About me
Hello, I'm Sarah,
I'm a freelance illustrator & toy designer.
I absolutely love illustrating for kids, having picked up a pencil aged 3, and never put it down. My favourite subjects to draw are crazy animals, and kids leaping about and dancing.
I have worked for the last 29 years for International toy companies along with illustrating children's books for trade and educational publishing companies. I've worked in-house as a character development illustrator for a well known Bristol based animation company, and when I'm not drawing I love
creating needle felt characters.
I'm hardworking and fast and slightly off the wall.
I live in the South West UK with my family and when I'm not drawing, designing or taxiing teenagers and feeding a fat cat,
I dance Argentine tango and help run a tango group in Bristol
and can be occasionally spotted as a background artist in the odd TV programme.
A list of some the books I've illustrated for various publishing companies, varying from international trade to small indie publishers.
You can email me below
if you would like to chat
about my work.
'Harriet Can Carry It' Written by Kirk Jay Mueller
Published by Starbright Books USA
'Rosa's Very Big Job' Written by Ellen Mayer
Published by Starbright Books USA
'Bitsy Ballerina' Written by Sue Samuels
Published by Jellycat Ltd
'Katie the Extraordinary Kitten' Written by Wendy Ravenhill
Published by Jellycat Ltd
'The Gigantic Bear' Written by Louise Goodman
Published by Tick Tock Books
'My Dad is Fantastic' Written by Igloo Books
Published by Igloo Books
'Who is Scary?' Written by Majella Maas
Published by Hansol Education
'The Making of Planet Ik' Written by Rapscallions
Published by Rapscallion Press
Here's a little video of me talking about some of the work I do at my studio. Not all of it is toy design and illustration for kids, some of it is really quite grown up!
You can see more of my architectural work at www.cooperrobyns.com