Testimony David

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Hi, I’m Testimony David, a passionate children’s book illustrator and visual storyteller who loves bringing stories, characters, and imaginative worlds to life through engaging illustrations.

About

Hi, I’m Testimony David, a passionate children’s book illustrator and visual storyteller who loves bringing stories, characters, and imaginative worlds to life through engaging illustrations.

I specialize in children’s book illustration, character design, digital illustration, storyboarding, and visual storytelling. I focus on creating colorful, expressive, and age-appropriate artwork that captures children’s attention while helping authors communicate the heart of their stories.

Through my illustration work, I’ve developed skills in creating characters with personality, expressive poses and emotions, imaginative backgrounds, page illustrations, and cohesive visual styles that work across an entire story. I pay close attention to composition, color, details, and consistency so that every illustration feels connected to the story.

How I Can Help You
Whether you’re an author, self-publisher, or creative brand, I can help you turn your ideas and written stories into engaging visual experiences. I can create:

Full children’s picture book illustrations

Character designs and character sheets

Storyboard and scene development

Page-by-page illustrations

Book cover illustrations

Colorful backgrounds and environments

Expressive character poses and emotions

Digital paintings and illustrations

Illustrations for educational and children’s materials

Consistent artwork throughout your entire book

My goal is to make your story visually memorable, engaging, and enjoyable for young readers while bringing your creative vision to life.

If you have a story, character, or idea that you want to transform into beautiful illustrations, I’d love to help you bring it to life.

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • Spanish; CastilianAdvanced
  • FrenchAdvanced
  • GermanAdvanced

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Education
  • Professional Services

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Projects · 12

The Secret Cave – Magical Children’s Book Trailer

I collaborated with children’s author Loreen Makombe to create an engaging book trailer for her debut book, The Secret Cave. The story is a beautifully illustrated African children’s tale about bravery, friendship, and adventure, set in a magical kingdom where lions roam and kings and queens rule with courage. The challenge was to craft a trailer that captures the mystique and magic of the story while remaining concise and impactful. I used dynamic animation, character introductions, and a deep, authoritative narration to bring the characters—King Tofara, Queen Fari, Jupa the monkey, King Guru the White Lion, and the villain King Kara—to life. This trailer helped Loreen Makombe successfully promote her book, increase visibility on Amazon, and connect with young readers and parents through a vibrant, culturally rich presentation of African folklore. It contributed to building excitement around her debut release and establishing her brand as an author of magical, inclusive children’s stories.

  • AI Video Editor
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2
3D Animated Children’s Story | American Kids’ Cartoon

I created a 3D animated children’s video designed to entertain young audiences through colorful visuals, expressive characters, and engaging storytelling. The project focuses on bringing a child-friendly story to life through character animation, scene composition, facial expressions, and cinematic visual presentation.

  • 2D Animator
  • AI Video Editor
  • Book Illustrator
  • +2
Children’s Book Cover Illustration – Adventures of the P.O.W.E.R. Kids

A vibrant and imaginative children’s book cover illustration for Adventures of the P.O.W.E.R. Kids, written by J. Glenn Smith and illustrated by Shumaila. The artwork features a diverse group of children gathered outside a school, discovering a mysterious glowing green light that hints at an exciting adventure filled with magic, teamwork, and extraordinary possibilities. The illustration combines colorful cartoon characters, expressive facial features, a detailed school environment, and dynamic visual elements to create an engaging scene that captures the curiosity and excitement of childhood. The bright colors, playful typography, and fantasy-inspired atmosphere help establish the book’s adventurous theme and appeal to young readers. This project showcases my creativity in children’s book illustration, character design, cover composition, and visual storytelling. My aim is to create memorable artwork that brings stories to life, captures readers’ attention, and helps authors communicate their stories through compelling visuals.

