Welcome to my studio
This is where I make picture books!
I'm based in Nottingham, England.
Happy Clients
Publishers I've worked with include Tate Publishing, Andersen Press, Source Books and Laurence King.
Children's Books Illustration
It all started to make sense at Cambridge School of Art,
that's where I studied MA Children's Book Illustration. That's where things get exciting.
...That's also where I found my wife,
Julia Moscardo - She's an awesome children's book illustrator too
My Debut Book...
won the Klaus Flugge Prize in 2022
And I won the V&A Illustration award back in 2018 as I graduated from the course in Cambridge.
...& the good things continue to happen!
Guest Speaker
I've had the pleasure of being an international guest speaker at the Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) in Singapore. I've also spoken at Bologna Children's Book fair. And taught at several universities across the UK.
I continue to teach and occasionally run a Children's Book Illustration short course that I recently designed.
Nice things
nice people say about working with me
John Aardema Senior Children’s Art Director, Sourcebooks
“What a pleasure to work with Joseph on “The Dance That Only Goes Left” by Lucas Klauss! His illustration style was perfect for the zany tone of the book. I was able to rely on him to pace out the story with minimal art direction, and he was able to easily pivot when we had new suggestions--and transformed our ideas into hilarious illustrations! Joseph was able to generate fun and unique characters, colorful environments, and engaging visual storytelling. I am hoping we can find another great manuscript so we can hire him again!"