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I am a passionate illustrator who enjoys bringing stories to life through colourful, expressive characters and imaginative environments. I have experience creating illustrations for children’s picture books, including my recent project A Heart for Eli, where I illustrated a complete 32-page children’s book and worked closely with the author. I work primarily with Procreate and prepare high-quality digital artwork for publishing and print requirements. I’m comfortable working independently, collaborating with authors and clients, incorporating feedback, and managing long-form illustration projects while maintaining consistent character appearance, emotions, and visual storytelling throughout the book.…I am a passionate illustrator who enjoys bringing stories to life through colourful, expressive characters and imaginative environments. I have experience creating illustrations for children’s picture books, including my recent project A Heart for Eli, where I illustrated a complete 32-page children’s book and worked closely with the author. I work primarily with Procreate and prepare high-quality digital artwork for publishing and print requirements. I’m comfortable working independently, collaborating with authors and clients, incorporating feedback, and managing long-form illustration projects while maintaining consistent character appearance, emotions, and visual storytelling throughout the book.

Lakshima Dilrukshi

Children’s Book Illustrator, Character Designer, Book Illustrator, +2

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I am a passionate illustrator who enjoys bringing stories to life through colourful, expressive characters and imaginative environments. I have experience creating illustrations for children’s picture books, including my recent project A Heart for Eli, where I illustrated a complete 32-page children’s book and worked closely with the author. I work primarily with Procreate and prepare high-quality digital artwork for publishing and print requirements. I’m comfortable working independently, collaborating with authors and clients, incorporating feedback, and managing long-form illustration projects while maintaining consistent character appearance, emotions, and visual storytelling throughout the book.…I am a passionate illustrator who enjoys bringing stories to life through colourful, expressive characters and imaginative environments. I have experience creating illustrations for children’s picture books, including my recent project A Heart for Eli, where I illustrated a complete 32-page children’s book and worked closely with the author. I work primarily with Procreate and prepare high-quality digital artwork for publishing and print requirements. I’m comfortable working independently, collaborating with authors and clients, incorporating feedback, and managing long-form illustration projects while maintaining consistent character appearance, emotions, and visual storytelling throughout the book.

Available to hire

I am a passionate illustrator who enjoys bringing stories to life through colourful, expressive characters and imaginative environments. I have experience creating illustrations for children’s picture books, including my recent project A Heart for Eli, where I illustrated a complete 32-page children’s book and worked closely with the author.

I work primarily with Procreate and prepare high-quality digital artwork for publishing and print requirements. I’m comfortable working independently, collaborating with authors and clients, incorporating feedback, and managing long-form illustration projects while maintaining consistent character appearance, emotions, and visual storytelling throughout the book.

Skills

Book Illustration

Character Design

Childrens Book Illustration

Procreate

Illustration

Experience Level

Book Illustration

Expert

Character Design

Expert

Childrens Book Illustration

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Sinhala, Sinhalese

Fluent

Work Experience

Illustrator (Children’s picture book project) at A Heart for Eli (Author: Lori Keating)

January 1, 2026 - Present

Illustrated a complete 32-page children’s picture book, creating character designs, full-page illustrations and double-page spreads. Developed visual storytelling to support the narrative and emotional beats of the story, and maintained consistent character appearance and style across the entire book. Worked closely with the author throughout the illustration process and prepared final artwork for professional book publishing and print production.

Children’s Book Illustrator at A Heart for Eli (project)

January 1, 2026 - Present

Illustrated a complete 32-page children’s picture book, creating character designs, full-page illustrations and double-page spreads. Developed visual storytelling to support the narrative and emotional progression of the story, worked directly with the author throughout the illustration process, and prepared final artwork for professional book publishing and print production.

Freelance Children's Book Illustrator at Beyond Colors Illustrations

August 15, 2024 - Present

Create original illustrations for children’s books, focusing on expressive characters, storytelling, emotional warmth, and visual consistency. Work with authors to develop illustrations from initial concepts through to final artwork. Experienced in creating full-page illustrations, double-page spreads, character designs, and book covers using Procreate.

Children’s Book Illustrator (Beyond Colors Illustrations) - Remote at Beyond Colors Illustrations

January 1, 2023 - Present

Create colourful, whimsical illustrations for children’s books, personal projects and author commissions. Produce spot illustrations, full-page scenes, double-page spreads and book covers. Develop expressive characters, environments, props and visual storytelling based on written stories, while maintaining consistent character design, expressions and overall visual style throughout a book. Collaborate directly with authors to understand their vision and translate narratives into engaging illustrations. Prepare print-ready artwork for professional publishing platforms. Create digital artwork using Procreate and manage illustration projects from sketches and concepts through to final publication-ready files.

Children’s Book Illustrator (Remote) at Beyond Colors Illustrations

January 1, 2023 - Present

Create colourful and whimsical illustrations for children’s books, personal projects and author commissions. Illustrate spot illustrations, full-page scenes, double-page spreads, and book covers. Develop expressive characters, environments, props and visual storytelling based on written stories, while maintaining consistent character design, expressions and visual style throughout a book. Collaborate with authors to understand their vision and translate text into engaging illustrations. Prepare print-ready artwork according to book-printing and publishing specifications using Procreate, and manage illustration projects from initial sketches and concepts through to final art.