I build explainer and animated video that holds attention and converts, at a turnaround traditional production shops can't match. Most animation freelancers using AI hit the same wall — style drifts between scenes, characters change face, and the final cut looks stitched together from three different projects. My pipeline locks style, character, and palette across every frame, so a 90-second video looks like one film instead of forty clips. What I produce: • Explainer videos — SaaS, B2B, product launch, VSL, whiteboard • 2D and 3D animation — character work, motion graphics, kinetic typography • Brand video — logo reveals, social cuts for LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube Shorts • Full production — script and storyboard through voiceover, animation, final delivery Why clients come back: • Fast turnaround with no chasing — average response under 4 hours • "Committed to Quality" and "Clear Communicator" are my two most-endorsed traits across 1,400+ completed contracts • I handle the creative brief and the technical spec, so nothing gets lost between them • AI-assisted production means more output, faster, without cutting quality 89% Job Success · 19 years in production · 772 client reviews Send me your script or your rough idea and I'll tell you exactly what it takes to make it.

🏆 Top Rated | 100% Job Success | Branding + Web Design Under One Roof | 5+ Years of Experience I'm Ibtehaj, a Senior Graphic Designer & Web Developer with 5+ years of experience helping startups, SaaS companies, agencies, and growing businesses look credible online, from the logo in their header to the website it sits on. If you need a designer who can handle your brand identity AND build the site that shows it off, without juggling two freelancers, you're in the right place. Here's what working with me looks like: You share your goals, I turn them into a visual identity and a working website that's clean, on-brand, and built to convert. No templates copy-pasted from a theme store. No back-and-forth for weeks. Just professional work that's ready to launch. ➤ BRANDING & GRAPHIC DESIGN ✔ Logo Design & Complete Brand Identity ✔ Brand Guidelines & Visual Systems ✔ Social Media & Digital Assets ✔ Packaging & Print Design ✔ Marketing Collateral & Company Profiles ➤ WHAT I SPECIALIZE IN: ✔Logo Design ✔Brand Identity ✔Brand Guidelines ✔Logo Refinement ✔Logo Vector Recreation ✔Social Media Ads ✔Meta Ads Creatives ✔Social Post Graphics ✔Social Media Design ✔Social Media Graphics ✔Social Media Carousel ✔E-commerce Meta Ads ✔Print Marketing Materials ✔Canva Templates ✔Book Cover ✔Brochure ✔Flyer ➤ WEBSITE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT ✔ WordPress & WooCommerce Development ✔ Elementor / Page Builder Websites ✔ Wix Website Design ✔ Squarespace Website Design ✔ Shopify Store Design & Setup ✔ Figma UI/UX Design & Prototyping ✔ Landing Pages & Website Redesigns ✔ Responsive, SEO-Friendly Builds TOOLS I WORK WITH: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign · Figma Canva · Microsoft PowerPoint · WordPress · Elementor · Wix · Squarespace · Shopify ➤ CLIENT REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "𝑯𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏. 𝑰 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎." ➤ GLOBAL CLIENT EXPERIENCE: As an Expert Graphic Designer, I'm comfortable collaborating in PST, EST, CET, GMT, AEST, and other major time zones. I've worked with brands across: • USA • UK • AUSTRALIA • EUROPE • MIDDLE EAST ➤ WHY CLIENTS HIRE ME ✔ Top Rated Credibility: proven track record of on-time, high-quality delivery ✔ Brand + Web Under One Roof: no coordination headaches between a designer and a developer ✔ Platform-Flexible: I match the CMS to your budget and goals, not the other way around ✔ Clean Handoffs: organized files, documented builds, zero ghosting ✔ Fast Communication: I respond quickly and stay involved until launch If you're building or refreshing your brand and web presence and need a designer-developer who gets both sides right, send me a message or invite I'm ready to jump in. Best regards, Ibtehaj Ahmed _______________________________________________________________________________________ KEYWORDS: Brand Identity Designer | Logo Designer, Expert Graphic Designer | Senior Graphic Designer | Creative Graphic Designer | Top-Rated Graphic Designer | Social Media Graphic Designer | Custom Meta Ads Creatives | Social Media Ad Creatives | Branding Graphic Designer | Logo Graphic Designer | Meta Ads | Meta Ads Graphic Designer | Ad Creatives Graphic Designer | E-commerce Graphic Designer | Book Cover Graphic Designer | Meta Ads Creatives | Custom Meta Ads | Social Media Ads | Social Media Creatives | Direct Response Meta Ads | Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Social Media Ads | High-Converting Meta Ads | Performance Marketing Creatives | Scroll-Stopping Meta Ads | High-Converting DTC Ad Creatives | Conversion-Focused Social Media Ads | DTC Brand Creatives | Direct Response Design | High-Converting Ad Creatives | DTC Brand Advertising | WordPress Developer | WordPress Website Design | Wix Website Designer | Squarespace Web Designer | Shopify Store Design | Figma UI UX Designer | Landing Page Design | Website Redesign | Elementor Expert | WooCommerce Developer | Responsive Web Design | SEO-Friendly Website | Corporate Branding | Startup Branding

