Amazing Creepy‑Cute Children’s Book Illustrations By Teo Skaffa

Teo Skaffa is a Netherlands‑born illustrator and character designer now living in a small Italian countryside village near Rome, represented by Bright Agency Publishing for freelance and publishing work.

He creates “creepy‑cute atmospheric scenes and characters” for children’s books, with influences from graffiti, horror films, Studio Ghibli, cinema and photography, and has contributed to Knights and Bikes, Creepy Campfire Stories.

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