Hello!
My name is Filippo Vanzo and I am a freelance illustrator and cartographer. I create images for a wide variety of industries and purposes, such as books, children’s literature, maps, tabletop games, advertising, museums, magazines, and for private use.
My work focuses on characters and storytelling, with dynamic and dramatic compositions. I also love to do a lot of research for maps, historical, educational or natural history projects.
If your project requires either creativity or science (or both!) and you need a freelance illustrator, please have a look at my portfolios and you might just find what you need.
For business enquiries please send an e-mail to: info@filippovanzo.com
Fantastical
Folklore, myths, legends have always fascinated me. More generally speaking, I absolutely love storytelling.
That’s why I make imaginative realism illustration for book covers, children’s literature, games, and more…
Real-world
My hand and brain might be in the arts, but nature is where my heart ultimately lies.
Using my work to promote, celebrate and protect the natural world with books, posters and informational material is all one can ask for.
Non-fiction
Historical, real-world and scientific illustrations, reconstructions, diagrams and infographics.
Anything that requires extensive research, data visualization, attention to details and clear, accurate representation.
Maps
Maps are our window into the world, be it real or imaginary. They tell stories like no other medium.
I create illustrated maps that are both beautiful to look at and well-designed, for a great variety of uses and industries.
New Book :
EXPEDITION MOUNT EVEREST
Swedish mountaineer and entrepreneur David Klint climbed Mount Everest in 2022 and decided to write a book about his experience to inspire children to dream big… And I illustrated it!
Part adventure diary and part non-fiction book with many interesting facts about mountaineering, the Sherpa people, high-altitude toilets and the Yeti!
Latest Posts
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Present day countries and locations but with a touch of 15th and 16th (maybe even 17th) century cartography’s style and quirks. This is a remastered and expanded version of a black and white piece I made back in 2018 for the book Slaget om Salajak by Johan Theorin (published by…
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When I was a teenager, during the 90s, all I wanted to become was a comic book artist, inspired by artists like Jim Lee and his work for X-Men. But most of all I was fascinated by Japanese manga. I grew up fully immersed in the worlds of Toriyama Akira…
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After almost two years of work, countless hours of researching historical sources, and just shy of 100 illustrations, mine and Linda Linnskog Rudh’s book about Swedish monarchs is finally complete and available in bookstores! Kungaliv : Sveriges regenter under 500 år, published by Opal, is a bustling non-fiction book for…
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