
Illustration Work
Laura Resurreccion blends hand-drawn line work with digital tools like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Procreate to create bold, layered illustrations. Her work explores surreal landscapes, expressive animals, and symbolic elements, all brought to life with vibrant color and fine detail.
With over 25 years of experience in graphic design and a passion for visual storytelling, Laura creates artwork that’s both imaginative and deeply personal.

Every Cat Needs a Home — Children’s Book Illustration Series
Written and illustrated by Laura Resurreccion
This illustrated children’s book series features a collection of soft, story-driven watercolor scenes centered around three cats: Munchkin, Biscuit, and Stymie. Each is inspired by real-life companions. The visual style blends gentle ink linework with layered watercolor textures, creating a warm, nostalgic atmosphere that evokes comfort, curiosity, and emotional connection.
The compositions are intentionally intimate and grounded in everyday moments: a kitten nestled in a cardboard box, scattered toys in a sunlit yard, and quiet domestic details that reinforce themes of care, belonging, and chosen family. A muted yet cheerful color palette, sky blues, warm earth tones, and soft greens, support the storytelling while maintaining visual cohesion across spreads.
Character design emphasizes expressiveness through subtle gestures and eye detail, allowing each cat’s personality to come through without relying on exaggerated forms. Environmental elements such as garden fences, birdhouses, and textured surfaces add depth and narrative context, inviting young readers to linger and explore each scene.
This body of work reflects a focus on emotional storytelling through illustration, combining children’s publishing aesthetics with a personal narrative lens rooted in memory, rescue, and connection.

Mushroom 1
This is a psychedelic-style illustration originally made for Society6, featuring a surreal mushroom at its center. The mushroom has an elongated cap in shades of purple and blue, with multiple eye-like spots that give it an otherworldly, sentient appearance. The stalk appears to be melting or dripping, blending into the background.
Surrounding the mushroom is a radiant blue halo, which contrasts with the intricate mandala-like pattern of layered petals or flames in hues of purple, blue, and gold. The background features a warm gradient of yellow and tan, further enhancing the mushroom’s vibrant cool tones.

Island in Space
This imaginative piece is one in a series of mixed-media illustrations created to accompany a long-form poem. It blends delicate hand-drawn line work with digital techniques using Adobe Photoshop and Procreate to evoke a sense of mythic surrealism.
The artwork features a floating mountain island adrift in a cosmic dreamscape. Earthy textures and golden-brown tones form the jagged terrain, while mysterious moon-faced orbs nestle into the slopes and cascade down like ancient watchers or spirits. Delicate roots hang from the island’s base, hinting at connection or longing for grounding, even as the landmass drifts in a galaxy of stars, moons, and abstract skies.
Sparse trees and fungal growths cling to the rocky surface, suggesting life thriving in isolation. The entire composition balances fantasy and symbolism—an imagined geography that reflects the poetic narrative’s themes of displacement, exploration, and quiet magic.

Bunnies 1
This whimsical illustration is part of the ongoing visual series accompanying a long-form poem. Initially sketched by hand on paper, the artwork was later photographed and digitally redrawn using Procreate on iPad, merging traditional and digital techniques to create a richly layered composition.
The scene depicts a gathering of soft, expressive white rabbits nestled among dense greenery and organic textures. Their fluffy forms peek through tall grasses, climbing vines, and stylized plants, evoking a sense of quiet curiosity and wonder. A small red-roofed structure—possibly a birdhouse or garden shrine—emerges from the foliage, adding a pop of architectural contrast to the lush environment.

Waves
A bold and rhythmic graphic print, Waves was originally drawn by hand and then precisely rendered in Adobe Illustrator using the pen tool. Featuring dynamic lines and flowing movement, the design pairs vibrant pinks and cool blues in an energetic, high-contrast palette that evokes both the ocean’s pulse and digital-era pop aesthetics.
This pattern has been featured in product designs on Society6, bringing a sense of motion and style to everyday items like home decor, accessories, and apparel. It’s both contemporary and nostalgic—a visual beat that rides the line between surf culture and retro synthwave.