Sachie Disanayaka

The Rice Man 🌾🔍 I’m excited to share this completed freelance children’s book illustration project created for author Matt Levine. This project gave me the opportunity to create a playful and imaginative visual world around the story, featuring a curious young character at the heart of the adventure. For this project, I worked on character illustration, character design, expressions, environment, composition, and visual storytelling, crafting a colorful and engaging style tailored for young readers. The cover highlights a curious child exploring a huge mound of rice with a magnifying glass, instantly evoking a sense of adventure, discovery, and playful mystery. 📖 Book: The Rice Man](https://www.twine.net/signin ✍️ Author: Matt Levine 🎨 Role: Freelance Children’s Book Illustrator 📚 Project Type: Children’s Book / Character Illustration / Visual Storytelling This was another rewarding freelance project, and I’m thrilled to showcase it as part of my professional illustration portfolio. A little curiosity can lead to a big adventure. 🌾✨

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A Flip-Flop Feeling 🦋✨ I’m excited to share this completed freelance children’s book illustration project created for author Karene Martin-Russell. This playful story explores a big emotional moment through a child’s experience, using expressive characters and imaginative visual elements to make the narrative engaging and relatable for young readers. For this project, I worked on character illustration, expressions, poses, animal characters, composition, and overall visual storytelling, crafting a colorful and energetic children's book style. The cover highlights a young girl experiencing a strong emotional moment, surrounded by playful animals and butterflies that add personality and whimsy to the scene. 📖 Book: A Flip-Flop Feeling](https://www.twine.net/signin ✍️ Author: Karene Martin-Russell 🎨 Illustrated by: Sachie Disanayaka 📚 Project Type: Children’s Book / Character Illustration / Visual Storytelling 🖌️ Role: Freelance Children’s Book Illustrator This was another rewarding freelance project that allowed me to explore emotion, expressive character acting, playful animal characters, and visual storytelling for young readers.

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Nico Learns to Care: Choosing Kindness, Step by Step 🦊🌿 I’m excited to share the third book in the Nico Growth Series, another completed freelance children’s book illustration project created for author Liam Calder. In this story, Nico discovers the importance of kindness, compassion, responsibility, and caring for the world and the creatures around him. For this project, I created the character illustrations, expressions, environments, visual storytelling, and storybook artwork, continuing the visual identity established throughout the Nico series. The story takes Nico and his friends into a beautiful natural environment, where he learns that even small acts of care and kindness can make a meaningful difference. 🌱🦊🐦 📖 Book: Nico Learns to Care: Choosing Kindness, Step by Step](https://www.twine.net/signin ✍️ Author: Liam Calder 🎨 Role: Freelance Children’s Book Illustrator 📚 Project Type: Children’s Book Illustration / Character Design / Visual Storytelling This project was successfully completed and published, and I’m very happy to share another chapter of Nico’s journey in my portfolio. It was a pleasure continuing to develop Nico’s world and creating illustrations that make these meaningful life lessons engaging and enjoyable for young readers. ✨ 2D Animator Artist Character Designer

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