What our clients say

Real words from authors we've illustrated children's books for: picture books, covers and full series.

I worked with USIllustrations for my first children’s book, and they did a fantastic job! From start to finish, Lena kept me informed throughout the process, and my illustrator, Karine, brought my vision to life beautifully. The quality of the illustrations is exceptional. What stood out most to me was their patience and dedication—they were incredibly accommodating with revisions, making sure each illustration matched my vision perfectly. The team also delivered everything in a timely manner. I’ll definitely be working with USIllustrations again in the future!
Donnita Peterson
Google
My book project turned out beautifully! US Illustrations is a very professional business with talented illustrators - it took close to 30 days to bring my book to life and I am very pleased with the results! Highly recommend their services! Karine was amazing, responsive and truly understood the vision for my first children's book!
Fernanda Neves
Google
I highly recommend US Illustrations for your next project. Karine was very responsive and accommodating for my children's book that required a fair amount of world building and imagery. Illustrations were done with care and sent over on time; she was an excellent collaborator. Hope to work with her on future books!
Eric Warczinsky
Google
As a retired business executive and first time author of children's books, it was my good fortune to work with Karine Makartichan of US Illustrations. Karine is not only a top notch illustrator, she is a true partner in the process of creating a book and bringing it to life.  She is insightful, responsive and highly collaborative; a pleasure to work with.  Lastly, Karine and her team delivered on their commitments, as the project came in on time and on budget. Needless to say, I highly recommend US Illustrations.
David Yale
Google
I had a wonderful experience from start to finish with US Illustrations, especially Karine. This was my first time experience with illustrations and she helped answer all of my questions. She even helped me after my book was finalized. I felt comfortable with her as my illustrator. The work she does is also of very high quality and you can tell she has a strong passion for her work. The time she puts into each detail made my vision literally come to life. I am so happy and thankful I chose this company to complete my first children's book with. I will be back for my next book asap.
Tanya Smith
Facebook
Karine did a wonderful job on my first children’s picture book. Her characters brought my book to life and she was always willing to make changes. She was very helpful , as I was a novice, with the formatting process and she was always very prompt answering my emails and finishing the illustrations. I always felt she was invested in my story and it showed in the illustrations. I will certainly use her again!
Victoria B.
Thumbtack
I'm so glad I found this company! My experience was great. They were very informative with helping me understand the process of illustrating a children's book. The illustrations were so cute and it's everything I imagined for my book. I highly recommend US Illustrations. Plus, the pricing was really good. That was another reason I chose them.
Domonique Hickman
Google
It was truly a fantastic experience working with Karine and her team at US Illustrations. They're professional and so sweet. The work that they accomplished on my book was extraordinary and pure art! I primarily wrote a children's book for my children and to share with others. Karine and her team were so friendly and top of everything. They truly brought the story I wrote to life in beautiful artwork. I highly recommend them and if I do make another book in the future, I would choose no one else to illustrate but US Illustrations!
Justin C.
Thumbtack
Karine was great to work with! I was able to modify sketches and colors to my vision, which was liberating in creating the characters in my book. Very awesome experience overall. Thank you for helping bring my book to life in illustrations!
Mich Elle
Facebook
I fell asleep with a dream and when I woke up Karine at US Illustrations had turned it into a reality! Our level of imagination blended seamlessly on this project and truly I can't wait for the next! I reached out to several illustrators before selected US Illustrations. I wanted to be sure I could trust someone with something as special as my first children's book. They were fast, professional and have gone above and beyond! … I was shocked when I received the free trial sketch of my character because he truly was everything and more! It was as if she was in my mind, I still don't know how they managed to do it. He couldn't have been more perfect! I had a phone call with Lena and she answered all my questions and by the end of our call I knew they'd be the illustration company I wanted to go with. Karine responded to every email almost within the day I sent or the very next day. She was open to critiques (which I had very very few) and she was such a pleasure to work with. I loved the minor touches to the finalized book which made all the difference and I feel she was also personally invested in my book which says a lot. …
Hallie Loper
Facebook

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