We work with artists from all over the world to illustrate the stories we collect from people about climate change impacts, sustainable actions and desirable futures.

The artists we work with tell us that illustrating our stories is an truly inspirational journey that make them feel like they’re making a real contribution for a sustainable future.

We would love to have you join our community of illustrators! If you want to illustrate a story or have any questions about the process feel free to e-mail us at hi@climateillustrated.com.

Guidelines for illustrating story:

Our illustrations are colourful, creative and imaginative. We feature two kind of illustrations. You could make a full illustration featuring the person in the story as well as a complete background setting that illuminate the story, like this artwork of a student in Thailand striking for the climate.

You could also make a more simple illustration of the person in the story featured on a one colour background that you choose from our colour pallet. An example of this version is this illustration of a school girl from South Africa striking for the climate.

Our colour palette consosts of five colours. We would love it if you could include one or more of these colours in your illustration to keep a cohesive look to our profile. Feel free to make your own colour palette and add any other colours of your choice.

Please keep to a square or standing format. Our illustrations often highlight a message, so feel free to play with words inspired by the story. Colourful patternt, portraits and simple motives on a clear background are typical of the illustrations we feature.

The process of illustrating a story:

• Send an e-mail to hi@climateillustrated.com were you request a story. You could also tell us a little bit about your interests so that we could find the perfect story for you.
• We send you a story and some photos of the person in the story for your inspiration.
• You make a draft within a determined deadline (about one week).
• The Climate Illustrated team share your draft with the person telling the story, and we send you some feedback on the draft.
• You finish the illustration within a determined deadline (about one week).
• We share your illustration with the story on the @climateillustrated Instagram page (now down due to Instagram being stupid).