https://www.julia-shea.com/illustration daily 1.0 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1775090042216-EWTJWJK4FAGS3SOHQH8F/image-asset.jpeg illustration - The Ice Princess Illustration commissioned for Snatch Magazine to accompany an article about Olympic skaters shouldering the hopes, fears, and resentments of the nation they skate for while chasing their dreams at the highest level of excellence. Drawn in Procreate for iPad. Spring 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1775090042216-EWTJWJK4FAGS3SOHQH8F/image-asset.jpeg illustration - The Ice Princess Illustration commissioned for Snatch Magazine to accompany an article about Olympic skaters shouldering the hopes, fears, and resentments of the nation they skate for while chasing their dreams at the highest level of excellence. Drawn in Procreate for iPad. Spring 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1771285388844-ZZ21QY0H13NIRBZ3VXQ3/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Personal branding banner for the CAT Agency An illustrated banner for my personal branding with the CAT Agency, who represent me for my publishing-related work. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Winter 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1759451185308-YWP2YOTC7NFK0UIN5VD2/Backstage+Disaster.JPG illustration - The Show Must Go On! Personal illustration. Summer 2025. Drawn digitally on Procreate for iPad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1741313974297-6RX9HCEQE67JB8XAO6YV/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Butt Sniff City Personal project combining my love of dogs and color. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Winter 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1759451283135-1217ZP9XWAC9CBW1CDAM/Untitled_Artwork+2.JPG illustration - Haunted Hayride Based on a true story! Summer 2025. Drawn digitally on Procreate for iPad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1763002253407-TBZT6ZWAXJUXW83M4PDX/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Halloween Party Personal illustration of a wholesome and raucous teen Halloween party, complete with some kitten magic! Fall 2025. Drawn digitally in Procreate for iPad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1734788595217-H2OCO9G7JMJR77SS5OSJ/image-asset.jpeg illustration - A Winter's Evening Digital illustration inspired by the view from my apartment. Fall 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1620244099183-REBY6VFQPY48UABGA2N7/image.jpg illustration - Half-drop repeating pattern for Etsy store branding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1741314505531-8PE15RWWBPHMLJ4TC5WJ/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Brighton Beach Blizzard Personal illustration and Brooklyn appreciation. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Winter 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1771285659060-G2FIJV05H1M7QJPMN42U/Don%27t+Look+Down.jpg illustration - Don't Look Down Drawn digitally in Procreate for iPad. Winter 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1735323777296-NG0S3Q6LCU3PNUS846NO/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Happy Holidays 2024! Digital illustration in Procreate for iPad. Fall 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1712326870428-C1Y6FSFH3LFTCWD7XLS9/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Once Upon A First Kiss Dummy book cover for a YA queer romance novel that doesn’t exist (yet). Illustrated and hand-lettered in Procreate for the iPad, typeset in Adobe inDesign. Spring 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1771285897342-3WBLDWB0EFSEY3EV6RXF/Its+a+Deal.jpg illustration Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Winter 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1759451789584-JSWH67JKPEOHKTMI2WPV/image-asset.jpeg illustration - In the Shrine of the Cave God Personal illustration. Summer 2025. Drawn in Procreate for iPad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1771285903348-R2M7JYEL4TT22IRWREC6/Her+Hair+isnt+even+that+shiny.jpg illustration Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Winter 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1689022633477-X7ACJODNNJHDPYQ9YGEK/image-asset.jpeg illustration - July 2023 Kid Lit Art Postcard Professional baby on the job! Drawn in Procreate on the iPad. Summer 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1698939125129-DW6MHKQORY6KYA2BPJME/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Folktale Week participation announcement 2023 Drawn in Procreate on the iPad. Fall 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1689021115665-D2FP2U3A28T839WUBLU8/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Summertime Shock and Horror! Inspired by my childhood playing in rivers. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Summer 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1629405820198-5OUCMZ82QR5XF535P6F1/image-asset.png illustration - Sounds of the Forest Redraw of an ink illustration I made in high school after reading “This One Summer” by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki. Drawn in Procreate for iPad, available on my Etsy as an 11”x17” art print. Summer 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1708557975116-071O0I0CFHFTU9NIA05T/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Sweet Dreams, Best Friend Digital illustration inspired by girls and their dogs. