15 Go-to Packaging Illustrators to Hire to Help Brands Stand Out
This guide features 15 amazing packaging illustrators with experience with labels, boxes, bottles, and everything packaging.
I reached out to my favorite artists making illustrations for packaging, and asked them to showcase some of their best work, introduce themself and tell us what they do.
Pattern Design by Linn Warme
My name is Elena Resko, and I’m a Berlin-based illustrator and designer. I work with a diverse range of clients, from tech companies to cosmetic brands and vegan restaurants. My work spans editorial illustration, game art, books, and products, all tied together by my love for bright, juicy colours and whimsical shapes. If I had to pick one subject that excites me most, it would definitely be food illustration and collaborating with food brands. Here I get to combine great storytelling with mouthwatering visuals and fun, character-driven worlds.
I’m Anna Hurley, an illustrator based in Berkeley, California, and I specialize in playful character art, colorful children’s book illustrations, illustrative packaging design, and everything in between. Drawing from my design background, my illustrations have a largely graphic approach, which I love to incorporate into my work in composition as well as bright, whimsical color schemes. I am inspired by mid century art, nature, and all the 90’s cartoons I grew up on. My work aims to bring cheer and lightheartedness to the everyday. I started my career over 20 years ago, and I feel grateful that I get to do my dream job everyday.
When not illustrating, I am lucky to get to spend my time with my new baby boy, as well as my husband and stepson, and we love playing together in all manners of board games, video games, and the make believe.
I’m Linn Warme, a Swedish illustrator and surface pattern designer. I make illustrations and repeat patterns for everything from packaging and editorial artwork to textiles and home products.
A lot of my work starts with nature as my inspiration. I love drawing and recreating florals that I can find in the wild, but also making my own fun botanical creations from my imagination.
Before going freelance, I worked in-house as a print designer at some of the biggest fashion brands in Sweden. During that time, I learned how to create production-ready designs without neglecting the craftsmanship and creativity in my work.
I’m Irene Pérez, a professional illustrator working internationally from my studio in Barcelona.
I collaborate on projects related to design, advertising, publishing, editorial, socially focused initiatives, and cultural projects in general.
I studied Fine Arts and Graphic Design in Valencia, Spain, and have extensive experience working in various graphic design studios, an interior design studio, an animation production company, and a video game studio. These experiences have given me a broad perspective on the world of visual communication as applied to professional practice.
In my work, I have developed a distinctive visual language that sits somewhere between illustration and graphic design, through which I approach and solve all kinds of commissions.
Part of my inspiration comes from folk stories and traditions, mainly from Latin American and Asian cultures. Myths, rituals, animals, plants, insects, flowers, magical environments, the earth, literature, cinema, and music are key elements in my work.
I’m Julia, an award-winning illustrator and brand designer. I create engaging packaging illustrations and designs of all kinds. My style is playful, detailed, and intuitive as I prefer to listen and follow the “voice” of the project. For me, working with packaging means finding the visual way to express the brand’s story, vision, values, and mood through the fruitful language of illustration. I carefully work with details and senses that the brand wants to communicate, playing with typography, color, and storytelling, shaping everything in a strong composition that is right for the project. I enjoy collaborating with brands that care about unique visual language and a creative connection with their audience.
I’m a German illustrator who works from the stormy South Coast of England after doing my Illustration degree in London and working there for a long time. I like not knowing what will come into my inbox next and enjoy the excitement of a range of projects from illustrating books, to quick turnaround editorials or drawings for an ad agency. I’ve always loved packaging and seeing my work out in the world on things that people use and have in their homes. It’s also an excellent way to get sent samples of tea, cookies, brownies or even soap. Would recommend! Some previous clients include: The V&A shop, the New York Times, Chronicle Books & Target.
Hi, I’m Kati Szilágyi, an illustrator from Berlin, Germany.
For 10 years I’ve been working with various clients, from editorial work with The New Yorker, The New York Times, Die Zeit and more to advertising and corporate projects with clients like Disney, The Hoxton Hotel or Hermés Paris as well as packaging products.
My illustrations have their roots in analogue drawing and cutouts, the colouring and final touches are edited digitally.
I love working on strong concept ideas, playing with atmosphere and including my own humorous approach if it’s fitting.
Most of all I love to draw people interacting with each other. And if possible I sneak my dog Esti in my illustrations.
Hi! I’m Léane Ruggli, a Swiss illustrator specialising in advertising and commercial illustration. With a background in graphic design and interactive media, I decided to move into a field where my creativity could flourish and studied a BA in Illustration in the UK.
I recently won the World Illustration Awards 2025 in the New Talent category for my packaging and animation project, “Ready To Drink Cocktail Cans”.
