Omar Rayyan. Illustrations

Omar Rayyan is a published illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Omar Rayyan include Mistmantle Chronicles Book Three, The: Heir of Mistmantle, The (Mistmantle Chronicles), Waggit's Tale.
He was a concept illustrator for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (2005).



Omar graduated with a BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has been illustrating professionally for over 15 years, and his clients include Holiday House, Cricket Magazine Group, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, and Hyperion/Disney. He works primarily in watercolor, with a special affinity for animals. His artistic influences are wide-ranging and ever-changing, from Arthur Rackham to John Singer Sargent and Persian miniatures. He currently resides on the island of Martha's Vineyard and shares his life with his wife, Sheila, and their menagerie: a cat, a budgie, an assortment of fish, and a horse named Spot.