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Stories AboutThe Grand Menagerie

A picture book of thirty animals for Lantern House, painted by Noor and Elena. Now in its second printing.

The red fox from The Grand Menagerie

The Old ElephantRemembers Everything

Spreads, covers and chapter openers for picture books, middle grade and the shelf above it.

The old elephant from The Grand Menagerie

A Giraffe WhoNever Fit The Page

Characters that carry a book across thirty spreads, and look the same on every one.

The giraffe from The Grand Menagerie

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Books & Covers

On The Shelf

Picture books, cover series and editorial work for three publishers.

The Grand Menagerie Picture Book · 2025The Grand MenagerieLantern House
Small Hours Cover Series · 2024Small HoursMoonwell Press
Folk Of Oak Street Picture Book · 2024Folk Of Oak StreetLantern House
Tidebound Cover Series · 2023TideboundMoonwell Press
City Skulls Editorial · 2023City SkullsBramble & Finch
The Colour Script

Twenty-Four Beats, One Mood Line

Before a spread is drawn, the whole book is planned in colour. Scroll, and the script fills in beat by beat.

  • Beats Painted0 of 24
  • ChapterDawn At The Harbour
Licensing For Publishers

Covers And Spreads, Licensed By Use

Moon Grin, one country, one year, the first five thousand copies:

  • Book Cover$670
  • Book Interior$335
  • Editorial$210
See Every Term
Moon Grin, a cover painting of a grinning crescent moon
The Book Team

Three Artists, Every Page

Meet All Seven
Noor HaddadFree soon

Noor Haddad

Book Illustrator

  • StylesStorybook, Stylized
  • Day Rate$480
  • Based InPortland, OR

Illustrators, Three Calls Are Open

Send your portfolio in five short steps. Each call closes on its date.

  • Junior Concept ArtistFull Time, In The Studio · Painterly Concept · Stylized & FlatOpenApply
  • Freelance Book IllustratorFreelance, Remote · Storybook · Line & InkOpenApply
  • 3D GeneralistContract, Six Months · 3D Sculpt & RenderOpenApply

Two lines of brief went in, and thirty animals our readers still write letters to came out.

Lantern HouseHannah ColeArt Director, Lantern House

They painted the world of Frostbound before we had built a level of it. The team still works from those paintings.

Northwind GamesRafael OrtizCreative Director, Northwind Games

Every robot arrived with a turnaround, call-outs and a sculpt. Our modellers had nothing left to guess.

Ironleaf InteractiveJonas BergLead Artist, Ironleaf Interactive

Twelve covers, twelve moods, one shelf that looks like a set. Tess just gets what a cover has to do.

Moonwell PressPriya NairDesign Director, Moonwell Press
From The Journal

Notes From The Drawing Table

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