Top 50 Illustrated Books Influencers in 2026

1. Liana finck

Bio I draw, write, & make cartoons for The New Yorker. Prints + books on website. *redrawn-4-u's $250, email *****@gmail.com. Tattoo for free Instagram Handle @lianafinck Instagram Followers 547.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Get Email Contact Request 150 Illustrated Books Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Rebecca Green

Bio Illustrator • Author
Making a Home in Central NY
Upcoming Titles: Henri & Miko!
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🔻 Patreon • Newsletter • Books🔻 *****@myblankpaper.com Instagram Handle @rebeccagreenillustration Instagram Followers 280.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Phoebe Wahl

Bio author, illustrator & surface designer📚co-director of @tulip_film 🌷🍄 🌝
I don’t read my DM requests, contact me via my website ✌️ *****@phoebewahl.com Instagram Handle @phoebewahl Instagram Followers 171.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Jessica Roux

Bio New York Times bestselling illustrator 🌿 author 🌿 gardener 🌿 Do not edit or repost my work. *****@gmail.com (no DMs, email only) Instagram Handle @jessicasroux Instagram Followers 162.4K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Emma Block

Bio Hello, I'm Emma 🙂 Illustrator, writer, colour lover and teacher.
You can find me on Patreon! 🎨 *****@emmablock.co.uk Instagram Handle @emmablockillustration Instagram Followers 110.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female emmablock.co.uk/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

6. Jess Mason

Bio Illustrator of books✏️Worcester, UK. Represented by @plum_agency
💌 *****@gmail.com
Join me on Patreon, YouTube or visit my shop ⬇️ Instagram Handle @jessmasonillustration Instagram Followers 75K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Yvan Duque

Bio 📍France - Brittany - StudioMDHR
Background artist - the next hand-animated Cuphead game.
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @yvanduque Instagram Followers 72.7K Type Micro Get Email Contact

8. Lisa Perrin

Bio Illustrator, lettering artist, & college professor at MICA. Repped by @heflinreps Preorder my book, The Secrets of the Seance Society, on sale 9.22.26 *****@madebyperrin.com Instagram Handle @madebyperrin Instagram Followers 46K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Carolyn Marie

Bio ✒️Where words and pictures unite🖋
*CarolynMarieReads on YouTube*
email: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @carolynmariereads Instagram Followers 44.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Kimothy Joy

Bio Watercolor artist & author
Women are magic✨
Creativity is self-care 🎨
Books: That’s What She Said, Extraordinary Wing Women & Focus Pocus
Shop Art👇🏼 *****@kimothyjoy.com Instagram Handle @kimothy.joy Instagram Followers 44.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Kateryna Cherniavska

Bio NO🛑AI
Commissions are OPEN
•*****@gmail.com
Classy artist with 1000+ reviews in digital art, character design & book illustration Instagram Handle @kateryna.cherniavska Instagram Followers 42.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. S. Red Amparo

Bio OSHRED | S. Red Amparo 🇵🇭
• cover illustrator for books, comics, albums
• inquire: *****@gmail.com
• prints, Patreon ↓ Instagram Handle @oshredart Instagram Followers 31.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Megan McKean

Bio ✏️ Australian Illustrator & Author
🌸 New book; Birds, Blooms & Bugs out now! 🐝
🎨 Exclusively represented by @weareillustrationx *****@mckeanstudio.com Instagram Handle @meganmckean Instagram Followers 27.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Ajinkya Bhasme

Bio Author of 4 bestselling horror novels
Storyteller and consultant for Bollywood
IIT B Grad | Founder @zealopia *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bhasmewords Instagram Followers 23.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Laura

Bio Brooklyn-based illustrator | slow fashion | hire me! 💌 *****@gmail.com for inquiries Instagram Handle @laurasupnik Instagram Followers 22.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Elena Bulay

Bio Illustrator
⭐️Bologna Children’s Book Fair Winner 2021, 2022, Finalist 2025
⭐️Bologna Braw Amazing Bookshelf 2023
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @elena_bulay Instagram Followers 17.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Vasco Georgiev

Bio Animae : Curse of the Ancients - Chapter 1 COMING SOON!
Comic book artist and illustrator.
Contact @ *****@gmail.com. Instagram Handle @vascogeorgievart Instagram Followers 13.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Robert Paul Jr

Bio In Houston TX 🎨📝Creating diverse characters and fresh stories.
✨USA Today Best Selling Illustrator
✍🏾🎨Illustrator of an NAACP Image Award winning Book Instagram Handle @robertpauljr Instagram Followers 11.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Evelyne Park

Bio fantasy book illustrator painting in acrylics 📖🖌
(and trying to fill all my sketchbooks)
Swiss artist in South Korea
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @evydraws Instagram Followers 10.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Ana Latese

Bio 🎨 Illustrator • Designer • Art Teacher
📚 Represented by @brightagencypublishing
💌 *****@gmail.com
🔻 Portfolio, Youtube, & Shop Instagram Handle @anacandraw Instagram Followers 8.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Filipa Beleza

Bio Illustrator & comic book artist.
I enjoy laughing at myself, but others work fine as well
*****@gmail.com
👇LIVRO / LIBRO👇 Instagram Handle @belezafilipa Instagram Followers 7.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Kelsee Thomas

Bio 🌈 where are the Black girls reading horror
🖍️ creative dir. @nightterrormag
✨ vibes like “your auntie’s antique shop”
🧶 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kelssweetie Instagram Followers 5.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Juanita Londoño

Bio 🩷Rep’d by @robs5 at @the_bright_agency
🌼Clients: HarperCollins, Simon and Schuster, Quarto
🖍️Domestika course *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @juanitalondo8o Instagram Followers 5.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. T.L. Luke