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Winter 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1617810531392-6KFK5RCPCEI5VSU0DZ1Q/image-asset.png illustration - Two page spread from graphic novel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1706740455459-D9U4C6G62JI0EMH6YB6F/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Grandma’s Crew Drawing of my dad’s side of the family based off one of my favorite family photos. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Winter 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1705162702068-72R6QHSVC4V20093K1LL/image-asset.jpg illustration - "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day." Illustration for printed bookmarks. Inspired by the first few lines of Jane Eyre (and my favorite kind of weather). Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Summer 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1709851978866-1U2M1M1BNFCECWRS8IQ6/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Leaping Forward Figure study of a child playing. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Spring 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1708558381804-7K67283YP9MZ4I6QEZWG/image-asset.jpeg illustration - You're the Queen of My Heart Instagram post for Valentine’s Day 2024, inspired by vintage china teacups. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Winter 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1689021429099-383BI5FJIKV7V8ZKEZOY/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Katie Dresses Up Character study based on an old family photo of my little sister. What a pretty princess! Made using Procreate on the iPad. Spring 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1705162583547-X7UOK9K2MEA3LK8EYPL0/image.jpg illustration - Julia's Fourth of July Character study based on a photo of myself as a toddler. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Summer 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1705163817870-BB7TTTB5AQ5KNAHWA7YD/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Uh Oh! The Kitten has Discovered the Divine Act of Creation! Surely nothing disastrous will come of it! Drawing for Folktale Week community art event. Graphite sketch, colored in Procreate for the iPad. Fall 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1705161680777-QS428AAL87E7MRJYRM6R/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Winter Solstice Tea A warming brew for the longest night of the year. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Fall 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1612115658859-XRPP1AACN898JMWT9PEH/Untitled_Artwork.jpg illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1689021742553-ODNC1Q35QVEONVERKM0L/image-asset.jpeg illustration - Hello, New Friend Character study based on a photo of me in middle school. Drawn in Procreate on the iPad. Summer 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1612115829108-VKXEQS1TFC2MVM399IJ4/B0253BBB-0C27-4518-94EC-B91A4223C8BB.jpg illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1620243971561-0D4WXXIHA6HHPOKG6EAE/image-asset.png illustration - Grocery store typography appreciation print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1565575121047-QC5SQ74EBXGUUAKHNXPY/IMG_3361.JPG illustration - Self Portrait Graphite on drawing paper. 18” x 24”. 2017. https://www.julia-shea.com/clientwork daily 0.75 2025-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1734788379681-JX3DC3NPXIVKMSAYQZFF/image-asset.jpeg client work - Home Fundraiser poster for Ho-Ho-Kus School HSA. 18”x24”. Fall 2024. Available for preorder for a limited time from https://www.hhkhsa.org/homeprint.html#/ . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1734788379681-JX3DC3NPXIVKMSAYQZFF/image-asset.jpeg client work - Home Fundraiser poster for Ho-Ho-Kus School HSA. 18”x24”. Fall 2024. Available for preorder for a limited time from https://www.hhkhsa.org/homeprint.html#/ . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1621887786715-L5ZB2ASXYQWPB7EMA4XY/image-asset.jpeg client work - Lonesome Creature Mycology Club Sticker A companion sticker for non-Amherst College Mycology Club members who still wanted in on the action. Sticker available on my Etsy shop. Spring 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1716830585284-2UQQOKF3TOL2M70Q5R4N/image-asset.jpeg client work - Ho-Ho-Kus Postcard Fundraiser postcard commissioned by the Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ (my hometown)! Spring 2024. Available for purchase only at the Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1704583997188-73SQYF6N1S42ORJPG0WW/image-asset.png client work - Tote Bag Design for The Curious Reader Fall 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1754251732775-MJ8HXVU7U3U3GA2VGERN/image-asset.jpeg client work - Building Portrait for The Curious Reader Illustrated building portrait commission for The Curious Reader bookstore in Glen Rock, NJ. Digitally drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Spring 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1617810223589-9QV5OTN4FWTA47ME52LG/image-asset.jpeg client work - Commission - Logo for Amherst College Mycology Club Also printed as stickers and promotional pins. Spring 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1704584126693-8K6ITXJT3CP6QR0R63K0/image-asset.jpeg client work - Commission - Tote Bag Design for The Curious Reader Bookstore Originally a t-shirt design, refreshed and recolored for