Nazlı Tarcan

The inspration of the second illustration for the story came from our last summer trip to france. Although this town was not full with flowers, many other town we have passed were. I took my time to make the most of the details and i really love this piece!

#kidlitart #childrensbook

Daydreaming, a more nature related #kidlitart portfolio piece. It fet good to illustrate a summer piece in these long gray days.

I wanted to create a mice illustration piece for awhile, and i am so happy with it! I will add more illustrations to this theme soon. #kidlit

Christmas and it’s rush for my Portrait store is over! I can finally share some of my latest work of the festive season. 🎄🎄

Second one of the series, this time it is the rework of the northen lights tundra illustration

Creating more realistic animal portfolio pieces. I did not guess i would enjoy drawing this concept that much!
#kidlitart #snowillustration

Another illustration for @illoagency ‘ november prompt #fallingthroughtime
It took me 3 days and 18hours of active working to complete this Downton Abbey inspired picnic scene, in which I used many references from oil paintings. I hope you will enjoy it as much as i do! #kidlitart

While I was looking to my childhood memories for @illoagency ‘s November prompt #fallingthroughtime , i remembered the ladies of my grandmother’s village and their now long gone houses. One single level house on her street had a very old mulberry tree, and my grandma a prune tree.
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++We would climb on them, but the mulberry tree was once s year an harvest festival spot for the young mothers. They would climb to the roof and stay there the whole afternoon. I honestly don’t remember what a mulberry tree looks like, so i started to look online.++

++ I then spotted this (2) 200yo. mulberry tree from south-east of Turkey, and decided to create the illustration centered to this magnificent tree. You can see the other references to my illustration (3 and 4).

Finally finished my #kidlitartpostcard , fashionably late. It is also #illoagency ‘s october prompt; #artforcause.

Hello #kidlitartpostcard
My illo forr this month is not ready yet, so i have a re-do of an old one. I will share the new one if it finishes on time tho! Im repped by the amazing illo agency, and from next month, free or a new adventure!
#kidlitart
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The best tip (imo) for illustrated books: never repeat what's in the text in the image. Always add something to the narrative in the image. Think of the art and words as two widgets in a machine with slightly different jobs that work together to make the machine work.

Finally, today I finished the illustrations of one of the book projects i am working in. I can not share any sneak-peaks, but i can share my lovely « cloudy day office » view which have helped me through this intense working months. Illustration is unrelated, from my portrait business.

I’m so excited to share my first book deal with my amazing agency, @illoagency, and my wonderful agent, Amy! Beautiful story about two girls, one from Turkey and the other is from Greece. The book will be published in autumn 2026 by @charlesbridgepublishing !

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Hi #PortfolioDay
I am Nazli, I love illustrating details, grandmas and recently historical scenes. I work on PB, MG, cover and editorial kidlit. Very proud to say I am repped by Amy Milligan at Illo Agency.

I just realized that I forgot to share the amazing educational circus pedagogy book i had the chance to illustrate over a year and a half ago. Written by circus educators and health workers from 3 different european countries, it is amazing to read how circus can help to deal with struggles.

How nice! This illustration is inspired from İstanbul. :)

Thanks a lot!!:)

I profite from #KidlitArtPostcard day to share this recent cover portfolio piece I did. But do check my original postcard of the month!:) #kidlit

Catching up a #Kidlitartpostcard day feels so good!Hi art directors, editors, fellow artists and whomever might see; I am Nazlı, TR kidlit illustrator living in BE. Repped by İllo Agency
This is an illustration i made for Ramadan, a classical childhood scene for many. #kidlit
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New cover art for my portfolio

I did this work from my memories but i had an idea how does it look like yesterday. Happy to hear it worked!:)

It is a spring weather here in Belgium. But it snows in Istanbul. I think it is a perfect time to share this recent #kidlitart ; a first snow day’s joy in Istanbul.

Thanks a lot!

Promo for children's books launching the week of Feb.17-23, 2025, with instructions to reply with book info. Background illustration shows books joyously exploding into the air, with a blue heart in the corner with the week dates. Art is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.

If you have a #KidLit book launching Feb.17-23, reply with book cover (use alt text), title, author & illustrator, publisher, launch date, link where people can find info. Read Guidelines BEFORE replying, thx Pls help boost? Challenging time to be launching books. #KidLitLaunches #Edusky

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Recently working on a book project, and some bw mg portfolio pieces for my agency’s Bologna Fair trip. I didn’t know bw could be that much fun. I am more into it by every work. #kidlitart #mgart

I have just seen some posts about @flashes.blue and can’t wait to use the app!
Meanwhile i share this Istanbul inspired #kidlitportfolio piece on the plane from there. #kidlitart

I must find a way to be more active on Bluesky, I still didint get the hang of if. Do you guys have any suggestions? Meanwhile i will post some of my new portfolio works i did after a discussion with my agent. This one is inspired by a summer day in Mediterranean cost; hope you like it! #kidlitart