Hello there! I'm Sofia, a Portuguese illustrator and designer of playful artwork, colorful storytelling and young characters full of personality. I love creating illustrations that are imaginative and aim to spark joy!

My passion for illustration goes all the way back to my childhood years when my enthusiastic urge to create and doodle was nurtured by family and educators since kindergarten, mostly through drawing, painting and collage. Around 3-5 years old I had a phase where the white walls of our house were my main canvas of choice (my best work was made at godly hours of the morning when everyone was still asleep, ahah)! Most of my inspiration comes from these precious years and my now everyday life, so you could say it originates from the imaginary and the ordinary.

Since graduating with a BA in Communication Design I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with amazing people on all sorts of creative projects. Nowadays, using a mix of both traditional (gouache, collage, chinese ink and crayons) and digital mediums, besides illustrating for children's picture books and all sorts of #kidlit projects, I also create designs and collections for greeting cards, apparel, puzzles and more.

If you have a creative project in mind, see below how we can work together and find out how best to get in touch in my contact page. You can also follow along through INSTAGRAM or BLUESKY and sign up to receive my newsletter.

I worked on a series of three pictures books with Sofia and she always found ways to add clever easter eggs throughout each book after taking in the art notes and expanding on them. She also brought her own clever ideas through research so that the illustrations accurately depicted a full range of diverse characters. Sofia is a great communicator and working with her is always such a fun creative collaboration.

- Katie Fitch, Art Director