HELLO! My name is Nicole and I am a children’s book illustrator, visual development artist, and self-proclaimed ice cream connoisseur from the Philippines.
Most of my illustrations are drawn digitally and revolve around nature, fantasy, and whimsical themes. I especially love telling stories for children (and the children at heart) to laugh, ponder, appreciate the simple joys of life.
Armed with a BFA in Illustration from Art Center College of Design and a stash of various desserts, I am available for freelance illustration and visual development work. For any inquiries I can be reached at niclim@rinianart.com
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CLIENTS include:
• Skyborne Games
• Riot Games
• Disney Publishing
• Oddbot Inc.
• MGA Entertainment
• Anvil Publishing
• Adarna House
• Dream Big Books
• SilverKris Magazine
• Smart Play LLC
• Summit Media
• Unicef
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
• The Hawayano: A Tale of a Filipino Plantation Worker in Hawaii (Philly Flores Books 2024)
• Turning Red Little Golden Book (Disney Publishing 2021)
• Ang Katawan Ko At Ako (Adarna House 2020)
• Good Night, Manila! (Anvil 2019)
• Good Morning, Manila! (Anvil 2019)
• HOME (E.L. Proot 2017)
• Yaya Niya, Nanay Ko (Unicef 2016)
• Maghapon Namin Ni Nanay (Adarna House 2015)
• Princess Lea (Dream Big Books 2014, won Best Children’s Book in the 2014 Filipino Reader’s Choice Awards)
• Simply Jesse (Dream Big Books 2013)
• Maia’s Birthday Party (Adarna House 2012)
• 100 Questions Filipino Kids Ask, vol. 2 (Adarna House 2012, won the 2012 National Book Award for Best Leisure Book)
• Brave Little Baby Dan (Adarna House 2011)
PRINT PUBLICATIONS:
• Raising Heirs (book cover illustration 2017)
• Smart Parenting (May 2015)
• Candy Magazine (June 2007 – August 2012)
• Yummy Magazine (October issue 2011)
• Total Girl Magazine (November issue 2008)
• Cosmopolitan Magazine (May issue 2008)
• Smart Parenting Magazine (September 2010, November 2010, Feb 2011, May 2014)
• K-Zone (March issue 2009)
• Manila Bulletin (March 1, 2009 issue, January 10, 2011 issue)
• Manila Times (December 30, 2008 issue)
FEATURES:
Voyage LA
Creativehowl
Spot.ph
Design M.ag
Thinkie Tank
Asian Festival of Children’s Content Book Illustrators Gallery 2015
GROUP EXHIBITS:
• Keyframes: A Celebration of Animation Production Art, 2019, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, Thousand Oaks, California
• Alterno, 2015, Shangri-la Plaza Mall
• Mabubulaklak na Dila, 2012, CANVAS Gallery
• Ang INK 20th Anniversary, 2011, Ayala Museum
• When I was 7, 2010, Gallery 7 Eastwood
• Forever RENEver, 2009, CCP Theater
• Tsubibo!, 2008, Shangrila Mall