Hi there! My name is Csongor Veres and I'm a freelance Children's Book Illustrator with a BFA in illustration, based in Budapest, Hungary. With over 10 years of experience in the field, I have a strong background in visual storytelling and character design.

I love to create magical pictures, whisical and unique environments for my characters, always paying attention to small little details to help readers to immerse in the worlds we create together with the authors. I work in both traditional and digital media, often combining the two techniques, and I draw everything by hand to keep the traditional feel of the illustration.

I specialize in creating illustrations for picture books, fairy tales and book covers, and I find inspiration in stories about nature, children, dreams, traveling, magic, and kindnesses. My work has been published by a number of international publishing houses and by independent authors, including Hallmark and Happiness Mountain Inc.

Outside of creating picture books, I'm blessed to spend my time with my little daughter, my wife and our playful dachshund.

Please feel free to contact me directly or via social networks if you have any questions. I would be happy to discuss how we can bring your project to life. Thank you for your interest in my work!

About

The illustration process

Here you can watch as I draw one of the illustrations for Lolly Tomatoes and the Daydreamers.

Testimonials

“Wonderful, professional, enlightening experience working with Csongor. He was pleasant, knowledgeable, flexible, creative, and supportive. As a first time publisher I relied on his expertise and he was quite direct and helpful at all points in the process. Thank you!”

CARLOTTA PENN, Author

“Csongor is an extremely talented children's book illustrator with the ability to bring your story to life. Our book 'Granny Nanny Bakes a Count Cake' briefly hit bestseller rank on Amazon over Christmas. I gave him a description of each character and his imagery went above and beyond my expectation. The more information you provide, the better Csongor can envision your characters and story.

I have rehired Csongor for a second book and can recommend him to other authors looking for a highly skilled children's book illustrator.”

ANNETTE ZOHERET, Author

“Csongor's creativity, in-depth domain knowledge of book publishing, and timely communication made the entire process a true pleasure!... He was able to beautifully and successfully bring my children's book story to life. I enjoyed working with him and definitely recommend his work to anyone looking for a professional, skilled artist.”

VIVIAN VASQUEZ, Author

“Csongor is a talented illustrator! He was professional, courteous, and met deadlines. He was able to jump in right away to meet an early deadline, then worked with me on revisions until I was happy with the result. I'm very pleased with the final product (a children's book). I will use him again for future projects. I recommend Csongor Veres to anyone looking for a skilled artist with great people skills!”

ALEXANDRA M. GECZI, Author, Family Lawyer