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
Fiction
Fiction
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…
Nature
Nature
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
Non-fiction
Portraits, illustrated infographics, historical and ethnographic reconstructions.
Anything that requires accurate representation and extensive research is surely my cup of tea!
Maps
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.
Spotlight
New Book : KUNGALIV
A bustling non-fiction book about 23 different Swedish monarchs, from Gustav Vasa to present day’s King Carl XVI Gustaf, with fictionalised anecdotes, tons of historical facts and timelines, and almost 100 illustrations!
Written by author Linda Linnskog Rudh and illustrated by me.
Latest news
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 forContinue reading
If you find yourself by chance in a Swedish bookstore, you’ll find two more books I have illustrated earlier in 2019. Mystyerieklubben och ubåten (‘The Mystery Club and the Submarine’) is part 2 of the new book series I illustrated, written by Swedish author Patrik Bergström, and published by LillaContinue reading
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