  • 2D Animator
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2
Children’s Book Illustration – Grace’s Inspiring Adventure

A vibrant and engaging children’s storybook illustration featuring Grace, a confident and determined young girl, alongside her two friends in a beautiful outdoor setting. With expressive cartoon characters, bright colors, a charming house, lush greenery, and colorful flowers, the artwork creates a welcoming world that captures the joy and imagination of childhood. The illustration introduces Grace as a curious and courageous nine-year-old with a big dream of making the world a better place for both people and animals. The cheerful character designs, detailed background, and playful visual style help bring the story to life while encouraging young readers to embrace kindness, friendship, courage, and compassion for animals. Created with a colorful storybook aesthetic and carefully arranged storytelling elements, this artwork is suitable for children's books, educational publications, illustrated stories, and other family-friendly projects.

  • 2D Animator
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2
Children’s Book Cover Design – Kova, the Angel Husky

A magical and imaginative children’s book cover created for Kova, the Angel Husky, written by Mary de Chesnay and illustrated by Shumaila Khan. The artwork features a beautiful husky with angel wings and a golden halo, surrounded by a snowy Arctic landscape, icy mountains, and a large ship navigating through frozen waters. The design combines vibrant colors, whimsical storytelling, and eye-catching typography to create a captivating cover that sparks curiosity and appeals to young readers. The harmonious composition, winter atmosphere, and fantasy-inspired character illustration bring the story’s magical theme to life. This project demonstrates my passion for children’s book illustration, creative cover design, visual storytelling, and the development of artwork that captures the imagination of readers.

  • 2D Animator
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2
3D Children's Illustration – Playful Childhood Moments

A colorful and heartwarming 3D children's illustration featuring two adorable young characters enjoying a playful moment together in a cozy, sunlit room. With expressive eyes, beautifully styled natural hairstyles, vibrant clothing, and charming facial expressions, this artwork captures the joy, friendship, and imagination of childhood. Created with a bright color palette, soft cinematic lighting, detailed textures, and a polished 3D animation style, this illustration is ideal for children's books, storybooks, educational materials, animated storytelling, and family-friendly creative projects. My goal was to create visually appealing characters that connect with young audiences, bring stories to life, and make every scene feel warm, engaging, and memorable.

  • 2D Animator
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2
BOOM Company — Bold Fashion Brand Logo Design

BOOM Company is a bold and energetic fashion brand identity built around a strong star symbol and distinctive custom typography. The logo combines a powerful graphic mark with heavy lettering to create a memorable visual identity that works well across clothing, packaging, social media, merchandise, and promotional materials. The design direction focuses on confidence, youth, energy, and streetwear culture while keeping the identity simple enough to remain recognizable across different applications. The project demonstrates logo development, typography, visual identity, and brand-focused graphic design for a modern fashion and lifestyle business.

  • Brand Designer
  • Brand Strategist
  • Logo Designer
Iron Dynamic — Brand Identity & Visual Design

Iron Dynamic is a modern engineering and physique development brand created with a bold, powerful, and professional visual identity. I developed a complete visual branding direction that combines strong typography, a distinctive logo system, a focused color palette, and practical brand applications across multiple touchpoints. The project includes logo development, typography selection, brand colors, business card design, branded merchandise, apparel, product mockups, promotional materials, and visual brand presentation. The goal was to create an identity that communicates strength, innovation, precision, confidence, and modern engineering while maintaining a consistent visual language across both digital and physical applications.

  • Brand Designer
  • Brand Strategist
  • Logo Designer
Roko and the Little Robot – Animated Children Book Story

This project showcases an animated children book story featuring Roko, a playful young robot character, and his friendly dog companion. The animation brings a colorful illustrated storybook scene to life through character movement, expressive actions, playful environments, and engaging visual storytelling. The design uses bright colors, child friendly character styling, expressive facial details, and a warm indoor environment to create an entertaining visual experience for young audiences. The project demonstrates skills in children book illustration, character animation, animated storytelling, scene composition, visual development, and children focused content creation. Formatting Guide 2D Children Book Animation Character Animation Storybook Visual Design Child Friendly Illustration Character Expression and Movement Animated Scene Composition Visual Storytelling Audio and Motion Synchronization

