Brand illustrations
Original artworks for any channel that reflect your brand’s voice and values.
Illustration design services
Tell richer stories with illustration design
From expressive characters to artful infographics, our experts create custom illustrations to give your content a visual voice that’s uniquely yours. Any style. Any complexity.
Brand illustrations
Iconography
Data visualization
Storyboarding
Infographic design
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Visual storytelling
Original artwork for when generic stock doesn't cut it
Your unique brand deserves ownable, brand-building visuals to match.
Through rich detail and intentional craft, our illustration experts bring your brand’s story to life. Every stroke, shape, and symbol is designed to add meaning and leave a lasting impression.
What we offer
Illustration projects delivered
From sets of custom icons to office-wall murals, no matter the scale, we deliver work that is original, captivating, and narrative-driven.
Iconography
Cohesive icon sets that add clarity and polish.
Data visualization
Illustration design that transforms complex information into clear, compelling visual stories.
Storyboarding
Visual blueprints that help shape and get buy-in for your big idea.
Infographic design
Thoughtfully composed to make your data clear, memorable, and shareable.
Character design
Expressive brand characters that add personality and story to any campaign.
Channel expertise
Bringing brand personality to every platform
Web & product
Bring your digital experiences to life with illustrations that guide, delight, and convert.
Social
Stop the scroll with standout visuals built for engagement and brand recognition.
Sales & marketing
Support your message with custom illustrations that clarify and persuade.
Reports & editorial
Make long-form content more compelling with visuals that enhance clarity and credibility.
Events & activations
Draw attention and drive connection with design tailored for booths, signage, and giveaways.
Infographics
Transform complexity into clarity with visuals that simplify, structure, and stick.
How Cinalto uses AI
Smarter illustration at scale
We use AI to support faster production while keeping creative control in human hands.
- Visual concepting
Speed up early-stage creative exploration
- Smart scaling
Expand your illustration library and get multiple variants, fast
- Brand consistency
Generate on-brand illustrations with models trained on your visual identity
How we work
From first sketch to final file
We streamline the process from idea to execution so you get on-brand, high-impact visuals without the back-and-forth.
Briefing
We start with your goals, audience, formats, and inspiration to set the creative direction.
Concepting
Our illustrators explore early styles or ideas, ensuring alignment with your brand and brief.
Review
You’ll review initial sketches or drafts, giving feedback to refine tone, clarity, and fit.
Design
Once approved, we polish and produce the final illustrations in full fidelity.
Delivery
Final files, across every needed format, are shared in one organized, easy-to-access space.
Now imagine this creative power behind your next project
This is just one of many creative services—what you do with them is up to you. Let's chat.
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FAQS
Your illustration design questions, answered
What type of illustrations does Cinalto do?
At Cinalto, we specialize in delivering more than just illustrations—we provide on-brand graphical illustrations, captivating infographics, and insightful data visualizations meticulously crafted to elevate every aspect of your business presence. Whether you're enhancing your website, enriching sales collateral, refining reports, or elevating presentations, we're equipped to transform your ideas into stunning visuals that resonate with your audience.
Who is the best fit for Cinalto’s illustration design services?
Cinalto is a good fit for teams that need illustration design but do not have the time or the skills in-house: brands, media channels and agencies working in French, English or German. If you are not sure, book a call and we will tell you plainly whether we are the right studio.
Why is Cinalto better than other illustration design services?
Cinalto is one small studio where strategy, design, motion and copy are done by the same hands, so the brief you write is the work you get. We make one finished piece first and you judge it before we produce the full set, in every size and language the brief asks for.
What is illustration design?
Illustration design is the art of creating visual representations or images that convey a specific message, idea, or concept. It involves using various techniques, such as drawing, painting, or digital illustration, to communicate visually in a wide range of contexts, including advertising, editorial content, branding and storytelling. At Cinalto, we use illustrations to enhance and complement written content, evoke emotions, clarify complex ideas or simply add visual interest to a piece of work.
What is infographic design?
Infographic design is the process of creating visually compelling graphics that present complex information, data, or concepts in a clear and concise way. Infographics combine text, images and graphics to convey information quickly and effectively. Some examples of infographics that you may be familiar with include pie charts, bar graphs, diagrams, mindmaps and much more. Cinalto’s approach to illustration design involves strategic layout, color choices, typography and graphic elements to ensure that information is easily understandable and visually appealing to the audience.
What is the difference between an illustrator and a graphic designer?
The key difference between an illustrator and a graphic designer lies in their primary focus and skill set. An illustrator specializes in creating hand-drawn or digitally rendered images, often with a strong emphasis on artistic expression and storytelling. Their work is focused on producing visually engaging illustrations that communicate ideas, concepts, or narratives. On the other hand, a graphic designer focuses on visual communication and problem-solving, using typography, imagery, color and layout to create designs for various purposes, such as branding, advertising and user interface design. Illustrators usually concentrate on making unique artworks, whereas graphic designers prioritize crafting functional and visually appealing designs tailored to specific goals and target audiences.