Cover illustration and lettering for the paperback edition of A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin, published by Penguin.
The United States Postal Service commissioned me to illustrate these summery sailboat postcard stamps for release in January ‘23. Available in a pane of 20 and coil format.
From the USPS:
“Let’s go sailing!” The USPS celebrates a favorite outdoor activity with two colorful stamps.
Flowers have all the answers.
Illustration for New York Times audiobook review of Jellyfish Age Backwards.
Somewhere between Fall and Winter.
Welcoming Spring and the flowers it brings. For LOFT.
Festive illustrations for Levain’s 2022 holiday cookie tin.
Animated doodles to complement stop-motion photography, for LOFT.
Cookie-packed map of Chicago, for Levain Bakery.
Celebrating the Christmas season, for LOFT.
Baby’s day out, for Popsugar and Pampers.
Art for Adidas new yoga line.
Animated illustration highlighting ELC Charitable Foundation’s environmental initiatives and partnerships, for Earth Month.
Illustration and lettering for Marks & Spencer Double Decker Biscuit Bus Tin.
Cover Illustration and lettering for Someone Just Like You by Meredith Schorr.
Artwork for New York Times Audiobook Review of Chuck Klosterman’s The Nineties: A Book.
Body positivity and self-love, for Dove.
Cover art and lettering for Love and Other Great Expectations by Becky Dean.
Festive, inclusive pattern work for Merrell’s 2021 Holiday Campaign.
Snacking through the seasons for Proudly Wisconsin Cheese. Illustration by me with animation by Ryan Gallet.
Wisconsin is The State of Cheese. As a former cheese monger, forever Midwesterner, and cheese lover, creating artwork for Wisconsin Dairy Farmers “Proudly Wisconsine Cheese” campaign has been such a joy!
Illustration for animated spot promoting Stacy's Rise Project, an initiative to help support female-founded businesses.
Animation by David & Goliath and production by Spinach LA.
I’m so thrilled to share with you my latest book, A History of the World in 25 Cities! It was such an honor to collaborate with the amazing team at Nosy Crow, curators from The British Museum, and authors Tracey Turner and Andrew Donkin to bring you this colorful book, which travels through time via illustrated maps and pages brimming with fun facts about centuries of civilization. I hope you and your kids have as much fun exploring these cities as I did drawing them :)
Learn more about the book here!
Available now!
In the U.S.:
In the UK:
Figuring out the future of work after a year of working around new parameters. For New York Times.
Summer is the perfect season to dive into a good book!
A series of animations for Stasher— a versatile, reusable silicone bag that changes the way you cook, store, and save. Illustration by Libby VanderPloeg, with animation by Ryan Gallet.
For NY Times: In Her Words “Future of Work” advice column
Congrats and happy dances to Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris!
Wishing you peace and happiness this holiday season.
One of my favorite Vote illustrations is now available as a tee! Available exclusively through local boutique Lee and Birch, and printed at Unitas, a Grand Rapids print shop with an awesome commitment to community. Read more about the work they are doing to employ formerly incarcerated individuals. I love that I was able to work with two small and mighty businesses right in my hometown to bring these tees to you! And bonus: 10% of proceeds from the sale of this Tee will go to ACLU of Michigan. You can get one here!
Illustration for She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage by Bridget Quinn, published by Chronicle Books.
Mead Cambridge x Libby VanderPloeg 2020-2021 planning products, available exclusively at Target.
A colorful collection of Vote postcards to pin up on the wall or mail to family and friends.
Artwork for Seattle Chocolate, celebrating the 75th anniversary of WWII, and the brave, bright women who were called upon to work hundreds of civilian and military jobs as part of the war effort.
The ever-shifting classification of want versus need. Comfort is a complicated beast.
Chocolate bar wrapper and truffle bag artwork to celebrate the women in our lives, as well as the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, a huge step for women in the United States in gaining the right to vote.
Illustration for The New Yorker’s feature on a new production of Sondheim’s musical “Company.”
Children’s book illustration for Brooklyn Bailey, The Missing Dog, written by Orna LePape and Amy Sohn. Published by Penguin Kids.
In honor of Women’s History Month, these gifs celebrate the superheroes that are women techmakers, for Google.
Coloring page for Picturing Hope: The Social Distancing Coloring Book, with illustrations by 64 artists, compiled and produced by The House That Lars Built. All proceeds go to The World Health Organization Coronavirus Response Fund.
