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Illustrations by Macha Yao

Children books (and more!) illustrator. Longboard and coffee lover. French graphic designer and illustrator - Living in Leeds, UK.

Working remotely with clients worldwide. I love pineapples, longboarding, drawing comics, making cakes and my new ukulele.

05/06/2026

After 27th takes and as many attempts to edit it, I decided to give up and just chose the one I laugh to my own joke.

The Othernauts, by the fantastic Clare Pollard was published yesterday, and it is the perfect gift for any young fan of mythology, old Greece or just in the look out for an epic adventure that will make them laugh too 💙

Thanks and .press I'm so happy and proud to be sailing the Argo with you all 🌊🌊🌊

Long Live The Othernauts!

Will show you more of the inside art next week :)

08/05/2026

Hello dears! Sorry I’m a bit late for day!

Just getting my head out of my client work for a sec to show you something more personal I’ve been working on recently! A project mixing graphic novel and chapter book for early readers, starring Nox a Little bat who is in holidays at her grandma on the seaside, but there’s something fishy going on in the town 👀

If you’d like to hear more or to work with me on something you have in mind please get in touch with me of my lovely agent, Lucy .

By the way, I’m Macha, a French-British children illustrator based in Taipei, where I miss fish and chips (can you tell?).
Nice seeing you here! 🐟🍟🦇⛵️

15/04/2026

16 years ago today I lost my lost my big brother and best friend 🌊 those years are feeling like it was yesterday.

Time really does stops when you are left alone with some love you don’t know what to do of. So I did a little sketch and and wrote some silly words.

(PS: if I had to guess, my face on the second pic lid probably linked to the dress I had to wear that day 🤣)

10/04/2026

🇬🇧Congratulations to and for the publication of this brilliant scary middle grade story I had the joy to illustrate 🥰

🇫🇷Felicitations pour la publication de ce super livre à 🥰 / Publié aux editions Auzou Suisse / Editrice de choc :
C’est le second livre de la serie que j’illustre et c’est toujours un vrai plaisir !

Timelapse ➡️ storyyyyy

27/03/2026

Helloooooo, last but not least, my last cover for redraw challenge : Alice in Wonderland finds the garden of live flowers

Disney’s Alice movie crept me out soooo bad as a child, it’s not only me, right? 🫢 even drawing it spooked me a bit hahaha
Cause what’s more unsettling to think about than GIANT MOVING FLOWERS WHO CAN TALK 😂😂😂😂 (that said, I’m also scared of butterflies)
Alice agrees.

This challenge has been such a big blast. A huge thank you to the hosts:

leyk.illustration

26/03/2026

Hey peeps! So I’m still catching up on my covers for 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ - this is prompt 3 for you today !

Richard Scarry was my absolute favorite as a child, in fact, I have vivid memories of thinking I was living in his animal world, having picnics with Lowly the worm and Huckle Cat 😂😂😂 I still get a cosy feeling whenever I read his stories to my kids (and it’s also hilarious), it’s like being 5 again. It’s also my favorite way to feel close to my parents. Even though they’re no longer with us, those stories are like a direct line back to their love ❤️😊

Needless to say, I was a bit intimidated with the idea of a redraw of my childhood hero’s art (For this one he was only the illustrator, as the original story was written by Ole Risom)
But in the end, I enjoyed it so much! I kept it simple and had fun making the ladybird hard to impress. Their story would totally work as an early reader comic, don’t you think?

Also tell me, who was your favorite children books author or illustrator as a child?

Thanks to the hosts of the challenge:

leyk.illustration

Give them a follow they are all amazing 🤩

24/03/2026

Vintage book week - prompt 2 : Fun To Cook Book
Added a bit of mischief into this one ;)

Thanks to the hosts :

leyk.illustration

23/03/2026

Last week was , a lovely initiative by a bunch of talented peeps, a kind ‘draw this in your style’ of old classics.
I’m a week behind schedule, but I love this challenge too much not to take part!

Cover 1 was Bongo the bear, made him slightly clumsy haha.

Hosts:

leyk.illustration

04/03/2026

Sketchbook tour // Just a bunch of trouble makers sketches I imagined for a client project 😊
Which ones are your faves ?

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