“Delight lies somewhere between boredom and confusion.”
E H Gombrich
Sophie Pluim (1993) is an illustrator based in the Netherlands. In 2015 she finished her illustration education at the HKU and has since been working as an illustrator. Mainly as an illustrator and bookcover designer for children’s books and young adult books.
“I love to create worlds with some spark and personality. I’ll give you punks and princesses, post-apocalyptic folklore, meditating in a sandstorm and dancing with the wind. Let’s travel into the unknown and make us feel at home.”
The past years she had the pleasure of working on books for the publishers: CPNB, Blossom Books, van Goor (Unieboek|Spectrum), Kluitman, Billy Bones, Volt (Singel Uitgeverijen), Ploegsma, Lemniscaat, Leopold, Moon, Gottmer, Luitingh Sijthoff, Querido, Kosmos en Christofoor.
Kinderboekenweek geschenk 2023
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Sophie Pluim Illustration 