The Curious Reader’s tenth anniversary commemorative tote bags. Fall 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1629556933648-57OTI62N3MF43O0RE9U3/image-asset.png client work - Florence Night Out Branding Branding package for Florence Night Out, a community arts festival in Florence, MA. Includes formal and informal hand drawn logos, 11”x17” poster, t-shirt (not pictured), and postcard. Summer 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1629409916400-RJATUHZSFLPO3RY8AX61/image-asset.png client work - Commission - Wedding Save the Dates and Logo Quirky hand-lettered save the date card and wedding logo for destination ceremony using nautical imagery and Bermuda iconography. Illustrated in Procreate for iPad, all type hand-drawn. Spring 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1621889768423-59AYVUULUCDAHTZERRWV/image.jpg client work - Commission - Merch Design for Amherst English Dept. Senior Gift Sweatshirt design for the Amherst College 2021 English Majors. Spring 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1629406759601-H9EJS1EIAX8WFU0UMS05/image-asset.png client work - Informal Logo for Florence Night Out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1612284072881-3QDJHC6AHAAAZ9QZSYUV/image-asset.png client work - Cold Brew Coffee Can wrap-around label Self-started design project. Inspired by the name of the color of the universe (“cosmic latte” - can you believe the universe is beige?). Illustrated in Procreate and typeset in inDesign. Summer 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1621889819524-XO233SQ4YKX0B964FKWL/image-asset.jpeg client work - Commission - Logo for the Amherst College Sabrinas Illustrated logo for the Amherst College Sabrinas A Capella group. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Spring 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1617811036682-K6NGPT1M1MZWFJ6HGMH0/image.jpg client work - Mock-up of Cold Brew Can Self-started design project. Illustrated in Procreate and typeset in inDesign. Summer 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1620243839260-6C4U9P9PYM1Y1KGGCSCZ/image-asset.png client work - Etsy Pattern Design Branding for my Etsy shop thank you cards and store banner. Drawn in Procreate for the iPad. Spring 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1565793735044-ZGBH27ZPUUWUFDA7YUWV/Mead+best+practices+meta+poster.png client work - Mead Art Museum: Best Practices Guide Poster to accompany the written graphic design style guide I created for the Mead. 11” x 17”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1565793056639-VTSZ81B5AYUITAQ2UJM2/Mead+fall+show+opening+FINAL.png client work - Mead Art Museum: Fall Show Opening Poster Poster for the Mead promoting the opening panel and reception for the new fall shows. 11” x 17”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1565792818327-QPO5NF84SZYCAAIJQNHN/dimensionism+closing+concert+Final.png client work - Mead Art Museum: Dimensionism Closing Poster for the Mead Art Museum promoting the closing of the exhibition Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein. 11” x 17”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1565793735697-EB88GWQNCDRD1NMPTXM9/sounds+of+stonewall+final.png client work - Mead Art Museum: Sounds of Stonewall Poster promoting a music event held at the Mead to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. 11” x 17”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1565575806492-L1I4S553QWZEPSE6M3BP/zumbyes+to+my+left+FINAL.png client work - album cover: zumbyes Album cover for the a capella group, the Amherst College Zumbyes. https://www.julia-shea.com/book-design daily 0.75 2025-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1754165707245-U9X4R407FCTJSZW47BTG/9781665980869.jpg book design - Turkey Trot - close up Novelty shaped board book with crinkly, fuzzy legs that run! Designed and art directed by Julia Shea, illustrated by Meg Hunt. Published by Little Simon Fall 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1754165707245-U9X4R407FCTJSZW47BTG/9781665980869.jpg book design - Turkey Trot - close up Novelty shaped board book with crinkly, fuzzy legs that run! Designed and art directed by Julia Shea, illustrated by Meg Hunt. Published by Little Simon Fall 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1704581228531-USTAZMR3T7A6RX2LYNM6/9781665940900%281%29.jpg book design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1754165145906-EXJF2WF4STYTD3Q3AMSB/turkey+trot.jpg book design - Turkey Trot Novelty shaped board book with crinkly, fuzzy legs that run! Designed and art directed by Julia Shea, illustrated by Meg Hunt. Published by Little Simon Fall 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1754162858548-0VF0HFMGPG7BJY5L10JO/ariana+mock+up3.jpg book design - Spotlight On Ariana Grande Cover and interior designed and art directed by Julia Shea. Series look designed by Julia Shea and Claire Torres. Illustrated by Ruth Burrows. Published by Simon Spotlight Fall 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1704583566871-DD4X3QCN5IMVTCK1ZX0F/i+bug+you+set+up+shot.jpg book design - I Bug You Design and Art Direction by Julia Shea, illustrations by Riley Samels. Written by Dori Elys. Board book. Published by Little Simon Spring 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1754162527360-8KO7LSB94LGZIHOX3LC6/Fun+Under+the+sea+mock+up22.jpg book design - Fun Under the Sea Netflix’s “Not Quite Narwhal” board book with die