Laurie Stein

Laurie is a character designer/children’s book illustrator/licensing artist living in Toronto, Canada. Laurie graduated in Illustration and Design from OCAD with a Classical Animation degree from Sheridan College.

She has designed and illustrated many children’s books both in the educational and trade markets, with books translated into multiple languages and sold internationally. She has developed characters for animation studios, licensed designs for fabric and paper products, advertising, magazines, and in her spare time paints on canvas. She has created character designs for animation studios and illustrations for apps. Her children’s books have been recognized by the New York Times, Heather’s Picks, Publisher’s Spotlight and starred by Kirkus Reviews.

She teaches both illustration and painting in Toronto and has been profiled in various magazines. She works either on canvas with acrylic paint, or digitally on an iPad, Cintiq and computer using Photoshop.