Blayne Fox

is an award-winning children's book illustrator who specializes in creating captivating picture books for young readers aged 5-8, and middle-grade graphic novels. With over a decade of digital painting experience, she brings stories to life through her expressive and diverse array of characters, using her self-taught knowledge to create stunning illustrations using software such as Photoshop and Procreate. Blayne's art style is cinematic and vivid, with dynamic compositions featuring semi-realistic characters that embody diverse voices and backgrounds. Her animal characters are particularly memorable, with whimsical and expressive body language that comes from her years of studying animal anatomy while volunteering in animal rescue. When not drawing animals, Blayne's focus is on incorporating strong leading BIPOC and LGBTQ+ characters, which is of personal importance to her as a queer illustrator from Missouri. Blayne has worked with major publications such as Scholastic, Brown Books Publishing Group, National Geographic Kids, Discovery Channel, Yale University, as well as smaller-scale projects directly with authors and numerous educational publishers. She has a keen understanding of the picture book production process, which only inspires her to create books that leave readers in awe after every ending. Blayne is currently working as the sole comic artist on an unannounced project for Astronewt Studio LLC, but her next goal is to find a literary agent who can help her achieve her lifelong dream of publishing her illustrated stories. As a picture book illustrator, she understands the importance of storytelling and creating memorable characters that young readers of every background can relate to and connect with.