Silly Racoon
2018 Applied Arts
Illustration Award
I'm an illustrator and writer living in Ottawa Canada. I enjoy portraying animals with a mix of sass, humour, and tenderness. Working on projects that explore our connection to nature is especially meaningful to me.
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Exciting News! My first illustrated picture book, 'Dig, Dance, Dive' written by Etta Kaner and published by OwlKids Books is in bookstores and available online.
I've created illustrations for books, covers, magazines, coins, posters, museum exhibits, and the film industry. If you have a project in mind, please feel free to contact me at june.steube@icloud.com
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Awards & Honours include:
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2022 Winner of the Endies Award for 'Dig, Dance. Dive', Owlkids Books, Endpapers 'Best Energy' category.
2020 The Beaver - Competition winner for the Beaver coin in the 'O Canada Silver Dollar Six Coin Series', The Royal Canadian Mint
2020 Interview with Illustrator June Steube on Rhys Keller's 'Words that Show the Way'
2019 Canada East SCBWI Illustration Portfolio People's Choice Award
2019 Honorable Mention Canada East SCBWI Rising Kite Diversity Scholarship
2019 2nd Place Brightness Magazine Annual Illustration Awards: Book Category
2019 Article: June Steube, A Close Connection to Nature, Brightness Magazine Issue 14,
2019 Honorable Mention Writing with the Stars Competition
2018 Applied Arts Illustration Award
Merit Award, Directions Art Director's Club Toronto
Honorable Mentions, Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators
Gold Orville Parks Award, Second Place and Honorable Mentions, Society of Medical Illustrators
Art in the Service of Science Exhibit, The Smithsonian, Washington DC
Clients include:
Owlkids Books
The Royal Canadian Mint
The Caterpillar Magazine
TriStar Motion Pictures
The Canadian Museum of Nature
Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Oxford University Press
Canada Post
Mercantile Bank
The Royal Ontario Museum
Key Porter Books
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Macleans Magazine
Chatelaine Magazine
Canadian Living
McClelland and Stewart Publishers
Perot Museum Dallas Texas
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans
The National Research Council of Canada
Beaver Coin image © 2021 Royal Canadian Mint.
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