Fran Alvarez is an illustrator whose work is inspired by nature, childhood memories, travel, and the odds and ends of daily life in a city surrounded by lush greenery and metropolis grime. She uses both analog and digital media, and her illustration style is defined by textured mark making, visual metaphors, and understated cuteness. She draws for children's literature, advocacy projects, and editorials, and has years of experience as a graphic designer from working with boutique design studio Studio Dialogo.
Her recognitions include the Ezra Jack Keats Award Illustrator Honor, the Nami Concours Green Island Award, the Philippine National Children's Book Award, and being a Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustration Exhibit finalist. She is also a former Bartels Science Illustration Program artist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York.
Her recognitions include the Ezra Jack Keats Award Illustrator Honor, the Nami Concours Green Island Award, the Philippine National Children's Book Award, and being a Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustration Exhibit finalist. She is also a former Bartels Science Illustration Program artist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York.
