Carolyn Williams Illustration

Decorative banner with purple butterflies, flowers, and flowers.

Hello and Welcome!

I’m Carolyn, an illustrator and surface pattern designer with over 25 years of experience in the creative industry. I help authors bring their story to life with whimsical and engaging illustrations. I also design patterns for fabric, home decor and children’s products.

Children’s Book Illustration

Here are some of my favorite picture book scenes and characters, as well as some personal work from the publishing industry.

If you’d like to collaborate on a project, let’s get in touch

Graphic Novel Dragon

Mummy at table

Camilla Book Interior

Noah2

Noah3

cake surprise

girl fireman

A young girl with curly hair and wearing a pink top, blue pants, and sneakers, looking up with a curious expression in a kitchen or pantry area, with a cookie jar labeled 'COOKIES' on a shelf above a toaster oven.

college girl

fairies in car

fairies in classroom

Fairy painting

Two children under a blanket reading a book with a flashlight, surrounded by maps and travel items. They are imagining various travel destinations including a castle, desert mountains at sunset, the Eiffel Tower, and a castle, all depicted in a dream

A rural farm scene with a red barn and silo, cows, pigs, horses, and hay bales on rolling hills; a signpost with U.S. state names; a vintage green station wagon with four passengers on a road.

A mother holding up a smiling toddler girl with curly hair, dressed in a purple dress, against a cloudy sky background.

Ugly Duckling Cover

Hansel and Gretel Cover

WitchColor

Hermione

Ginny

Horseback Ride

Smoking Dragon

dinosaurs

Cartoon-style otter floating on water with seaweed and starfish around it, smiling and holding a shell.

Animated puffin standing on rocks near water, with a clown fish in its beak, an ocean and mountains in the background.

skater

snowman

high school lineup

This is an animated illustration of a fairy with butterfly wings, wearing a pink flower petal skirt and green shoes, flying in a grassy field while holding a hummingbird in her hand.

Illustration of seven cute bunnies in various poses on a gray background.

Character Design

Cat Feeding

Laughing Ducks

My Books

Book cover titled 'Noah's Intense Day' showing a schoolboy with glasses looking very itchy, sitting at a desk with an open book, and a boy in the background at his desk looking worried, in a classroom.

Surface Pattern Design

Pattern of birds and flowers on a green background, featuring American Kestrels perched among pink, white, and beige flowers with green leaves.