Hi, my name is Vaughan Duck.
I love drawing pictures that make kids giggle.
I am a children’s book Illustrator based in Adelaide South Australia.
Without knowing it, kids throughout Australia have grown up looking at my pictures because I have illustrated over 300 textbooks and readers for educational publishers.
I have a quirky style that is both humorous and heartfelt.
The shrinking world allows me to work on interesting projects anywhere around the Globe. I have been working non-stop in Children’s Publishing for over 30 years
I love working on picture books and junior readers but will consider any reasonable project. As a result, I have also created step-by-step props that get photographed for craft books.
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Since the publication of my first children’s book in 1990 I have continued to work for many great Australian publishers.
I produce illustrations for:
- Picture Books
- Junior Readers
- Primary & Secondary Text Books
Awards
Australian Society of Authors
2020 Winner – ASA Style File Illustration Award Mentorship.
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Children’s Book Council of Australia (Vic)
2020 Short-listed – Maurice Saxby Creative Development Program
What the Judges said:
‘Very competent and lively cartoon-style illustrations. Experienced, collaborative, strong well-developed illustration skills, established voice and style. Ripe and very well-suited for humorous-series illustration.’
Lothian Children’s Book
1990 Short-listed – Lothian Centenary Children’s Book Award.
Publishers
- Cengage Learning
- Larrikin House
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (USA)
- Franklin Covey (CANADA)
- Hinkler Books
- Hodder Headline
- Jackie Tidey Publishing
- Lothian Publishing
- Macmillan Education Australia
- McGraw Hill
- Oxford University Press
- Pearson Education
- Prentice Hall
- Random House
- Reed Books
- Hallmark Greeting Cards
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