Final year project
One and only [Read more]
One and only spread
The third spread in my submission to The Carmelite Prize - a competition to illustrate a children's book called One and Only, about a lonely bird of paradise who struggles to make friends while being himself.
One and only pages
The little birds
The three little birds that visit the Bird of Paradise, each with their own unique look and personality.
Animals in beanies
Look at their little hats.
Interrobang‽
A book detailing the unfortunate history of a punctuation mark that never made it into mainstream use.
Tammy Saad
My work aims to capture characters in a way that the readers can truly connect with, both emotionally and visually.
Throughout the years my passion for sequential storytelling has found a home in my work. I love to create stories, characters, and dialogue as part of a visual conversation that others can engage with and relate to. Nothing is more exciting to me than knowing that every day my art is improving and the horizons of my capabilities are expanding - I can't wait to see what I can achieve tomorrow.
Final year project
One and only
Experience
In 2019 I interned at the Al-Balsam Publishing House, where I got to experience first-hand what it was like to work with authors and illustrators of children's books, as well as all the work that goes into getting a book from an idea to the final print.