Meg Auchenbach is a surface pattern designer, children's book author, and illustrator based in Eastern Pennsylvania. A former elementary art teacher, she now works across picture book illustration, surface pattern design, and custom pet portrait commissions.
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Meg Auchenbach is a surface pattern designer, children's book author, and illustrator based in Eastern Pennsylvania. A former elementary art teacher, she now works across picture book illustration, surface pattern design, and custom pet portrait commissions. Published titles include If You Are An Artist (Peter Pauper Press, 2025) and When Night Sleeps (Postwave, 2027). Licensing is handled by Illustrate It Agency (UK); children's publishing by Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.
Auchenbach's visual language centres on whimsical animals, stylised florals, and hand-lettering with a warm, storybook quality. The portfolio features illustrated patterns with soft, nature-inspired tones and a loose, expressive character. Vintage sensibility, fairy-tale references, and a consistent love of the natural world run through the work.
Works in a mixed-media approach: watercolour, gouache, and colour pencil, as well as digitally. The combination gives the work a tactile, handmade quality while remaining production-ready for print applications.
Primary markets: kidswear and children's publishing. Licensing handled by Illustrate It Agency. Available for freelance, custom, and licensing commissions. Peter Pauper Press is the documented publishing client (2025).
Former elementary art teacher. Transitioned to full-time illustration and surface pattern design. Published two children's picture books with major publishers. Children's publishing represented by Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.
The portfolio features illustrated all-over patterns built around animal and botanical motifs. The work carries a storybook warmth well-suited to kidswear, gift, and children's publishing product tie-ins. Selected placements suggest application to lifestyle and gift product contexts.
Meg Auchenbach is a surface pattern designer, children's book author, and illustrator based in Eastern Pennsylvania. A former elementary art teacher, she now works across picture book illustration, surface pattern design, and custom pet portrait commissions.
Style and Aesthetic Auchenbach's visual language centres on whimsical animals, stylised florals, and hand-lettering with a warm, storybook quality. The portfolio features illustrated patterns with soft, nature-inspired tones and a loose, expressive character.
Pattern Focus The portfolio features illustrated all-over patterns built around animal and botanical motifs. The work carries a storybook warmth well-suited to kidswear, gift, and children's publishing product tie-ins. Selected placements suggest application to lifestyle and gift product contexts.
Markets and Clients Primary markets: kidswear and children's publishing. Licensing handled by Illustrate It Agency. Available for freelance, custom, and licensing commissions. Peter Pauper Press is the documented publishing client (2025).
Techniques and Tools Works in a mixed-media approach: watercolour, gouache, and colour pencil, as well as digitally. The combination gives the work a tactile, handmade quality while remaining production-ready for print applications.
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Career Path Former elementary art teacher. Transitioned to full-time illustration and surface pattern design. Published two children's picture books with major publishers. Children's publishing represented by Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.
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