Literary illustration

Portraits,
and what
they carry.

Ahn Na Lim is a Korean Canadian illustrator in Toronto, working in ink for books and editorial — quiet, emotional work, available for commission and licensing.

Books Editorial Covers
Tears — ink illustration of an eye weeping fine white lines
“Tears”

It began with a single eye — Tears, drawn as thin threads of light. From that one drawing grew a series of faces, each a different way of holding what we cannot say.

Selected Works

Portraiture · 01—15

Find the Work

Shop · Stock · Watch
Behance
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Saatchi Art
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About the artist

Ahn Na Lim is a Korean Canadian illustrator and artist based in Toronto. Since 2009, she has created illustrations for books, editorial publications, licensed products, and visual storytelling projects.

Working primarily with ink, her images combine fine-art sensibilities with a clean graphic approach, exploring what we carry but cannot say.

Available for editorial, publishing, licensing & commissions
ahnnalim@gmail.com
Portrait work by Ahn Na Lim

Selected Clients

Editorial · Publishing · Studio
The Globe and Mail/ Maisonneuve/ Assembly/ Royal Ontario Museum/ Moss and Lam Studio/ Lakeshore Village BIA/ Toronto Styles

Recognition

Awards · Publications
3×3 Magazine, The Annual No.14 Cover2019
American Illustration 292010
Creative Quarterly 15 · 26 · 422009–2016
Computer Arts2010
CMYK Magazine 462010
Edward D. Harris Award2008

Education — Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD University), BDes in Illustration, 2009