illustrator and graphic designer
hello@francesalvarez.com
hello@francesalvarez.com
These days, I'm mostly inspired by nature, music, childhood memories, & day to day life. I work with both digital and analog mediums, and enjoy experimenting with other techniques like embroidery and printmaking. I like my work to have a handmade feel somehow, whatever the material.
I've been working with Studio Dialogo, a boutique design & illustration studio based in Metro Manila, since 2011. I'm also part of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan, an organization of Filipino artists dedicated to the creation, promotion, & appreciation of illustration for children. I'm currently doing volunteer work for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
My dream projects include writing and illustrating my own picture book and having different translations, illustrating for a children's library or hospital, drawing all the birds of the Philippines, and working with BTS for album or merch.
When not at my desk, I'm running around the house chasing after my cat Chimken and dog Kimchi.
Education
2010, BFA Information Design, Ateneo de Manila University
2015, Bartels Scientific Illustration Internship Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York
2010, BFA Information Design, Ateneo de Manila University
2015, Bartels Scientific Illustration Internship Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York
Recognition
Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators' Exhibit, Finalist, 2021
Sharjah Children's Reading Festival, Exhibitor, 2021
Philippine Board on Books for Young People Alcala Prize, Honorable Mention, 2019
Green Earth Book Awards shortlist, An Eagle's Feather, 2019
National Children's Book Awards, Best Reads for Kids, for Hating Kapatid, 2014
Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts, Graphic Design, 2011
Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators' Exhibit, Finalist, 2021
Sharjah Children's Reading Festival, Exhibitor, 2021
Philippine Board on Books for Young People Alcala Prize, Honorable Mention, 2019
Green Earth Book Awards shortlist, An Eagle's Feather, 2019
National Children's Book Awards, Best Reads for Kids, for Hating Kapatid, 2014
Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts, Graphic Design, 2011
Selected Clients
Adarna House / Tahanan Books / The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) / Masungi Georeserve / The Cornell Lab of Ornithology / OCEANA / UNIQLO / The Philippine Star / Summit Media / Bench / Oishi / Room to Read
Adarna House / Tahanan Books / The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) / Masungi Georeserve / The Cornell Lab of Ornithology / OCEANA / UNIQLO / The Philippine Star / Summit Media / Bench / Oishi / Room to Read
Selected Published Work
I am the Change in Climate Change
written by Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay, Ph.D.
Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan & CANVAS PH
#YOUTHINK: Fight Fake News
Studio Dialogo & CANVAS PH
Safe Space: A Kid's Guide to Data Privacy
Studio Dialogo & CANVAS PH
Sayaw ng mga Kamay
written by Joanna Que
Adarna House & Room to Read
Kaisa-Isa Niyan: A Maguindanaon Folk Song
Tahanan Books
Karapat Dapat
Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan and CANVAS
The Bottomline on Bottom Trawling
OCEANA Philippines
Dear Universe
written by Pierra Calasanz-Labrador
Anvil Publishing
An Eagle's Feather
written by Minfong Ho and The Philippine Eagle Foundation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Can We Live Without Trees?
written by May Tobias-Papa
Adarna House
Hating Kapatid
written by Raissa Rivera Falgui
Adarna House
Daloy ng Pag-asa
written by Obel Resurrecion
The World Wildlife Fund and BDO
Pangangasiwa sa Ating mga Basura
written by Obel Resurrecion
The World Wildlife Fund and BDO
100 Questions Filipino Kids Ask, vol. 2
Adarna House
Hayop, Halaman, Karagatan, Atbp. (Animals, Plants, the Seas, Etc.)
written by Obel Resurrecion
The World Wildlife Fund and BDO