What is home?

What is Home children's book illustration 

Client: Hachette – Wayland
Date: July 2019

I worked on these illustrations for a picture book that asks the question of what is home. Is it the house we live it, the street we grew up in, the culture that nurtured us, or is it the planet earth?

Illustrations: Hanane Kai
Hand texturing of illustrations: Mariela Gallegos Perea
Text: Louise Spilsbury and Marie Murray
Publisher: Wayland Hachette Group



What is Home children's book illustration
What is Home children's book illustration


I used the metaphor of building blocks to reflect on the question of home

What is Home children's book illustration
What is Home children's book illustration
What is Home children's book illustration
What is Home children's book illustration