Cayla Samano is a Designer & Illustrator based in Michigan. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2022. Her professional work includes illustration, book design, graphic design and editorial photography.

Cayla’s personal work explores how beliefs, myths, imagination and psychology combine to influence the ways in which societies and individuals create meaning.

Email me. 734.799.2311

NOTABLE ILLUSTRATION WORK

2023 - “The World in My Pocket” Illustrated book, written by Ben Page, CA

2020 - “I Dreamed of You” Illustrated children’s book  written by Lori Metz, NY. KDP.2020

2016 - “How to Meet The Forest” Illustrated  & authored children’s book  for Assoc. Of Nature & Forest Therapy (ANFT) Santa Rosa, CA.  KDP. 2017

2015 - “Muse” Cover illustrations, Children’s Music Education workbook series. written by Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, Ann Arbor, MI  CHI PRESS. 2015

WORK EXPERIENCE

→ Editorial Photography & Graphic Design Bivouac, Ann Arbor. MI. 2020-current

→ Art Instructor: Drawing Eastern Michigan University. MI. 2020-2022

→ Art Instructor Illustration, Drawing Ann Arbor Art Center. MI. 2016-2019

→ Nature Immersion Guide, Assistant Trainer & Mentor, ANFT, 2016-2020

→ Art Instructor-K-12 Certified MI. St. Francis of Assisi School, Ann Arbor, MI. 2011-2016