About Tul

Children's Book Artist


Tul Suwannakit is an author and illustrator for Children's picture books that has won multiple awards, including both the 36th and the 37th Annual Bangkok National Book Fair for "Guess What I Am?" and "Guess What It Is?". Tul graduated with a BFA honors from The Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. The illustrious illustrator is renowned for creating unique style work of animals of all shapes and sizes with humorous charms.

It is not unusual to be spotting Tul making friends with the orangutan or the Malayan tapir at the zoo, where many of these animals would later appear in his delightful picture books.

When he is not in the studio, Tul teaches art to elementary school children and is an enthusiastic volunteer at a shelter for stray animals. He lives a quiet life with his wife Shalom and their dog Ses in Thailand.

Books

  • Guess What I Am?

    “I am weird and just downright bizarre. I have a trunk like an elephant, the marking of a panda and I love to swim just like a hippo! Can you guess what I am?”
  • Look! What Color Am I?

    "Colors of all shades and hues surround us. Come meet the RED macaw that squawks, the ORANGE orangutan that never once combed his shaggy fur, and the grumpy GREEN frog that will not join you for a cup of afternoon tea".

  • Specially Me

    "I am big and you are so small. I am fast and you are slow. We are just so different you and me.

    We compete and compare to see who is more special, is it me or you? But why bother, when the fun awaits us!"

  • Specially Me

    I am big and you are so small. I am fast and you are slow.
    We are just so different you and me.
    We compete and compare to see who is more special, me or you?
    But why bother, when the fun awaits us!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

John Dodo, gone but not forgotten (1598-1681)

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It took less than a century for the last dodo to die  after the species' discovery in 1598 on the island of  Mauritius off the Indian Ocean.  
Just what a Dodo looked like is still a mystery, some described them as being fat and wobbly, while others recalled them as being a slender bird.  One of the most famous and often copied paintings of a dodo specimen was taken from the painting done by Roelant Savery in 1626, and this is my interpretation as a commemoration to the loathsome bird of Mauritius with a Victorian/Gothic touch. 



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Friday, December 31, 2010

Granny Su

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Granny Su is a Naturalist who used to own a zoo back in the old days.  When it was time for her to retire, she sold her zoo and moved in together with some of her best pals, a Rhino, a Lion, a baby Hippo, 2 Meerkats and a snake named Blu (who are too, retired).  Now Granny Su loves to read bedtime rhymes for her animals right before bed.  Snuggle and cuddle as the animals snooze off into the dreamland. 
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Porcupine boarding the subway

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A crowded New York subway during the rush hour is bad enough.  What if an unexpected passenger decided to board it too?
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