  • 2D Animator
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2
Helda and the Magical Tooth Fairy – Children Book Illustration and Layout Design

This project is a colorful children book illustration and layout design for Helda and the Magical Tooth Fairy, a heartwarming story about a young girl experiencing the excitement and nervousness of losing her first tooth. The project features expressive character illustrations, warm bedroom scenes, playful bathroom moments, a magical Tooth Fairy, and detailed visual storytelling throughout the pages. The design uses bright colors, soft lighting, child friendly typography, expressive characters, and carefully arranged text and illustrations to create an engaging reading experience for young children. The artwork was designed with visual consistency across the story, ensuring that the main character, supporting characters, environments, and illustration style remain cohesive from page to page.

  • 2D Animator
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2
Luna and the Whispering Forest - Children Book Cover Design and Illustration

This project showcases a complete children book cover design created for Luna and the Whispering Forest, a magical story about courage, friendship, imagination, and discovering your inner light. The project includes a fully illustrated front cover, back cover, and spine with a colorful storybook aesthetic. The artwork combines a young main character, woodland animals, glowing forest elements, flowers, trees, and a peaceful waterfall to create an inviting visual world for young readers. The design was developed with child friendly typography, strong visual hierarchy, balanced composition, and professional book layout principles. The illustration style was also designed to remain visually consistent across the book and suitable for children ages 4 to 10. The project demonstrates skills in children book illustration, book cover design, book layout, typography, character illustration, visual storytelling, and Amazon KDP ready publishing design.

  • 2D Animator
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2
Choo Choo & the Anywhere Express

The Concept: A high-adventure series showcasing Scale and World-Building. This project demonstrates how to blend a "Living Vehicle" character with human and animal protagonists across diverse global environments. Key Technical Features: Scale & Composition: Expert use of size contrast to make the train feel grand and magnificent, creating a sense of wonder for a young audience. Atmospheric Lighting: Mastering lighting transitions—from the "Golden Hour" at the station to the "Icy Blue" of mountain peaks and a "Warm Amber" cozy bedroom glow. Multi-Character Consistency: Ensuring 100% visual accuracy for Zayan, Momo the Bear, and the Train’s "personality" across every single page. Portfolio Highlights: Diverse Environments: Successful execution of varied settings including lush jungles, snowy peaks, and whimsical railway stations. Emotional Storytelling: Capturing a range of expressions, from comedic moments (Momo stuck in the door) to peaceful, dreamlike endings. Professional Layouts: Every scene is designed with intentional "Negative Space" to ensure easy and professional text placement for publishing. Ready to build a magical world for your story? Let’s collaborate!

  • 2D Animator
  • Book Illustrator
  • Character Designer
  • +2

Work experience

Children’s Book Illustrator · FreelanceDec 2016 – Present · 10 yrs

As a freelance children’s book illustrator, I create engaging and imaginative illustrations that bring stories and characters to life. I work on character design, scene development, page illustrations, storyboarding, and visual storytelling for children’s books and related projects. My responsibilities include developing expressive characters, creating colorful and age-appropriate environments, maintaining visual consistency across multiple pages, and translating written ideas into compelling illustrations. I also collaborate with authors and clients to understand their creative vision and turn their concepts into finished artwork. I can help clients create complete picture book illustrations, character designs, book covers, interior illustrations, storyboards, and other visual assets for children’s publishing projects.

Education

Bachelor for Artist illustrator · University of Lagos State2014 – 2018

Completed university in Lagos, Nigeria, developing a strong foundation in creative arts, communication, visual creativity, and other academic subjects. Developed an interest in drawing, illustration, and creative storytelling, which has contributed to my work as a children’s book illustrator.

Certifications and awards

Professional Graphic Design & AI Content Creation2021 – 2026

Professional skills in logo design, brand identity development, children’s book illustration, and AI-powered video creation. Experienced in creating visually engaging and creative designs tailored to meet clients’ branding, publishing, and digital content needs.

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