Hello! I am Valpuri Kerttula, an illustrator and creative designer from Lahti, Finland. I get excited about creating characters and their world and telling a story with my illustrations. My style is insightful and full of colours and gentle humour. Expressionate, a bit oddball human and animal characters are my jam. I also greatly enjoy illustrating nature themes, botanical motifs, portraits, maps and hand lettering. I am a careful and friendly person to work with and I always stay on schedule.

I have worked with several international clients in publishing, magazines and portrait commissions. I am fluent in Finnish and English. I work at my own company as a freelance illustrator and designer for clients and publishers. I also design and sell my own stationery, art print and jewellery range at retailers, my own webshop and at various design events around Finland.

My calendar has room for more new projects so please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Latest Publishers:
WSOY Finland
Hertta Kustannus Oy (or Hertta Publishing) Finland
Karisto Finland
Sanoma Pro Ltd. Finland
Ivy Kids The Quarto Group UK and EU

Awards:
The Royal Society - Young People´s Book Prize / Shortlisted in 2020 / The Everyday Joyrneys of Ordinary Things (Quarto)
Promoting the best science writing for young people and inspiring them to read about science. A shortlisting panel made up of scientists, a best-selling children's author, a teacher, and a wildlife conservationist has whittled down dozens of titles to six of the year’s most fascinating books. The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.