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 experiementing with other techniques like embroidery and printmaking. I like my work to have a handmade feel somehow, whatever the material!
I work with Studio Dialogo, a boutique design & illustration studio based in Metro Manila. I'm also part of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan, an organization of Filipino artists dedicated to the creation, promotion, & appreciation of illustration for children.
My dream projects include writing and illustrating my own picture book and publishing it in a lot of countries, making lots of drawings for apparel and other fashion goods, illustrating a mural for a children's library or hospital, drawing all the birds of the Philippines, and having my work exhibited in a different country, and working with BTS for album/mixtape art.
When not at my desk, I'm outside staring at plants with my dog Kimchi, or rewatching Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo.
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
Philippine Board on Books for Young People Alcala Prize, Honorable Mention, 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
Philippine Board on Books for Young People Alcala Prize, Honorable Mention, 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
Mga Bisita Mula sa Planetang Pandama
written by Kartini Tahir
ABC Educational Devt. Center & DepEd
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
Good Night Philippines, Good Night World
written by Mila Bongco-Philipzig
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