Heeeeeeeeeeello! I’m Youssef, a children’s book illustrator and book designer with more than eight years of experience creating expressive characters, imaginative environments, storytelling-focused illustrations, covers, layouts, and publishing-ready book files. I create expressive, character-driven children’s books with consistent artwork, thoughtful page layouts, and print-ready files for KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, and Kindle—from the first character sketch to the finished publication. I work with first-time authors, established writers, independent publishers, and long-term book-series clients. My experience includes more than 40 freelance projects, consistently positive client feedback, and recurring collaborations spanning multiple books and complete series. My greatest strengths are character consistency, visual storytelling, style adaptability, and complete book production. I can help you develop the visual direction of your story and carry it through every stage—from the initial character concepts and storyboard to the final cover, interior layout, and print-ready files. ✅Children’s Book Services ✅Children’s picture-book illustration ✅Character design and visual development ✅Character turnaround, expression and pose sheets ✅Storyboarding and page-by-page illustration planning ✅Manuscript pagination and visual pacing ✅Double-page spreads and full-page illustrations ✅Spot illustrations, vignettes and decorative elements ✅Early-reader and chapter-book illustrations ✅Educational and activity-book artwork ✅Front-cover, spine and back-cover design ✅Interior layout and typography ✅Amazon KDP book formatting ✅IngramSpark and Lulu formatting ✅Paperback and hardcover preparation ✅Kindle and eBook formatting ✅300-DPI print-ready file preparation ✅Cover mockups and promotional graphics ✅Amazon A+ Content and book-marketing visuals Art Styles I can adapt the visual direction to suit the story, intended age group, and publishing market. My experience includes: 🎨Whimsical storybook illustration 🎨Soft painterly and watercolor-inspired artwork 🎨Warm, cozy and atmospheric scenes 🎨Modern cartoon illustration 🎨Expressive animal and human characters 🎨Minimal and clean picture-book styles 🎨Playful doodle illustration 🎨Colorful educational artwork 🎨Fantasy and cinematic storytelling 🎨Black-and-white chapter-book illustration Style adaptability does not mean sacrificing consistency. Before producing the complete book, I establish the character proportions, facial construction, color palette, line treatment, lighting, and environment rules so the artwork remains cohesive from beginning to end. Complete Book Production: You do not need to coordinate several separate freelancers. I can handle the illustrations, character development, cover, layout, typography, formatting, and final publishing files. Consistent Characters: I use character sheets, turnarounds, expression guides, color references, and continuity checks to keep every character recognizable across different poses, emotions, outfits, environments, and books. Storytelling-Focused Illustration: Every image is planned to support the manuscript. I consider the emotional beat, page turn, composition, reading direction, text placement, gutter, trim, bleed, and intended reader age. Publishing Experience: I prepare professional files for Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and other publishing formats. This includes correct dimensions, bleed, safe margins, resolution, color settings, and cover-wrap alignment. Support for First-Time Authors: If this is your first children’s book, I can guide you through the process step by step and explain what is needed at each production and publishing stage. Long-Term Series Consistency: I can establish a reusable visual system for future books, helping recurring characters, locations, typography, and covers remain consistent across an entire series. 📩Want a sample sketch? Please send your character description or a short scene, I'll create quick rough sketch within 24 hours so you can confirm whether the style is a perfect match. Don't hesitate and send me a message to discuss your project! Children’s book illustrator Children’s book illustration Picture book illustrator Picture book illustration Children’s book artist Children’s book designer Book illustrator Book illustration Character designer Character illustration Amazon KDP formatting IngramSpark formatting Lulu book formatting Print-ready book design Children’s book formatting Paperback book formatting Hardcover book design Kindle book formatting eBook formatting Book cover design Character development Character turnaround sheet Storyboarding Picture-book layout Children’s book cover Double-page spread Spot illustration Educational illustration Chapter-book illustration Book-series illustration Visual storytelling Digital painting Watercolor illustration Whimsical illustration

