Telma the witch is an endearing children’s picture book series written by Satu Varjonen, illustrated by me and published by Minerva in Finland in 2021-2023.
Photo by Kieran Sheehan.
The series is about a little witch girl Telma, who learns to deal with school bullies, learns about human ways of doing things and even dabs in social media. Telma tends to run into many problems, but her positive attitude and whimsical magic helps her out every time.
My longtime dream of illustrating a book that involves witches and magic finally came true with this project and I was captivated by Satu Varjonen’s story from the moment I read the first page of the first book. The series was absolutely delightful to illustrate and I had so much fun designing all the characters. Adding little details, animal friends and witchy objects was absolutely one of the best parts of this.
Gallery of illustrations
