I specialize in Children’s Book, Editorial and Surface/Product illustrations and work both traditionally and digitally. See samples below of previous illustration projects.

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Illustrated book cover showing an enormous orange pineapple with green leaves, a mom, dog and mouse, and a tropical village in the background; text reads “Pinang, The First Pineapple” by Niki Toney.

Children’s Book Illustration

Three spot images focusing on a little girl firstly eating chicken drumsticks with her mom behind her holding a plate of chicken, then playing with her toys, then lying in the grass with her dog.
Illustrated storybook scene of a mom carrying laundry while her daughter sits on a chair, unhelpful. A dog helps the mom carry laundry. Text has mom asking the daughter to help put the clean laundry up to dry.
A character sheet of a little Filipina girl, Pinang. She is playing with garlic, eating, and in different poses.

Pinang, the First Pineapple

Written and illustrated by Niki Toney, Pinang the First Pineapple is a picture book based on the Filipino folktale of how the first pineapple came into existence. The story follows the relationship between Pinang and her mother, Mama Rosa.

A colorful illustrated page titled 'A Day in the Life' featuring a girl wearing a green beanie, a shirt, and plaid pants, surrounded by drawings of books, a scooter, a dog, an American flag, a gavel, and a stethoscope. The page contains text sharing personal stories about her interests, family, school, and cultural background.
A comic strip depicting a young girl missing the bus, arriving late to school, receiving a C on her paper, losing her bus pass, and walking home in the rain. The comic also shows her being comforted by her mother at home.
A comic strip titled 'Just Pray' featuring a family at a dinner table having a conversation. The daughter is talking about her sadness over her friend Maria moving away, and the father tells his daughter to "just pray".
Comic strip showing a family at a family gathering with food, with two mothers judging Marcos's eating habits with his mom, and Marcos overhears the conversation and leaves the room crying.

A Day in the Life of Jo Lagazo

Comic book series exploring the social, cultural and mental health challenges of Filipino-American teenagers living in the diaspora (samples of a more complete body of work).

Client: Buong Loob (NPO)

An animated scene of a middle school with a large storm cloud overhead that has eyes, looks angry. Students and teachers are outside, in action, as leaves and debris swirl around. Water collection drums are visible.
A colorful illustrated map of an underwater world, featuring islands, mountains, water bodies, and vegetation. Surrounding the map are rocks, palm trees, and huts. A legend lists five atolls: Pua, Cyunchoi, Mabalon, Asawa, and Ladung.

Stormward Bound

Illustrations created for “Dungeons + Dragons” style campaign that engages students to navigate and solve climate justice issues in the Bay Area (samples of a more complete body of work).

Client: Mycelium Youth Network

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Editorial digital illustration of a woman with dark hair, and colorful clothing stands and holds a film strip. A man with dark hair, glasses, and colorful clothing sits at a desk, cutting a strip of film, amid stacks of film reels in a dark room.

Editorial Illustration

These Cuts are the Deepest

Article covering the Oscars, and scenes cut from nominated movies of the 94th Academy Awards.

Client: LA Times

Colorful editorial illustration for Eater Magazine of a colorful abstract artwork featuring various slices of root vegetables like kobocha squash, turnip, kohlrabi, parsnips, beets, on a grill with fire, tongs and glaze.

It’s Time to Grill Weird, Unpopular Root Vegetables

Article highlighting using interesting root vegetables on the grill.

Client: Eater

ACLU of NorCal Cover art for Annual Report art - Crowd of diverse protesters holding signs, including one that says 'My skin color is not a crime,' demonstrating for racial justice and equality, with NorCal cityscape and mountains in the background.
Colorful cartoon scene of a lively protest or demonstration with diverse people holding signs and banners, inside a building with large windows and a view of a cityscape with hills, bridges, and buildings outside.
Colorful illustration of a diverse crowd holding up large blue letters spelling "WE SHOW UP" with some people sitting or standing on the letters, cheering and celebrating.
A pair of hands holding a broken photograph of a woman with three children and a man, behind prison bars.

We Show Up!