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💥 WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE TO WORK WITH ME My children’s book is in Kindle Best Sellers Top 10 for weeks amazon.com/dp/B0D2JL43CR 🏆 Award-Winning Illustrator—1st Place in Artistic & Technical Design, Book Cover, and Overall Design at The BookFest Awards ! thebookfest.com/award_entries/travel-tales-of-tiny-fashionista-paris/ 🌍 Over 500 copies sold worldwide across multiple platforms 🎖️ Top 1% of Freelancers - Upwork Top Rated Plus Children’s Book Illustrator and KDP Specialist ✨ 7+ years of experience | 150+ books completed | 40+ projects on Upwork ⭐ Consistently rated 5 stars by 30+ satisfied clients I'm a veteran in this business with over 13 years of professional experience in children book illustrations. I am a children’s book illustrator with experience working for nationally recognized companies including the Centers for Disease Control, Intuit QuickBooks, Stanley Black & Decker, and Kimberly-Clark. My work covers a wide range of creative styles, from children's fantasy illustrations, realistic kids' illustrations, magical adventure art, children's book animals, interactive storybook art, child protagonist art, children's picture book art, charming storytelling art, rhyming storybook art, cartoon children's art, and animal adventures to fun and lively kids' art, nature-themed illustrations, colorful children's book covers, playful kid's art, children's book storytelling, adventure awaits illustrations, child-focused story art, youthful book art, children's book artistic style, child-centric illustrations, kids' book characters, joyful children's art, educational storybook art, classic children's illustrations, bright and cheerful art, children's book design, custom children's illustrations, vintage children's art, classic storybook illustrations, children's book fantasy, creative kids' illustrations, playful storybook art, adventure-themed kids' art, sweet and adorable characters, colorful kids' book art, engaging storytelling art, interactive kids' illustrations, animal friends for children, picture book magic, modern children's art, traditional kids' illustrations, vibrant young reader art, creative child-centric art, cute storybook characters, childlike imagination art, children's book concept art, hand-drawn kids' characters, whimsical fantasy art, children's adventure illustrations, kids' art for learning, expressive child-centric art, children's book cartooning, storybook scene illustrations and more. I also create playful animal illustrations, nature-infused kids' art, storybook character design, magical world illustrations, young reader storytelling art, book cover art for kids, fairy tale illustrations, cartoon-style kids' art, animal characters for kids, adventure story illustrations, bedtime story art, middle-grade book art, young reader illustrations, kids' fantasy world, vibrant children's art, silhouette children's art, modern kids' book art, joyful kids' illustrations, kids' clothing illustrations, playful apparel art, adventure illustrations for kids, children exploring art, imagination and play drawings, kids on adventures, cute animal illustrations, animals in children's art, kids' book animal characters, playful animal drawings, children's digital artwork, kid-friendly digital drawings, digital painting for kids, engaging storybook characters, whimsical adventure art, digital children's watercolor art, digital watercolor kids illustrations, children's digital watercolor artwork, kid-friendly digital watercolor drawings, digital watercolor painting for kids, children's book watercolor illustrator, playful children's book art, animal illustrations for kids, nature-themed children's art, kids book drawings, children's book art, kids' storybook illustrations, whimsical characters, playful children's art, cartoon-style illustrations, cute animal characters, colorful kids' drawings, adventure storybook art, fantasy kids' art, nursery rhyme drawings, bedtime story illustrations, educational children's art, fairy tale drawings, silhouette kids' art, child protagonist drawings, vibrant kids' artwork, digital children's illustrations, hand-drawn kids' art, watercolor storybook art, children's coloring book illustrations, kids' coloring pages, Kodomo style (anime) illustrations, cute coloring book art, whimsical coloring designs, playful children's coloring, cartoon-style coloring pages, colorful kids' artwork, seamless pattern for kids, affordable children's book illustrations, budget-friendly kids book art, cheap children's book artists, affordable storybook art services, cost-effective kids book illustrations, cute children art, kids portrait artist, personalized kids art, whimsical illustrations, educational placemats for kids, family and children portraits, coloring book illustrations, coloring book art, treasure map illustrations, retro children's art, Coco Wyo “Cozy Friends” style, and Cozy Friends Coloring Book art.

Hi! I’m a 2D Artist and Graphic Designer with experience in character design, storyboards, and visual storytelling, as well as branding and print/digital design. Art direction: - Character design (turnarounds, expressions, sheets) - Concept art (characters, environments, props) - Storyboards for animation/short films - Illustrations (conceptual & narrative) Design direction: - CD & packaging design - Print design - Illustrated covers & editorial art My focus is clear communication, meeting deadlines, and delivering visuals that are ready to use. I always aim for results that are understandable, functional, and visually appealing, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable collaboration for both sides.