About

About

Nicole Tadgell is an award-winning african american illustrator for children. Her luminous, expressive illustrations warmly portray childhood life for children of all races. Nicole’s work has been featured in The Encyclopedia of Writing and Illustrating...
Awards

Awards

First Peas to the Table:2016 American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture – Book of the YearFirst Peas to the Table is one of 40 books chosen as part of Reading is Fundamental’s 2013-14 Macy’s Multicultural Collection of Children’s...
Tardis Sneakers!

Tardis Sneakers!

I am not only a children’s book illustrator, I am a Doctor Who fan! To indulge myself, I bought a pair of converse all-stars like David Tennant often wore.I masked off the sneakers with blue painter’s tape, composed my ideas in Photoshop… and...
Zahrah the Windseeker

Zahrah the Windseeker

Zahrah the Windseeker is a wonderful fantasy novel by Nnedi Okorafor! I made this a “cover” image after reading this book I bet I would have loved it when I was a teen., too. 🙂 Also experimenting with color – mixing in layers on the paper rather than...