
Yuliya Somina
Represented by Beehive IllustrationYuliya Somina
I was born in Moscow and graduated from the Moscow State Art College with a degree in fine arts and art teaching. I fulfilled my dream by joining the team of the Moscow Central Animation Studio “Souzmultfilm”. Moving to Great Britain sadly ended my career in animation but opened up new opportunities in illustration. Brought up on books, beautifully illustrated by the best Soviet artists, I always felt the need to sketch visual interpretations of what I’ve read.
Now I am lucky enough to work for British and Russian publishers. The result of such work for example, is 200 illustrations for Bill Bryson’s “A really short history of nearly everything'', a book which won a 2010 Educational Writers' Award. In 2007 I was Highly Commended for two of my own projects in The Macmillan Prize Children’s Picture Book Illustration competition. Since then I’ve drawn pictures for magazines, newspapers, children’s educational books, including Michel Rosen’s “I never know how poems start”. The biggest project I’ve done in Russia is a children’s book penned by Tatiana Tolstoy and best-seller “Grannies falling from the Sky” by Masha Rupasova.
My favourite media is pen, ink and watercolour, though digital rendering is hard to avoid in the 21st century and it opens interesting visual possibilities.
As long as it is funny, imaginative, even surreal-I want to illustrate it!
Represented by:
Beehive IllustrationPublished Books:
- The Jaguar and the JAVELIN by A.H. Benjamin, Published by Franklin Watts
- Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Unfair Funfair, Published by Floris Books , Young Kelpies
- Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Loch Ness Mess, Published by Floris Books , Young Kelpies
- I Never Know How Poems Start, Published by Collins
- History Heroes! L.S. Lowry, Published by Franklin Watts
- History Heroes! Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Published by Franklin Watts
- The Not-so- Brave Knight, Published by Franklin Watts
- Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Pet Show Show-off, Published by Floris Books , Young Kelpies
- Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Bash-Crash-Ding, Published by Floris Books , Young Kelpies
- Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Kittycat Kidnap, Published by Floris Books , Young Kelpies
- Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Brawsome Bagpipes, Published by Floris Books , Young Kelpies
- A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, Published by The Random House
- Bekalu. From Ethiopia with love, Published by Lightning Source UK Ltd
- Самый Лучший Возраст ( The Best Age), Published by Egmont Moscow
- С неба падали старушки ( Grannies Falling from the Sky), Published by АСТ Moscow
- Сказки о царе Колбаске ( Tales of King Sausage ), Published by Alpina Publishers
- Та самая Азбука Буратино, Published by Розовый Жираф ( Pink Giraffe )
- The Island of Animaux & four other stories, Published by Troubador PublishingLtd
- Monsieur Le Chef, Published by Troubador PublishingLtd
- Invisible Us, Published by Clink Street Publishing
- Flute Perfect, Published by Doriana Wind Publications
- The Island of Animaux & four other stories, Published by Troubador Publishing Ltd
- Monsieur Le Chef, Published by Troubador Publishing Ltd
- Invisible Us, Published by Clink Street Publishing
- Flute Perfect, Published by Doriana Wind Publication
- Wild Inventors, Published by BrambleKids Ltd
- Wild Inventors, Published by BrambleKids Ltd.
- Life in a Loop, Published by BrambleKids Ltd
- Gigantic Groups, Published by BrambleKids Ltd
- Best Buddies, Published by BrambleKids Ltd
- Your Best Horoscope, Published by Komsomolskaya Pravda