Bio ➿Auntie Luke 💬 Madison, WI 🏳️‍🌈 𖤐 🏳️‍⚧️
➿Commissions Open 💌 *****@tl-luke.com
➿Markets every Saturday 👩🏻‍🎨🖤 (🚫NO AI) Instagram Handle @tl.luke Instagram Followers 5.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Agnieszka Wajda

Bio • Booked till 12.2026
• ✉️ *****@gmail.com
• creatively rep'd by @nerdproductionslondon Instagram Handle @agnieszka.wajda.illustrations Instagram Followers 5.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Get Email Contact

26. Binny Talib

Bio Binny Talib. Illustrator/Author/Surface Design PICTURE BOOK MAKER Sydney. Repped by Bright Agency US + UK. The Letter Writer, The Umbrella OUT NOW *****@binny.com.au Instagram Handle @binnyillustration Instagram Followers 5.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Lucy Engelman

Bio ✍️ for NYT, Warby Parker, Chronicle Books etc.
📚picture books rep’d by @acm_kidsandillo
📮inquiries via email only
📍Pittsburgh, PA *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lucyengelmanillustrations Instagram Followers 4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Dinner illustration

Bio ｡:.ﾟヽ(*´∀`)ﾉﾟ.:｡
illustration | book design | graphic design
活動似顏繪、個人似顏繪⋯⋯等等，怕私訊漏掉盡量用email洽詢唷！

work mail: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dinner_illustration Instagram Followers 3.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Get Email Contact

29. Cha Consul

Bio 🇵🇭 book illustrator {seeking rep!}
⭐️ art, books, journalling
🛍️ shop @risseiastudio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chaconsul Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Stephen Savage

Bio NYT bestselling author/illustrator. Sendak Fellow, Geisel honoree. NYer, Time. Author of SUPERTRUCK, WHERE’S WALRUS, WIDE LOAD ON THE ROAD (8/4/26). *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @savageillustrator Instagram Followers 2.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Andrea Torrey Balsara

Bio 🌱 Sharing stories, art & energy work 💫
📚 Author & Artist ⎮ Reiki Master 💜
🦋 Discover Books🦋Workshops🦋Coaching ⬇️ link *****@torreybalsara.com Instagram Handle @andreatorreybalsara Instagram Followers 2.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -29% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Ella Leighton

Bio 〰️ Bespoke book design service
〰️ Custom illustration prints
〰️ Wedding stationary
〰️ Bristol based
〰️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ellas_books Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Mili Fay

Bio Art | Fav Quotes | No AI
2026: Working on a YA Graphic Novel.
📓 Story/Sketch: @mili.fay.storyboarding
🧜‍♀️ MerMay Art: @mfa.mermay • #mfa_mermay🧜‍♀️ *****@artofmili.ca Instagram Handle @mili.fay.art Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Mike Anim

Bio 🇬🇭 Illustrator - Comic Book Artist
COMMISSIONS - *****@gmail.com
I share all my comic book art here
Business page 👉🏽 @matthouse.official Instagram Handle @mikeanim Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Blithe Fielden

Bio illustrator + picture book maker
rep’d by @brightagencypublishing
meanjin / brisbane, australia 🌀🪲🏙️🪐💿🦜
more: @byblithe ⭐️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @blithe_illustrations Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +19% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Alexandra Dormidontova

Bio Alexandra Dormidontova
Illustrations for all kind of projects.
Graphic novel artist. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @irudisu_art Instagram Followers 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Helen Poole

Bio Illustrated 200+ books, author/illustrator of ‘The Fields’ of Anfield Road, Clara’s Crazy Curls & Messy Malcolm
Make-up/life blog ➡️ @happily_helen *****@helenpoole.com Instagram Handle @helenpoolebooks Instagram Followers 973 Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Michela Peloso

Bio Italy
✏️Illustrator & comic book artist
Gribaudo | BeccoGiallo | Storytime Magazine | Fabbri Editori | Sanoma
📫 *****@gmail.com
🚫 no AI Instagram Handle @michelapelosoart Instagram Followers 679 Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Isadora Zeferino

Bio 🇧🇷 | freelance illustrator & comic artist
repped by Britt Siess @ BSCM
💌 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @imzeferino Instagram Followers 193.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Chaymaa Sobhy

Bio Freelance book illustrator 📖✨
📧 : *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chaymaadraws Instagram Followers 63.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Ireen Chau

Bio 🔮Witches of Olderea: lower YA fantasy w/ 2000s Barbie vibes
🐉 To Sway A Soul: NA romantasy
🎀 Rep: @agentthao
Find my books here👇 Instagram Handle @theherbwitchsapprentice Instagram Followers 23.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Senny Doesarty

Bio 🌷 | character designer & book cover illustrator
✨ | commissions closed
💌 | for business: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sennydoesarty Instagram Followers 19.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Farimah Khavari

Bio 🌻Award-winning Illustrator
✦ Rep: @gildlings (@jackywinter)
📍Based in Canada 🇨🇦 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @farimah.khavarii Instagram Followers 14K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Andrew Davis

Bio Freelance book cover designer and illustrator ✍🏼🌈
Fiction, non-fiction, and YA. *****@andrewdavisdesigns.co.uk Instagram Handle @andrewdavis_designs Instagram Followers 5.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

45. Cornelia Li

Bio THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW on shelves SEPT 16!
Pre-order link 🌟👇
✉️*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @cornelia_illo Instagram Followers 5.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Iri Chen

Bio 💙Illustration| Visual design
❤️*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @yunyao.chen Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

47. Almu Costa

Bio held hostage by the university until july (final degree project) 🙏🥹
📅 scheduling from: aug 2026 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @misunderart Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact