Eva Eland Illustration

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Amsterdam
Eva Eland Illustration

Hello! I’m an author and illustrator of children’s books.

19/05/2026

Getting closer to the finish line! Wish me luck.

11/05/2026

Packing orders tomorrow (Tuesday 12 May).

The shop will be closing in a few weeks for an indefinite break, something new and exciting is coming, and I’ll share more about that soon.

In the meantime, thank you so much for every order. There’s something that never gets old about knowing one of my risograph prints is finding a new home somewhere in the world.

Link in stories.

30/04/2026

I’m packing orders today, which always feels a bit special, seeing these prints slowly find their way into different homes.

Today they’re travelling to Portugal and the US.

I realised I haven’t shared my webshop here in a while, so this is a quiet little reminder that it’s there. Some of the prints only have one or two left.

One of my favourites, Just Breathe, has now sold out… which feels both a little sad and very lovely at the same time.

I’m currently focusing on finishing my next book, so I’ll be packing and sending orders once a week for now.

(And in case you didn’t know: I offer free shipping above €100 internationally and above €50 within the Netherlands.)

If there are prints you’ve been hoping for, let me know, I’d love to keep that in mind as I make new ones. I have so many sketches waiting to be turned into vibrant, textured layers.

But first, let’s pack those orders and finish a book! 😀

29/04/2026

One of the downsides of working on a picturebook is that for a long time I can’t share much of what I’m working on and finding time to make other work is hard. Occasionally I treat myself to a little creative project or the printing of a new risoprint. Often the simpler ones as otherwise it quickly becomes too time consuming. Here is such a print, which I just added to my webshop. I’m packing orders tomorrow so if you’d like to order something, now is a good time.

18/03/2026

🩷💙 Different Takeover 🩷💙

This is the only spread where I really used my love for observational drawing. It took quite a while to ‘’collect’ all these people, from old sketchbooks and more recent drawings in my neighbourhood, and arrange them in a way that felt right.

In this post you can see timelapses of building the composition (best seen on a bigger screen), some of those original observational sketches, the traced linework on the lightbox, the separate black and white riso layers, and the final spread in the book.

I wanted to show the kind of loneliness and isolation you can feel when you don’t quite belong, and maybe feel misunderstood. As if there is a small distance between you and everyone else that you don’t know how to bridge. She’s obviously not very happy in this spread, but loneliness can also hide behind a smile.

While working on this scene, I kept thinking about how easy it is to believe that everyone else belongs more than you do. That everyone else has understood something you have somehow missed.

What if Mia looked up and really observed the people around her? Each one with their own worries, their own insecurities, their own inner world. We can’t see what is going on inside someone else’s head. We can become very self-conscious and feel as though everyone is looking at us and judging, when in reality they might simply be absorbed in their own thoughts.

Different by is out now!

childrensbooks illustrationprocess EvaEland AndersenPress

17/03/2026

🩷💙 Different Takeover 🩷💙

Different began with a pink elephant.

I was playing with expressions like “the elephant in the room” and the Dutch saying about an elephant in a porcelain cupboard, similar to “a bull in a China shop”. The character was bright and big, and at the same time trying to blend in, quite impossibly. In those early drafts, the humour of an oversized elephant trying to squeeze into human spaces helped me explore the heart of the story without it becoming too heavy.

With the elephant, the difference was very visible. Over time, and after many conversations, we began to question whether that visibility narrowed the story. What happens if the difference is not something you can point at? What if it’s unnamed?

As the story developed, in collaboration with my Editor and Art Director at Andersen Press, we chose to change the elephant into a child. Mia, in her pink jacket. (Swipe to see timelapses of some of the early roughs being developed)

The exaggeration softened, but the emotional core remained. The book became quieter and more open to interpretation. The difference Mia feels is never named. It might resonate with neurodivergence, friendship struggles, cultural differences or simply moments of not fitting in. Keeping it open allows more children to recognise something of themselves in her.

This book grew out of wrestling with questions around shame, insecurity, trying to fit in and true belonging.

Do you relate more to Mia, who feels almost invisible, or to the pink elephant that feels like it’s too much?

Different by is out now!

EvaEland AndersenPress

12/03/2026

Different is out in the world today!

Let me know if you spot it in the wild, and what you think.

For some reason I’m feeling all the feelings today. Coincidentally, I also came across some old texts I wrote during my early art student years. They reminded me how different and out of place I often felt as a child and over the years.

As I’ve gotten older, gained more perspective and learned to mask and adjust (a little, at least), I sometimes almost forget the intensity of those earlier feelings.

This book is for her as well. And for everyone who has struggled, or still struggles, with feeling different in some way.

If you read it, I’d love to know what you recognise in it.

Different is published with .

19/01/2026

Big hug for anyone who is feeling Blue Monday ❤️.

Illustration from When Sadness Comes to Call, my debut picture book, published by

11/12/2025

Webshop closing tomorrow morning! All the prints in this post have only 1 or a couple of copies left. Some of them won’t be reprinted in the future as they were just experiments, the ones from my books might… I’m not sure yet though if running a webshop will be part of how I will organise myself next year.

I appreciate each and every order coming in - it really makes a difference. It’s been exciting to see countries from all over the world.

To see the full images, go to my website.

Most orders will be shipped today and any remaining orders will be shipped tomorrow, after I close the webshop.

Take care everyone.

09/12/2025

Last change to buy prints in my webshop, it will close tomorrow evening. (link in bio)

Thank you to everyone who has ordered prints so far. I’ll pack and ship everything on Thursday or Friday.

Adres

Rijnsburgstraat 74
Amsterdam
1059AX

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http://www.evaeland.com/

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