Influenced - Adulthood Favourites

Fortune favors the bold

I hope you enjoyed reading about my childhood favourites that left huge impressions on me in my first “Influenced” post. After I passed my picture book age, I didn’t rediscover the love for picture books until my early 30s when I decided to be an illustrator. In this post, I’m going to share children’s books and artists that had big influence on me and helped me develop my own style (whatever it is) to this day.

Influenced - Childhood Favourites

Before I continue, I should clarify what I mean by “favourites” here. As any book lovers might agree, it’s an impossible task to pick only a few favourite books. I could say all 290 (and counting) children’s books on my bookshelves inspired me (otherwise I wouldn’t have bought them, would I?). So, in this post, I’m going to focus on my favourite books and artists that influenced me. For example, I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen and Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton inspired me to be a picture book maker and I absolutely adore Beatrice Alemagna, Felicita Sala, Júlia Sardà and I…