fkmalvarez@gmail.com
Fran Alvarez is an illustrator inspired by nature, childhood memories, travel, and the odds and ends of daily life.
Her work is defined by subtle textures, visual metaphors, and understated cuteness. She mostly draws for children's literature, editorial, brand, and advocacy projects.
Her work is defined by subtle textures, visual metaphors, and understated cuteness. She mostly draws for children's literature, editorial, brand, and advocacy projects.
She is a graphic designer at Studio Dialogo, and a member of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK), the Philippines’ first and only organization for children’s illustrators. She is also a former Bartels Science Illustration Program artist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York.
Fran lives and works in the Philippines—home to 7,600+ islands, one of the biggest eagles in the world, and delicious halo-halo. When she is not at her desk, her cat Chimken is.
Fran lives and works in the Philippines—home to 7,600+ islands, one of the biggest eagles in the world, and delicious halo-halo. When she is not at her desk, her cat Chimken is.
Recognition
The White Ravens List, Sayaw ng mga Kamay 2nd ed & The Amazing Beasts of Philippine Mythology, 2024
Ezra Jack Keats Award, Illustrator Honor, Dancing Hands, 2024
American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award Honor, Dancing Hands, 2024
Green Island Award, Nami Concours, Fishing with Jin, 2023
Sharjah Children's Reading Festival, Exhibitor, 2023, 2021
National Children's Book Awards, Best Reads, for Safe Space & #YOUTHINK, 2022
National Children's Book Awards, Kids' Choice for I am the Change in Climate Change, 2022
Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators' Exhibit, Finalist, 2021
The White Ravens List, Karapat Dapat, 2020
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 Hating Kapatid, 2014
Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts, Graphic Design, 2011
Some people I've worked with
Adarna House, Adobe, Anvil Publishing, Areté Ateneo, Bench, The Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development (CANVAS), Chronicle Books, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, The East-Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership, Hiyas under OMF Literature, Masungi Georeserve, OCEANA, Oishi, Room to Read, Summit Media, Tahanan Books, UNIQLO, The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Some books I've made
Hati Pa Rin
written by Raissa Rivera Falgui
Adarna House
The Amazing Beasts of Philippine Mythology
written by May Tobias-Papa
illustrated by Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan
Tuttle Publishing
Noodle Hair
written by Giancarla Aritao
Hiyas/OMF Literature
Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language
written by Joanna Que & Charina Marquez
translated by Karen Llagas
Chronicle Books (US), Adarna House (PH), Lime (KOR), Babel (TWN)
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
Karapat Dapat: Bata, alamin ang iyong karapatan! (Child, know your rights!)
Written by May Tobias-Papa
illustrated by Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan
CANVAS PH
Kaisa-Isa Niyan: A Maguindanaon Folk Song
Tahanan Books
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
100 Questions Filipino Kids Ask, vol. 2
Adarna House