My visual world is inspired by movements and shapes that I draw from all my passions like sports, fashion, nature, people and classic cars. I’m at my happiest when using vibrant colours, creating bold characters and playing with unexpected compositions and distorted objects.
I’m currently working part time as a Junior Art Director in a creative studio while doing some freelance commissions. I’m always eager to hear about fresh ideas and I’m open to new collaborations. If you’re interested, get in touch!
I am an illustrator, designer, and art director specialising in work for food and heritage brands. My aim with every project is to create work that is both beautiful and functional, helping the brands I collaborate with to build stronger engagement. I work with a wide range of clients, from startups to globally recognised brands, tailoring each project to reflect the individuality of the people behind it. All of my work begins by hand and follows a human-centred approach, resulting in authentic, meaningful connections.
Hi, my name is Luiza Laffitte. I’m a Brazilian illustrator based in Nantes, France.
I like to describe my work as “digital,” but I love making sketches and small illustrations with colored pencils for myself in my sketchbooks. Illustration is my favorite way to express my art, but it’s not the only one: I also create a lot of small sculptures using Fimo clay or needle felting, and I love sewing and crocheting. Working manually with other media is a great way to understand space and shape, learn new tricks, and improve my digital art.
I’ve been working in a coworking space for 11 years now. We are 14 people at the moment, and each of us works in a different field, from creative to technical specializations. I don’t have a strict routine; I work on whatever project feels right for that day, with a hot coffee and a podcast (or Netflix) on the other screen.
I am represented by an agent, IllustrationX, and together we work on several projects. Clients usually contact me for packaging, event communication, press, games, and book covers. I love that I’m always working on something different, work never gets boring.
I’m constantly inspired by nature, unusual objects, books, other artists, and my kids.
Martha Olivia
Illustrator & Pattern Designer based in the North of England
I am an illustrator and pattern designer based in the North of England. My work is carefully crafted and considered using colour and composition to create immersive and bold illustrations, often rooted in pattern and inspired by themes of nature, culture and heritage.
Craftsmanship is an integral part of my process, with each stage of a project approached thoughtfully from research, sketches to final details.
I have a broad and multi-disciplinary portfolio with work suiting a wide variety of outputs from branding, editorial to product packaging, interiors and textiles.
Hi there, my name is Mel Cerri, and I’m an artist and illustrator based in São Paulo, Brazil.
I’ve always been drawn to anything creative, but as a practical teenager I chose to study marketing and advertising, thinking I’d become an art director. While in college, I started freelancing as a graphic designer on small projects, and that work slowly grew into a full design studio, which I co-owned and directed for 10 years.
My passion for typography gradually led me into hand lettering, which became my gateway to illustration more broadly. All those interests combined (art direction skills, a graphic design background, hands-on experience working with clients, and being a kid at heart) led me to where I am today: working full-time as a lettering artist and illustrator.
Over the years, I’ve been lucky to collaborate with amazing brands like Nike, Amazon, Apple, and more. I especially love working on packaging projects, as they bring multiple skill sets together. While my work has evolved throughout my 15+ years in the creative industry, there’s a clear through line in everything I do: bold colors, expressive letterforms, movement, and above all, fun. My goal as an artist is to bring joy to people’s everyday lives, and I’m grateful to get to do that every day.
My name is Nick Liefhebber and I’m an illustrator, printmaker, and designer from the Netherlands. I often combine design with illustration, though illustration is my main focus. I like blending analog, handcrafted elements with a digital workflow. Most of my work starts by hand with cut paper shapes, ink drawings, and textures that I digitally bring together in a collage-like way.
In my personal work I’m inspired by stories. Myths, northern folk tales and the flowing and growing aspects of the natural world. These personal projects give me room to explore new possibilities and narratives. I’ve had the honour of working on packaging, campaigns and identities for clients like Apple, Disney, Adobe, Procreate, and Pepsi while I’m also finding joy in printmaking and smaller, local cultural projects.
My name is Zosia, I’m a London-based illustrator and graphic designer working with businesses, design agencies and marketing teams to help them develop visual solutions to elevate their brand through campaign design, branding, or packaging illustrations. Some of my projects include illustrated beer labels, branding for a coffee shop and limited edition gin labels with animated social posts to promote them.
I love creating character-driven work using playful contemporary style, with a bit of humour, and loose linework.
Are you interested in working with me? I’d love to hear about your project
I’m Megan St Clair, a British illustrator – Yorkshire-born, now London based. My creative approach stems from a love for experimentation and texture explored through digital illustration, collage and photomontage works. With an intuitive and playful approach to illustration, I often bring my colour-filled work to global commercial projects. With previous clients including Estee Lauder, John Lewis, Bucherer, and Vogue.
