Did you know the winter 2022/23 issue of PaperBound Magazine is out now?
This issue’s theme is based on ‘MUSIC’, filled with lots of new captivating writing and gorgeous illustrations, plus all kinds of fantastic author interviews, writing prompts, book recommendations, and more.
You can read the latest issue of PaperBound completely free here. Just scroll down until you see our WINTER 2022/23 issue.
We hope you enjoy it!
Jillian Nichole Anderson entered her stunning fantasy illustrations for our winter 2021/22 issue and we loved them instantly. Along with several other illustrations she submitted, we chose one in particular for the front cover.
You can read this issue in full here.
Jillian Nichole Anderson has loved creating art since she could hold a crayon. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and fills her days with drawing and painting mostly with watercolors and inks. She also loves using her iPad and Procreate, and creates many digital designs. She has put many of her drawings and paintings on home decor and apparel and sells prints of her work at jilliannicholeillustration.com
You can discover even more of Jillian’s illustrations in the latest issue of PaperBound Magazine by clicking here. All our issues are completely free and run by volunteers, however if you would like to support PaperBound and the work we do, you can help us out by buying us a virtual book.
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Rūta Čiutaitė entered her beautiful illustrations for our spooky autumn 2021 issue and we loved them instantly. Along with two other illustrations, we chose one in particular for the front cover.
You can read this issue in full here.
Rūta is an illustrator with a textile design background, which shows in her work where she uses lots of tiny textures and patterns. Her inspiration mostly comes from nature and fairytales, both in concept and the colour palettes she works with. Autumn is a great inspiration as well but, no matter the season, she’s always drawn to it!
Rūta illustrated the cover, contents page and printable writing prompts in our latest issue.
You can visit her Etsy page here, and follow her on Instagram: @blue_rue_designs.
We fell in love with the illustration Elizabeth Cowling submitted to PaperBound Magazine recently. We loved it so much we decided to use it as the front cover of our Summer 2021 issue, which you can read in full here.
Elizabeth also illustrated our jam packed contents page, as well as the cover design.
London born, Elizabeth Cowling is an illustrator who specialises in colourful home and character illustrations. When she’s not busy working on her ideas she
spends time reading comics, playing video games and chatting with her chatty cat Rosie.
You can discover more about Elizabeth by visiting her website.
We absolutely loved the illustrations Lucy H Smith sent in for the spring issue of PaperBound. We think they fit the spring theme perfectly! Lucy’s illustrations feature on the front cover of PaperBound, in the contents page and alongside the poem picnic thoughts by Georgina Dent.
You can see all these by clicking here and scrolling down to read our Spring 2021 issue.
Lucy H Smith is a freelance illustrator from Cornwall. Her first published work was a bookcover design for The Bras and the Bees: The Extraordinary Life of BJ Sherriff.
She graduated from Falmouth University with a degree in illustration and now specialises in children’s book illustration. She loves using art to tell stories and bring characters to life, and is greatly inspired by animals and nature.
You can discover more about Lucy by visiting her website and following her on instagram.
We are thrilled to showcase two illustrations by Shirley Shelby. Together, they make up the front cover of our winter issue and the contents page. We hope you like them too.
Shirley Shelby is a children’s book illustrator and letterer. She usually works digitally these days using Photoshop or Procreate but also likes to hand draw her illustrations from time to time as well. She has taken several courses in illustration and design and loves to inspire others with her work. She especially loves illustrating animals and nature.
You can follow Shirley on instagram here.
We were blown away by this illustration submitted to us for our autumn issue by Rūta Čiutaitė. We loved it so much we decided to use it as the front cover of our debut issue, which you can also read here.
Originally from Lithuania, Rūta came to study textile design at Falmouth University. She started working as a graphic designer in her third year, but after two years found her true path in illustration. Rūta illustrated All About Autumn and the front cover for our debut issue and is also our second Autumn 2020 Winner.
You can follow her on Instagram by checking out @blue_rue_designs.
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