cut acetate windows and characters printed on them on every spread. Published by Simon Spotlight, Fall 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1718816361992-IDR4K9ND3IHJBNDHJSFS/i+love+you+so+mush+cvr.jpg book design - I Love You So Mush Design and art direction by Julia Shea, illustrations by Steph Stilwell. Written by Dori Elys. Board book. Published by Little Simon Spring 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1754162031693-QS13TCLZ01XOLMV757ZS/zoom+zoom+cvr.jpg book design - Zoom Zoom Baby redesign Linelook refresh for selected Karen Katz titles. Specs include reformatted chunky lift-the-flaps and rhodamine red ink. Design by Julia Shea, art direction by Laura Roode, written and illustrated by Karen Katz. Board book. Published by Little Simon Summer 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1754162031488-FEO8MYILHBKSHVF8LHIW/splish+splash+cvr.jpg book design - Splish Splash Baby redesign Linelook refresh for selected Karen Katz titles. Specs include reformatted chunky lift-the-flaps and rhodamine red ink. Design by Julia Shea, art direction by Laura Roode, written and illustrated by Karen Katz. Board book. Published by Little Simon Summer 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1734789518359-MO1F60MHYNCO568JGVXI/Peekababy+rebrand.jpg book design - Peekababy Reformat Linelook refresh for selected Karen Katz titles. Specs include reformatted chunky lift-the-flaps and rhodamine red ink. Design by Julia Shea, art direction by Laura Roode, written and illustrated by Karen Katz. Board book. Published by Little Simon Spring 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1734789377475-PK3N0ZBD0RD5AXH4Y028/Where+is+Baby%27s+Belly+Button+rebrand.jpg book design - Where is Baby's Belly Button reformat Linelook refresh for selected Karen Katz titles. Specs include reformatted chunky lift-the-flaps and rhodamine red ink. Design by Julia Shea, art direction by Laura Roode, written and illustrated by Karen Katz. Board book. Published by Little Simon Spring 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1704582006401-KKDQKPZPL0Q3830ZTKL0/flashback+series+shot.jpg book design - Flashback Series - Ready-to-Read Design and Art Direction by Julia Shea, illustrations by Sarah Rebar. Published by Simon Spotlight Summer and Fall 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1704583208869-7AP9QBIAMOHKXPOMJXWQ/easter+bunny+where+are+you+cvr+set+up.jpg book design - Easter Bunny, Where Are You? Design and Art Direction by Julia Shea, illustrations by Juliana Motzko. Written by Jeffrey Burton. Lift-the-flap board book. Published by Little Simon Spring 2024. https://www.julia-shea.com/just-for-fun daily 0.75 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1684524683303-ABKNVBZLD143JUIGSZZK/IMG_5822.jpg just for fun - Ho-Ho-Kus Train Station Inspired by the imposing summer foliage of my hometown, and the train station I’d use to escape into the city. Holbein acrylic gouache painting on illustration board. 7"x11". Spring 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1684524683303-ABKNVBZLD143JUIGSZZK/IMG_5822.jpg just for fun - Ho-Ho-Kus Train Station Inspired by the imposing summer foliage of my hometown, and the train station I’d use to escape into the city. Holbein acrylic gouache painting on illustration board. 7"x11". Spring 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1684524493499-C55JQWGNCGE7IDZ31YMP/image-asset.jpeg just for fun - Commission - View from Their Old Town Apartment A wedding gift from my cousin to her former roommate. Acrylic gouache painting on illustration board. 7”x11”. Spring 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1630019730159-58FX1RAMW4IF8PIPBKDB/image.jpg just for fun - The Witch's Trullo Inspired by the trulli of Alberobello, Italy and a longing for Halloween. Holbein traditional gouache, colored pencil, and ink on Arches watercolor paper. 5” x 12”. Summer 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1705161996614-TKUQ0XE4MGAAVXWD996O/image-asset.jpeg just for fun - Scoutie on the Beach Christmas gift from me to my parents of their Lab frolicking in the surf. Holbein acrylic gouache painting on illustration board. 5”x 8”. Fall 2023. https://www.julia-shea.com/about daily 0.75 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/854fc57c-e639-4168-9798-6fa8375e174d/IMG_5623.jpg about - Hello there! I’m Julia Shea (she/they), and I am an illustrator and book designer. I grew up in Northern New Jersey, and currently live in Brooklyn (though I will always be a Jersey girl at heart). I graduated from Amherst College in 2021 with a double major in Fine Arts and English. Since the fall of 2021, I have been working for Little Simon and Simon Spotlight (imprints of Simon & Schuster) designing books for children. When I’m not doodling, I’m probably daydreaming about my graphic novel ideas, on a stroll with an audiobook, or chasing down dogs to pet. Connect with me on Instagram! @jshea_art Represented by Aliza Hoover at the CAT Agency ( aliza [@] catagencyinc.com ). For all other inquiries: please email julia.g.shea [@] gmail.com with the project in the subject line. I can’t wait to work with you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/1dd21af4-6950-4f65-8658-5732c23e1237/Julia+100+Things.jpg about - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5040e4384fa9000133c26c/bf4bd3e8-a4ca-4fed-bf26-3766ba6415e3/IMG_2104+2.JPG about - Make it stand out From the kindergarten yearbook!