Presently she still combines text with pictures and has illustrated half a dozen children’s books. She is a talented and versatile traditional and digital illustrator, who’s fanciful style is suitable for all sorts of illustrative needs. While her primary focus is children’s books, her illustrations are used for magazines, greeting cards, advertising, t-shirts, and logos. Often she uses real life attachments and collage elements that make the viewer want to touch each page.  Shielaugh approaches each project with creativity and a playful spirit, which produces a finished product that is sure to put a smile on the faces of kids and the kids at heart.

In addition to being a commercial artist, Shielaugh also applies her whimsical illustration style to her fine art pieces.  She creates larger scale pieces the are inspired by dreams, fairy tales, songs, candy, holidays, play on words, superstitions and folklore that are a part of our childhood and adult culture. These painting are like her looking-glass; through each one a new place is created.

Shielaugh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Illustration and Fine Art along with a Master’s degree in Children’s Illustration. She has 10+ years experience working with art directors, gallery directors, designers, copyeditors, editors and other creative types to collaborate on projects. She lives by the muddy banks of the Carquinez Straits in Northern California, with her family, and sleepy cat.

Client List:

• Ohio Childcare Council for Prevention of Child Abuse. Columbus, Ohio.
• Project OpenHand. Columbus, Ohio.
• R&L fashions. Providence, RI.
• MRF’s Beast of the East Conference.
• The City of El Cerrito Recreation Department. El Cerrito, CA.
• Abutech, LLC. Memphis, TN.
• Three Puppies Press. Mill Valley, CA.
• Poseidon’s Reef Custom Tanks. Crockett, CA.
• A Word with You Press. Oceanside, CA.
• Major Powers and the Lo-Fi Symphony. East Bay, CA