Gozde Eyce

Hello! This is Gozde Eyce. I’m a freelance illustrator and picture book maker.

I’m originally from Istanbul, Turkey, and living in the Netherlands for the last 5 years. I’ve always been into visual arts, colors & illustrations. Despite my business management degree & having a long corporate work experience, I wanted to turn my passion into my profession when I moved to the Netherlands.

I’m a self taught artist with a huge dedication to know, explore & learn more about my passion. Because I didn’t have any formal art education since the beginning I’ve been sketching, reading, watching, observing & exploring all the time as a full time learner. On my way I developed my style with vivid colors & imperfect characters, which I though my illustrations are fitting to children’s literature with all the colors & fun characters. Then I started working on my portfolio and sending it to a couple of publishers that I want to work with. That’s how my journey started. Since then I’ve done many projects in different countries for kids like children’s books, editorial illustrations, illustrations for kids apparel, workshops.

Working on different projects has inspired me a lot and helped me to find my own focus in life then I discovered how much I care about sustainable and equal living. I believe in early education about these topics, so I'm always prioritizing these projects. I had a chance to collaborate with some amazing NGOs and publishers like Justdiggit, UNICEF and Mo’s Daughters and we ended up with lovely books to reach many enthusiastic kids. I'm also working on my own books, a couple of books out and one to be published soon.

Besides being an art enthusiast, I’m addicted to yoga, piano sounds & sky as huge source of inspiration for my work.