Photo: Laura (illustrator) and Molly (creative consultant and personal assistant)

ABOUT ME

My name is Laura Gonzalez and I am a children illustrator, though I like to experiment with other styles.

When I was a little girl, I used to loved drawing, coloring, crafts at kinder garden, catching bugs... any introspective and fun activity where I could express myself without words. I was happy drawing little deformed animals, but they seemed very happy and they made me happy as well.

When it was about time to choose a career, I decided to go for graphic design, where I learnt about illustration and how it was a profession for some people. Just a small step into children's illustration was enough to feel more attracted to it than I could have expected, since it is such a diverse and fun field; that motivated me to follow this way. And thanks to it I have been glad to work with very diverse clients, from different places and cultures, which has been priceless and very enriching.

I like to work in traditional mediums (such as acrylics and pencil), as well as in digital (bitmaps and vectors).

I have illustrated for a good diversity of mediums, such as books, magazines, didactic games, embroidery, virtual stories, cards, among others. So if you have any project in which you would like to count me in, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Some clients I have been glad to work with:

• TSI Graphics (educational books for McGraw-Hill)
• CIDCLI (spots for educational book for la SEP)
• Speakaboos (virtual stories)
• Pangea Ediciones (educational books)
• CEDMA (children's poetry books)
• Iguana Magazine (poems and stories)
• SmugMug (photo cards)
• Richmond México (pree-K educational book for la SEP)
• Mis Quinces y Más Magazine (illustrations for comics and articles)
• Linel Designs (embroidery designs)
• Smartplay (didactic games)
• Nance Galleries (original illustration)
• Cambridge BrickHouse (educational books for McGraw-Hill)