About

About Me

Hello! My name is Paran. I'm glad that you are visiting my site.

I'm a freelance illustrator based in Dresden, Germany.

I grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to Tokyo to study fine art.
I have traveled a lot and had various jobs including being an art teacher for children and a career at a nursing home.
However I realized my true passion lay in making picture books and became a full-time illustrator.
As far as I remember, drawing is the greatest passion in my life. When I am not drawing, I also love singing and playing the guitar.

Publications

-So schlafe ich! Und wie schläfst du?

written by Olaolu Fajembola, Tebogo Niminde-Dundadengar,

April 2023 from Carlsen Verlag, Germany

-BRAVE LIKE MOM
written by Monica Acker, Autumn 2022 from Beaming Books, USA

-Remembering Mom's Kubbat Halab
written by Medeia Sharif, October 2022 from Albert Whitman & Company, USA

-The Magnificent Names of Jesus -A Children’s Guide to Praying to the Savior
written by Jimmy and Sally Dodd, March 2022 from Lifeway, USA

-Die Ü-Maschine (The Translation Machine)
written by Julia Oestering, 2021 from Talisa Children's Book Publishing, Germany

-너에게로 닿는 길(The Way To You)
wirtten by Jandi Kim, 2020 from SAEBYET Publishing, South Korea

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