Igor Šinkovec (1978) is an illustrator and animator. He works with publishers in Slovenia and abroad, illustrating books and textbooks, and also contributes monthly illustrations to the Ciciban, Cicido, and Galeb children’s magazines. His works have been featured in group and solo exhibitions and illustration biennials. He also dabbles in animation. Among other things, he created the animated short film Egon the Hat and was in charge of the artwork and animation for the Professor Florijan Umek series of educational games at the Natural History Museum in Ljubljana. Sašo Dolenc’s book From Genes to Stars, which features his illustrations, received the Golden Pear Award. His illustrations for Peter Svetina’s picture book Timbuktu Timbuktu received the Kristina Brenkova Award. He also created the artwork for a puppet show based on the picture book. He was nominated for the Levstik Award and included on the IBBY Honour List for his illustrations for the picture book Have You Ever Tried Moon? by Boštjan Gorenc Pižama. He also received a nomination for the Levstik Award for the book Have You Ever Ridden a Seahorse? by the same author, as well as Special Recognition at the Kristina Brenkova Awards for the picture book The Owl Chef by Svetlana Makarovič (2023).