MAGGIE ZENG is a Montreal-based children’s book illustrator, concept artist, and animator.
With an interest in light and shadow, Maggie loves making story-driven illustrations that convey a feeling of adventure and wonder through fun characters and magical environments. She is the illustrator of the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award winning book “This Is The Boat That Ben Built,” and her short film “Itch” has screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival, winning the silver Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation. Her favourite pencil was a 0.9mm Staedtler Mars micro that someone stole from her during her first year of high school. (She bought a second one.)
With an interest in light and shadow, Maggie loves making story-driven illustrations that convey a feeling of adventure and wonder through fun characters and magical environments. She is the illustrator of the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award winning book “This Is The Boat That Ben Built,” and her short film “Itch” has screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival, winning the silver Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation. Her favourite pencil was a 0.9mm Staedtler Mars micro that someone stole from her during her first year of high school. (She bought a second one.)
As an artist, Maggie aims to reconcile her interest in children’s media, where wonder and everyday magic take precedence, with her foray into the horror genre that often neglects the fears of a younger audience. She desires to convey a perspective of the world as hopeful, and filled with possibilities while also recognizing that it is a place and space full of uncanny and uneasy uncertainties. As a result, she strives to examine how these underlying feelings of discomfort manifest into fantastical situations.
You can reach her at maggie.draws.stuff@gmail.com.