Editorial Illustration

  • Editorial illustration featuring an awe-struck child in overalls looking at a bookstack winding up into the clouds
  • Editorial illustraton featuring a modern blonde girl reading next to a lake with her dog, the Alps and a traditional ski lodge in the background. The reflection shows another girl in the same reading posture, but with a goat, her attire old-fashioned
  • Illustration featuring a group of children excitedly gathering around a woman author to hear about the book she holds
  • Illustration featuring a child dressed as a pirate or sailor, steering a book with sails and flag through the waves, a flock of books flying in the sky alongside

Character Illustration

  • A lumberjack holds his small daughter on his shoulder. His plaid shirt is yellow, and she is wearing a green turtle-neck sweater, blue skirt, and red shoes. Her hair is in two pigtails with bows.
  • Classic fairy tale Pinocchio illustration, shows a wooden boy in straw hat, orange shirt with ruffle collar, green short pants, and boots. In the background are the Blue Fairy, a snake, a fox and a cat, and a whale swallowing a ship.
  • A girl with curly short hair sits in a cafe holding a pumpikin spice drink. She wears a green sweater tunic, floral leggings, and low-heeled boots.
  • A mermaid with a green tail and a green shirt holds a bowling ball next to her winking face. Her blonde hair is done in an 80's style high pontail with a scrunchie and fluffy bangs. The bowling pins wait in the background.
  • Three mermaid children of different ages reading books

Children’s Book Illustration

  • Classic fairy tale Pinocchio illustration of a wooden boy in straw hat, orange shirt with ruffle collar, green short pants, and boots. In the background are the Blue Fairy, a snake, a fox and a cat, and a whale swallowing a ship.
  • Watercolor and ink illustration of a red-headed mermaid relaxing in a lily pond with koi fish and a frog
  • Three mermaid children of different ages reading books
  • Ink wash drawing of a woodland fairy washing mud from her leg at a puddle

Commercial & Product Illustration

  • teacup surface pattern design product shot - mug, notebook, sketchbook
  • christmas holiday surface pattern design product shot - greeting card, sticker, zipper pouch
  • april showers flower power surface pattern hero design tear sheet

Educational Illustration

  • Coloring page drawn for STORYVOR, featuring a modern girl reader in hooded sweatshirt, pleated skirt, and sneakers, falling down the rabbit hole to Wonderland along with Alice amid objects and creatures from the tale
  • A variety of spot illustration graphics created for Getting Into German kids' language courses, featuring different animals, some in line work only, others in color

Sarah Y. Is the right illustrator for your project. Why?

I work across mediums, from watercolor, pen and ink, colored pencil, and graphite, to digital and animated illustration. My work spans educational publishing, editorial, comics and webtoons, coloring books, and textile and product surface pattern design, for clients ranging from literacy organizations to commercial brands.

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