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Having spent much of my time in the last few years indoors (like so many others), I was really excited to have this opportunity to work with Canadian Wildlife Magazine and illustrate an article about the importance of outdoor learning.

Art Director: Steven Balaban

The Nature of Learning


Nature for Mental Health


Left: Building Earth Stewards, Right: Overcoming Barriers



Pictures of illustrations in print



Zoom in crop

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Art Director Steven Balaban. You can see that my initial sketches strived to celebrate so much I love about the outdoors (which we carefully refined into the images above 😅️).





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Alysha Dawn is a freelance illustrator based in Toronto, Ontario where she shares a studio with a calico cat named Fran. She originally studied Graphic Design and then moved on to receive her BAA in Illustration. Her work has been featured in the American Illustration Archive.

Everything Alysha creates has a unique personality. Though she enjoys simplicity, Alysha is also passionate about detail in her work, ensuring that the viewer can discover something new with every glance. She has a passion for bold shapes, bright colours, and zooming in on very busy environments to find the humour or seriousness within a scene.

What you can expect when working with her: A new project begins with a thoughtful brainstorming, sketches, and research as she establishes a concept for the product or illustration. Her designs are then ready to be fleshed out in a medium that best suits the brief (including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate, and other traditional methods). You can be assured that all projects will be completed within the timeline.

She currently spends a lot of her time in her studio working on new projects, cooking, vintage perusing, crafting, and finding weird pebbles on long walks. She would love to work with you next. Email her with any inquiries you have or just say hi!

Previous Clients: Adidas, Uniqlo, Bissell, Princeton University, Rogers Centre, Target, Indigo, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Metrolinx, Shoppers Drugmart, Winners, Marshalls, Walmart, Thermos, Winkreative, and many more.


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