Hi! My name is Izzy (she/her). I’m a picture book illustrator from Tampa, FL, and am actively looking for representation!
I enjoy making whimsical picture book illustrations, which I draw in Photoshop. My work is expressive, squiggly and teeming with small details for readers to discover.
I graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2024. Since graduating, I have been throwing myself into learning more about the picture book market, as well as creating my own stories (you can see some of them here). Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to illustrate five pages for the June 2025 issue of Storytime Magazine, and am excited to find my next project. I am also honored to be SCBWI’s Featured Illustrator for November 2025.
Besides drawing, I also love being in nature, researching the behind-the-scenes of children’s books and media, and cats.
Testimonials
“Working with Izzy was an absolute joy! Her creativity, clear communication, and reliability with deadlines made the whole process really easy. The imagination she brought to the story elevated it beautifully, with fantastic characters. I couldn’t recommend her more to add magic to any storytelling!” -Lulu Skantze, Founder/Creative Director of Storytime Magazine
“Izzy took a rough character concept and made an appealing, animation-friendly version that fit into the style of Chorus to Dero. Love her work!” -Dana Corrigan, Co-Owner of Pencil Gator Animation Studio
Upcoming Projects
2026 – Illustrating the upcoming book A Mess of Monsters by Carissa Turpin. Publisher: Orange Blossom Publishing
Experience
June 2025 – Illustrated “The Wild Piper” for the June 2025 Issue of Storytime Magazine; 5 pages.
September 2024-Present – Tampa Museum of Art, Visitor Experience Representative; tasks include engaging with museum guests, patrolling museum galleries and operating a POS service to process ticket and membership sales.
- Other tasks include creating content for the Tampa Museum of Art’s social media pages, and illustrating coloring pages for guest use based on artworks in the TMA’s collections.
June-August 2024 – Minorities in Shark Sciences; Illustrated 55 shark and ray species for the project ICONIC Oceans.
2023 – Illustrated two-page comic for Ringling’s annual comic book Meanwhile (Issue 14, pages 10-11)
2022- Pencil Gator Studios. Illustrated character designs and turnarounds for the animated pilot Fate Saga.
2022 – Illustrated two-page comic for Ringling’s annual comic book Meanwhile (Issue 13, pages 12-13)
2021 -2022 – Figure Drawing Tutor at Ringling College of Art and Design
2022 – Sales Ambassador at Blick Art Materials
Exhibitions
2025 – SCBWI Featured Illustrator November 2025
2025 – SCBWI Draw This! July/August 2025 Winner, for the prompt ‘Mismatched’
2023 – Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Contest 2023, for the illustration “The Too Clever Fox Comic’
2023 – 2023 Best of Ringling Annual Juried Exhibition, for the illustration ‘Too Clever Fox’
2022 – 2022 Best of Ringling Annual Juried Exhibition, for the illustration “Kite Ghost”
Workshops
2023 – Participated in a workshop with Cloudco through Ringling, creating and presenting Care Bears illustrations.
2023 – Participated in a workshop with Nickelodeon through Ringling, creating and pitching a storyboard for the show Kamp Koral.
Honors
2020 – Awarded Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts Charlie Hounchell Art Stars Scholarship, in Visual Arts
2020 – Awarded Florida Watercolor Society Scholarship
2019 – Awarded Anne Frank Humanitarian Award