Map mural of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, brimming with cookies, for Levain Bakery.
A collaboration with Ann Taylor LOFT to celebrate International Women’s Day and campaign to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Avoid slipping on icy sidewalks this winter by walking like a penguin!
Downloadable rally posters created in collaboration with Johnnie Walker, She Should Run, and the Women’s March to celebrate this year’s Women’s Wave march theme.
In Denmark, many older people are choosing to live out their golden years together with friends or family in a co-housing environment. For Flow.
Great for Valentines, or any day you need to share the love!
Spring showers and May flowers decorate these Spring homewares.
In my new Skillshare online class, I'll take you through my process and techniques for making illustrations and turning them into beautiful animations (like this happy cyclist) using Procreate and Photoshop! I hope that after taking this class you'll be able to create fun, little animations of your own.
Take the class free with this 2-month trial:
The Skyline Juice Glass trio features happy dogs trotting around Paris, London, and NYC. Part of my Anthropologie holiday collaboration.
That first snow strut is always the best.
No matter how hard people might try to divide us and divert us from our goals, we will not be distracted. Keep your eyes on the prize;. Find your allies. Get out the VOTE.
Bite the big apple.
Dogs, dogs, everywhere! My holiday collaboration with Anthropologie features all kinds of dogs, big and teeny, fluffy and short-haired, on the go and having fun in some of my favorite cities.
A friendly reminder: Don’t forget to study up on all of the propositions and candidates on your ballot BEFORE your get to the voting booth this November.
Ode to the women who tend to Brooklyn’s sidewalks in autumn, relentlessly sweeping up locust tree leaves.
The progression of women’s friendships through stages of life. For The New York Times.
Illustrating the joy that comes from supportive female friendships, or het wij-gevoel for the Dutch magazine FLOW.
Capturing that breezy summer feeling.
Cover illustration for Time Out New York, highlighting all of the things to do this summer on NYC’s many waterfronts.
Cover illustration and lettering for Angela Garbes’ book Like A Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy, from Harper Wave.
Available for preorder, and in bookstores on May 29.
Trees bloom and winds gust as spring finally arrives.
Cover and interior illustrations for Mariam Gates’ This Moment Is Your Life (And So Is This One): A Fun and Easy Guide to Mindfulness, Meditation, and Yoga, from Penguin Dial. Available in bookstores and online 5/22/18.
Happy to announce my artist representation in the UK by Snyder New York, who have repped me in North America since 2015.
Creative ways to style stripes and profiles of style icons that have made this ubiquitous pattern an everyday classic. Cover and interior illustrations for Hardie Grant UK.
Available on Amazon and in book stores.
Why choose when you can do both?
Almost was ready to start the day, but then something came up.
An illustrated map of Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
A fully-illustrated journal full of fun prompts to help you share stories and celebrate your mom. For Abrams Noterie.
Available on Amazon and in select shops.
A year after the Women's March of 2017, artists reflect on what the women's movement means to them. For The Washington Post.
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This artwork is now featured in SaveArtSpace x Tumblr's #whatwillyoudo billboard exhibition in Austin, TX.
And prints are available! Click to purchase a giclée print on heavy-weight, hot-pressed, archival paper in natural white.
Cover lettering and illustration for the paperback edition of A Totally Awkward Love Story, by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison.
When people join forces, they can exert greater leverage over a situation.
Included in New York Times "The MeToo Moment: Art Inspired by the Reckoning."
Prioritizing tasks, large and small for a fuller, more productive life. For FLOW Magazine.
It's not easy being festive.
What to wear to your next Christmas party.
5 simple ways to be there for loved ones who are having as hard time this holiday season. For Optionb.org's #optionbthere holiday campaign.
Bundle up and brave the cold in style.
Strong women lift each other up! A PSA for International Women's Day, March 8.
Promotional artwork for The Illustration League, a West Michigan-based collective of artists, letterers, and illustrators.
Illustration and papercraft for the cover of Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French, as part of Penguin Picks, a series of Penguin UK's favorite titles releasing Spring 2018.
A whole year's worth of cities to visit, one month at a time! The 2018 Going Places calendar is now available for purchase through Anthropologie.com.
Cover illustration and lettering for the U.S. paperback edition of Laura Barnett's The Versions of Us, from Mariner books, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
