Pengouin glacé published in South Korea

My freezing penguin has been translated into Korean, good news on this very sunny and hot day! :-)

Prayers for Children now in the USA!!!!

This one makes me really happy, my book "Gebete für Kinder" was now published in the US by the US Baha'i Publishing Trust. It can be ordered here! If you are very patient, you can also try asking me to send a copy via mail, if you live in Germany. :-)

Semeli's Smile now in Korean

Semeli's Smile, written by Marina Michaelidou and originally published in Cyprus was now published in Korea. It took quite quite a while to sort everything out, but the book turned out very nicely! Thank you, AGA World!!! :-)

50 years Bologna

It was a great book fair: beautiful books, many wonderful people, interesting conversations, awesome roommates... Happy anniversary!!!

Ausstellung

Ich freue mich sehr, dass meine Arbeiten als Teil der Kinderbuchausstellung in der Fabrik der Künste in Hamburg vom 05.-11.04. zu sehen sein werden. Hier der Flyer!

Mais qui va lá

Yippieh, I've been working on this book for quite a while, but finally it is published!!!!! It's a book for small children about animal-patterns, they have to guess which animal is next to appear. Purchase here!!

Published in the Netherlands

My first books in the Netherlands are published!!! Thanks to Ute Molenaar from Buro Extern for the very smooth cooperation.

Illustration Friday *snow*

Nice, these 3 little guys were chosen as "pick of the week" at Illustration Friday!! :-)

National First Prize for Semeli's Smile!!!

The book awards for 2011 in Cyprus just got announced, "Semeli's Smile" won the first prize in the children's books category. 

More of the little cat

By and by the books that I worked on last year get published! Here another book of the cat series, written by Joel Franz Rosell, published by Kalandraka.

Hier eine Programm-Rückseite, dass ich für das Staatstheater Mainz für das Stück "Aladin und die Wunderlampe" gemacht habe.

Frankfurter Buchmesse

Hier ein Foto (Cally Stronk) vom Interview, danke an die IO und Sylvia Mucke vom Eselsohr. Schön war es auch, endlich einmal Gastzeichner beim Illumat zu sein, vier der von mir illustrierten Begriffe waren "Neues zu Hause am Brahmsplatz", "Andromedar", "Mütter Mafia" und "Beglückt sein".

Life-Interview

DIE IO AUF DER BUCHMESSE FRANKFURT

Bühne im Zentrum für Kinder und Jugendbuch, Halle 3.0

Mittwoch, 10. Oktober, 12:00 – 12:45 Uhr - Kreativer Arbeitsalltag
Interview: Constanze v. Kitzing (Illustratorin IO), Sylvia Mucke (Redaktion Eselsohr)
Sylvia Mucke von der Redaktion "Eselsohr" interviewt die Illustratorin Constanze v. Kitzing. Aus welcher Motivation entsteht die Arbeit? Wie kreativ ist der Arbeitsalltag? Das Interview gibt Einblick in das Spannungsfeld von Routine und künstlerischem Schaffen eines Illustrators.

Zeit - Lehrer vs. Eltern

Eine neue Illustration für die Zeit zum Thema Eltern vs. Lehrer.

Ladybug Magazine

This was a very nice job for Ladybug magazine, a space poem!!!

Illustration Friday *Tall*

Zeit - KITA

Ein sehr schöner Auftrag für die Zeit, der aber leider dann nicht gedruckt wurde.

Little Cat and the Ball

Some publishers do their thing properly, Kalandraka published my latest book, written by Joel Franz Rosell in 7 different languages, I have so many books piling up in my studio now!!! :-) It turned out beautiful by the way, thank you Silvia!!! :-)

Love is in the air...

People are either getting married or have babies, here is a selection of cards I recently designed.

ILLU12

20.-22. April 2012: ILLU12!!!!! kommt alle nach Köln!!!!

GEOmini Hunderätsel

Ein sehr schöner Job war das Hunderätsel für die aktuelle GEOmini!!

Babybug

The March edition of Babybug magazine has my cover on it and an illustrated poem. There's also a short interview I gave on the Babybug Blog.

Shortstories

Carlsen compiled a book of beautiful short stories, and I illustrated "Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse" by H.C Andersen and "Traumschuhe für Lilian" von Isabel Abedi.

Welcome baby Lua

On the 22th of December our little daughter was born.

Noor + Naim

This is the wedding invitation for my dear brother-in-law and his wonderful fiancé.

kOi-Trio CD Cover

I just designed the CD cover for the Cologne based kOi-Trio, lead by Matthias Nowak.

Programmposter Jugend-Kunst-Schule Köln e.V.

Here's the new annual program for the youth art school in Cologne. If you're interested in their diverse courses, please visit their website.

Mami Verlag

Do yourself a treat and check out mami verlag, a small publishing house by Anke Feuchtenberger and Stefano Ricci with few but well selected art projects and books.

Religiöses Kinderbuch des Monats

"Der kleine Hirte und der große Räuber" wurde vom Borromäusverein e.V. als Buch des Jahres ausgezeichnet, mehr dazu auf medienprofile.

Semeli's Smile

Marina Michaelidou's and my book is out with "Cyprus Cultural Foundation", thanks to everyone for the productive and wonderful cooperation!! 
"Semeli knows what she wants more than anything in the world!  The red bicycle is the most beautiful bicycle she has ever seen and she cannot take it out of her mind.  But then one day, Semeli notices how sad everyone around her seems to be and wonders what can make people truly smile.  And is the red bicycle what she really needs to be happy?  An unexpected encounter will give her the answer she is looking for!"

Rubys Wintergarten

Eine superschöne frische Kinder-Musik-CD von Markus Reyhani! Zum Reinhören und Kaufen bitte hier klicken: Rubys Wintergarten

Cornelsen

New Fairly tale and legend illustrations.

Citrounille book review

There's a nice book review about my "Penouin glacé" in the latest issue of Citrounelle, a French book review magazine. Click on the image to enlarge!

Salon du Livre Nancy

Thank you for a wonderful weekend!!! I had the pleasure of being seated next to Sandra Poirot Cherif and Julia Chausson, who I admire greatly!!! Here are two of their works:

Thanks to L'Autre Rive bookstore for inviting me!

Special thanks to my cousin Maryam, who drove me all the way and helped with the translation of numerous interviews done by school kids. :-)

Die Ausstellung am 22. September in Oberhausen lädt ein zu einem Ausflug in die Bilderwelten der Kölner Kinderbuchillustratorinnen Constanze von Kitzing und Andrea Steffen.

Bettina Herre, freie Lektorin, spricht zur Einstimmung über die Entstehung eines Kinderbuchs.

Weitere Infos auf Facebook!!!

Cornelsen

Here are some new illustrations for Cornelsen:

Hamburg Exkursion

Well, this comes a little late, but in June my students and me did a very cool 2-day-excursion in Hamburg. We visited two publishing houses, Der Spiegel and GEOmini, saw lots of art in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe and at the Lead Award exhibition, were told many insights into the illustration business by Jonas Lauströer and Igor Kuprin and had fun doing sight seeing and drawing Hamburg's nightlife.

3x3 Children's Show

Hooray, this is so cool, two of my works have been picked for the 3x3 annual Children's Show. This illustration got a gold medal. It's a work for "Das Meer Seiner Worte", published with Baha'i-Verlag.

The second prize I got was bronze for my lovely penguin, "Pengouin glacé", which was published with La Joie de Lire.