Elisa Bellotti is an Italian illustrator from Pavia. She studied illustration at the School of Comics in Milan, then at MI–Master and finally she obtained a degree in graphic design. She was employed in a web design agency in Milan until she started working as a freelancer with the most important Italian publishers. She illustrates educational, editorial and young books painting with the Adobe suite CC. In 2018 she published for Mondadori “Stai Fermo, Toto!” a children’s book both written and illustrated by her. The most recent awards are the special mention for “Il labirinto del fauno” LuccaC&G 2020, the Bronze medal  in children’s publishing Annual AI 2020 “Autori di immagini”, the selection for “The wheel of time“ new edition Lucca Comics 2019, the Gold medal in design category AI in 2017, selection in 2019 and 2018 and the first prize at the Lucca Junior in 2016.

Clients – Mondadori, Pearson, Clementoni, Rizzoli, Giunti, Helbling Languages, Rusconi Libri, Fanucci, Moon, Nui Nui, Feltrinelli, Gribaudo, Gruppo Editoriale Raffaello, Eli la Spiga Edizioni, Epitesto Srl, Edicolors,  Elastico, Liberty Srl, Special Glue Srl, Timberland, Moleskine, MINI, Ferrari, Superhub, Superanda, Airett, MITO Milano, ESC.