Beautiful Illustrations Crafted by a Real Person
Showcasing handcrafted illustrations that celebrate tradition and authenticity, created without the use of AI, for a truly personal touch.
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Authentic Work from Oregon Based Artist
I work in acrylic, water colors, color pencil, and digital mediums, without artificially generated images.
Laugh out loud funny! These illustrations were hand drawn, and colored in Photoshop.
Come Join Us In Our Campervan
Heartfelt and touching. These illustrations were hand drawn and colored with color pencil, and some digital detailing.
Nana’s Precious Kittens
Stunning colors! These images were drawn by hand, colored with color pencil, and enhanced in Photoshop.
My Cousins, My Friends
Ho Ho Hilarious. Santa and his elves are hand drawn, and colored in Photoshop.
Grumpy Claus
The Creative Vision of Kimberly Young
This section describes the key features briefly.
Fun and Engaging
I bring your stories to life with detailed illustrations that showcase action, emotion, and keep readers interested.
Inspired Design
My favorite illustrations have always been the old school Little Golden Books. I try to bring that same energy into my own work, regardless of medium.
Handcrafted Work
Every image is carefully hand drawn to start. Then color and details are added, either in paint, pencil, or digitally.
Recommendation From Very Satisfied Client
Phillippa Grey and Winter Rose
A few months ago, myself and my partner posted on this group and one other, asking for illustrator recommendations. 
So many people shared their incredible books and artwork, which eventually lead us to find Kimberly.
What can we say about Kimberly ? 
Not only does her artwork speak for itself, but her knowledge of the industry, communication, and commitment to deadlines, have quite honestly been- pardon the cliche here- above and beyond all expectations.
We came to Kimberly with a killer timeframe, and a cast of 14 characters…
She smashed the deadline, managed to create an animation, edit, and assist us with creating content for our social media 
Basically, she’s wonderwoman… no really she actually can do everything 
just ask her…
The three of us have worked tirelessly to make this dream into reality, and now that we are here- starting our 7 day preorder countdown- Phillippa & Rose have the privilege to present our very first children’s book…
Come Join Us In Our Campervan!
Okay Everyone, here is a HUGE shout out to Kimberly Dawn Young who just spent hours helping me reformat files so I could upload onto KDP. Seriously, this woman is AMAZEBALLS, so good at what she does! A knowledgeable perfectionist! I give her my highest recommendation if you need any formatting help. I couldn’t be more pleased!!
Tracy Ann
Children’s Book Author
Kimberly has illustrated three books for me. She also helped format them. She created the front and back covers as well. She was a true professional and great to work with! I intend to hire her again to work on several more of my children’s books in the months ahead! I highly recommend her! She has an amazing work ethic and truly cares about your book’s success! Thank you again Kimberly for making my books the best they can be!
Diana Del Russo
Children’s Book Author
Thank you! You are great! A huge help and a huge relief for me! Thanks thanks thanks!
Linda J Cronin
Children’s Book Author