Full editorial campaign, including cover, interior illustrations and postcard illustration for the ACLU of Northern California’s 2023 Annual Report. Theme of the campaign: “We Show UP!”

Client: ACLU of Northern California

A hand-drawn illustration of a jar labeled 'coconut' with a coconut half on the front, surrounded by a yellow starburst.
Colorful sketch of various personal care and beauty items, including a comb, lemon slices, a jar, lipstick, a tube, a brush, and other toiletries, illustrated in a pastel, crayon-like style.

Fashionable Coconut Oil

Article covering unconventional usage of coconut oil as a beauty and wellness product.

Client: Erica Waters

Cartoon loaded potato skins sitting at a bar watching a television. The characters are drinking beer. The background features a pink bar.
A cartoon illustration of a fried pickle wearing a football helmet running with a football.
Illustration of a tater tot maraca dancer, with a headdress made of beans, sour cream, nacho cheese and other nacho toppings, holding and shaking marraccas.

Superbowl Snacks

Art package for multiple articles covering popular bar snack foods during the NFL Super Bowl.

Client: Eater

Colorful collage artwork of a clay pot with Filipino dish sinigang na hipon, bowl of rice, mangosteen, spoon and fork, plate and ladle.

Sobbing in Seafood City

Cover Art for a magazine publication, depicting a Filipino dish, “Sinigang na Hipon”, for magazine publication.

Client: Sampaguita Press

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Illustration of a lively festival on Mare Island with diverse people enjoying food, music, and games, featuring banners, booths, and attractions, in celebration of Filipino-American heritage.

Surface/Product Illustration

Pista Pilsner

Beer Label art for the “Pista Pilsner”, a beer created in collaboration with Pista Sa Nayon for their annual festival. This label helped mark Pista Sa Nayon’s 40th anniversary.

Client: Mare Island Brewing Company

Poster for event, ‘Spells and Spirits’. An illustration of a manananggal with a mischievous smile sips blood from her victim. Duendes carry bottles, light a candle and do other tasks. Event details show date and time, location at Crocker Art Museum

Spells + Spirits

Advertisement and printed collectible poster art for monthly “Artmix” activation.

Client: Crocker Art Museum

People laughing and enjoying coffee at a lively cafe, with some holding cups and talking.

Brunch Date

Postcard art for promotion and restaurant guests.

Client: Grand Lake Kitchen

Illustration of Filipino rustic kitchen and a family interacting with each other. Mom with baby wrapped on her body, gives her son spices, dad and daughter bang on kitchen utensils like instruments, another daughter reaches for bread with dog nearby.

Dirty Kitchen

Illustration of Filipino family inside their dirty kitchen. Illustration used for electrical box artwork.

Client: Bedford Gallery

Colorful illustration promoting Andrea Sorce for mayor, featuring her photo in a circle, a large tree, houses, children, and adults walking on a pathway with colorful flowers and plants.

Naval Museum Garden Tour

Advertisement for Mayoral candidate, Andrea Sorce, congratulating the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum on their annual Garden Tour.

Client: Andrea Sorce for Mayor

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A colorful collage of a cherry pie, surrounded by green leaves and red cherries on a brown textured background.

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Animated scene with multiple characters of a Filipino street taho vendor serving Taho to a line of customers. His immediate customer is an excited little boy.
A cartoon drawing of a schoolboy, holding a barbecue stick with fish balls on it. The boy is surrounded by fire, with "INIT!!!" (Tagalog for "HOT") in red letters.
Colorful digital illustration of various vegetables, including a sliced red onion, purple eggplants, cherry tomatoes, an onion, and rice on a plate, with bright yellow and green backgrounds. A can of spam, with spam slices are at the bottom-left.
A cartoon illustration of mother bathing her infant in a small tub, mother pouring water over her baby using a bucket. The bathroom has a tiled wall and a towel hanging on the wall. There are soap and bath-related items on the floor.
A cartoon illustration of a canned tomato sardines labeled "Ligo" with a group of sardines taking a shower, with a small red tomato at the bottom. Ligo is a brand of Filipino sardines but also means "to shower" in Tagalog.
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