Maggie Zeng is a Montreal-based children’s book illustrator, concept artist, and animator. Maggie loves making story-driven illustrations that convey a feeling of adventure and wonder through fun characters and magical environments. She is the illustrator of the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award-winning book “This Is The Boat That Ben Built,” and her film “Itch” has screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival, winning the silver Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation. Her favourite pencil was a 0.9mm Staedtler Mars micro that someone stole from her during her first year of high school. (She bought a second one.)

Abbie Draws is a queer multidisciplinary artist from Philadelphia, who is currently living, working, and creating in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke. After receiving her bachelors in studio arts and psychology, she is currently pursuing a degree in Art Therapy. Abbie’s playful art style aims to celebrate the inner-child, through colorful characters, original stories, and bold imagery. Her current work manifests in many mediums, including plushies, clay figurines, art prints, and much more. Abbie seeks to externalize the silliest parts of her brain through her creative practice, whether it be bugs, clowns, plants, or bears. With strong visual themes and a developed personal style, Abbie Draws welcomes you into her vivid artistic universe.

Originally from France, Marion moved to Montreal 7 years ago and is now proudly Canadian too—woohoo! She launched her online illustration shop just over a year ago, and her work reflects both influences: a thoughtful blend of French delicacy and Quebecois energy!

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Trained as a fashion designer, especially for children, her world is filled with softness, color, and tenderness. After feeling long frustrated in the corporate world, illustration became a true space of freedom where she can explore, experiment, and create with passion. And it shows—her work is made with a lot of heart and joy.

Her long-term goal is to live fully as a freelancer, continuing to offer prints that brighten up your spaces and working on exciting and fulfilling projects.

Camille Sarradet is a tattoo artist and illustrator born in Montreal. A barista and cat lady in her spare time, her illustrations gently and simply reflect the troubles and small pleasures of life, her love of wine and coffee, and the ups and downs of daily life.

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Through her drawings, she wants the characters that populate her world to be relatable to everyone through their uniform features and similar profiles. Always in motion, they share slices of life, their current feelings, and the thoughts running through their minds.

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After a trip to Argentina where she discovered tattooing, she began experimenting with translating and adapting her illustrations onto skin—while preserving the same energy and naivety found in her drawings. Flowers, little ladies, “casas locas,” and magical worlds are her favorite subjects.

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Though her projects are always full of surprises, she hopes to explore new artistic mediums in the future. With interests in sewing and screen printing, she wants to take her illustrations in new directions—always aiming to make people smile and bring a bit of comfort and color to a sometimes dreary world.

Carolina is an illustrator who works mostly with watercolor, creating soft, nature-inspired pieces that tell quiet stories. Starting with a loose sketch and building up layers of color to capture mood and movement, she creates work that feels both gentle and expressive. Finding inspiration in everyday moments, travel, and the natural world, she aims to bring a sense of calm and connection through her art. 

AnneSea started to draw as a little girl. It is only years later, after a severe concussion, that she
reconnected with her creativity and decided to follow her passion for the arts and nature by learning watercolour painting.

She likes to work in tiny details in an attempt to capture nature’s beauty. In the future, she wishes
to continue painting and creating stories that will bring joy and light to the world.

AnneSea is based in Waterloo, Qc, where she works in the company of her partner and their three
cats.