Daniele Simonelli is a full-time freelance Illustrator with 10-year experience creating work for editorial, advertising, and design industries. Currently working remotely from Rome (Italy), he graduated from the European Institute of Design in 2011, and, after spending the first years of his career in different design studios in Rome, he moved to London in 2015, when he officially started his career as a full-time freelance Illustrator. His style has been defined as "both warm and endearing. Through his calculated use of texture and color, he creates vivid imagery that tempts and captivates your attention". In 2017 Daniele founded an illustration and animation studio collective, Sail Ho Studio along with some fellow designers around Europe.