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Hi, I’m Lale Özseven. I’m a calm, creative illustrator and children’s book author based in Montpellier. I craft warm, emotional visuals for young readers, blending drawing, painting, engraving, and storytelling to invite kids into gentle, imaginative worlds. I love running workshops with kids and teaching how images can support narratives. My work focuses on simple, engaging, age-appropriate illustrations for ages 4 and up, and I enjoy collaborating with authors, educators, and parents to create books that feel safe and magical.…Hi, I’m Lale Özseven. I’m a calm, creative illustrator and children’s book author based in Montpellier. I craft warm, emotional visuals for young readers, blending drawing, painting, engraving, and storytelling to invite kids into gentle, imaginative worlds. I love running workshops with kids and teaching how images can support narratives. My work focuses on simple, engaging, age-appropriate illustrations for ages 4 and up, and I enjoy collaborating with authors, educators, and parents to create books that feel safe and magical.

Lale Özseven

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Children’s Book Illustrator, Artist, Writer, +3

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Hi, I’m Lale Özseven. I’m a calm, creative illustrator and children’s book author based in Montpellier. I craft warm, emotional visuals for young readers, blending drawing, painting, engraving, and storytelling to invite kids into gentle, imaginative worlds. I love running workshops with kids and teaching how images can support narratives. My work focuses on simple, engaging, age-appropriate illustrations for ages 4 and up, and I enjoy collaborating with authors, educators, and parents to create books that feel safe and magical.…Hi, I’m Lale Özseven. I’m a calm, creative illustrator and children’s book author based in Montpellier. I craft warm, emotional visuals for young readers, blending drawing, painting, engraving, and storytelling to invite kids into gentle, imaginative worlds. I love running workshops with kids and teaching how images can support narratives. My work focuses on simple, engaging, age-appropriate illustrations for ages 4 and up, and I enjoy collaborating with authors, educators, and parents to create books that feel safe and magical.

Available to hire

Montpellier, France

Hi, I’m Lale Özseven. I’m a calm, creative illustrator and children’s book author based in Montpellier. I craft warm, emotional visuals for young readers, blending drawing, painting, engraving, and storytelling to invite kids into gentle, imaginative worlds.

I love running workshops with kids and teaching how images can support narratives. My work focuses on simple, engaging, age-appropriate illustrations for ages 4 and up, and I enjoy collaborating with authors, educators, and parents to create books that feel safe and magical.

Skills

Watercolour Illustration

Editorial Illustration

Cartoon

Microsoft Office

Childrens Book Illustration

Experience Level

Watercolour Illustration

Intermediate

Editorial Illustration

Intermediate

Cartoon

Intermediate

Microsoft Office

Intermediate

Childrens Book Illustration

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Advanced

French

Advanced

Spanish; Castilian

Intermediate

Turkish

Fluent

Work Experience

Assistant at Nuran Unsal Printing Studio

December 31, 2025 - September 1, 2025

Assisted in printing studio operations, supporting artistic print production and learning traditional printing techniques from 2018 to 2023.

Freelance Illustrator and Painter at Various Brands and Companies

December 31, 2019 - September 1, 2025

Created commissioned paintings including concert posters, Christmas cards, hand paintings on straw hats, designs and paintings on boxes, dress hangers, flowerpots, and handmade cards and envelopes for different clients and companies between 2011 and 2019.

Painter at Movie "Wrong Time Travellers"

December 31, 2007 - September 1, 2025

Created paintings for the movie titled 'Wrong Time Travellers' in 2007.

Freelance Illustrator at Self-employed

January 1, 2011 - Present

Create commissioned paintings and illustrations since 2011.

Harpist at The Grand Tarabya Hotel, Istanbul

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2021

Performed harp concerts at The Grand Tarabya Hotel and other events in Istanbul; repertoire included traditional and contemporary pieces.

Harpist at Freelance / Various engagements

January 1, 2011 - Present

Live performances as harpist; teaching and collaborations with ensembles; ongoing activity since 2011.