I’m a France-based digital illustrator open for new projects. I was longlisted for 2024 World Illustration Awards and a selected winner of the 2024 American Illustration Awards. I was also shortlisted for the 2026 Creativepool Annuals.

I’m proudly represented by Illo Agency.

But also…

My name is Driss Chaoui

I’m a colour and lettering enthusiast living in Toulouse, France with a lovely cat friend. I’ve worked with a number of clients, adding vibrancy and fun to their projects.
You might spot me haunting my local library, or cooking briwat for my loved ones.

Oh what does Kalakal means? Absolutely nothing, this is a sound I used to babble as a toddler and soon became a nickname in my family. It also became my artist name later in life.

Editorial: Vine Pair / Glug / Happy Newspaper / Popshot / Hyphen Online / Shado / Skinny / The Mortar

Commercial: Agence Influactive / Action Santé / Storything / Yurcom

Book Covers and Publishing: EMC Publishing / Podium Publishing / Lake Colouring / Reedsy

Packaging: Wine 52 / Queer Brewing

Non-profit: Believers Bailout (BBO) / Hidayah / Lung YCCM / Privacy International / Women on Web

Creativepool Annual (2026 shortlist)

World Illustration Awards (2024 longlist)

American Illustration Awards (2024 selected winner)

Brightness Awards (2020 longlist)

Lake Colouring (artist spotlight)

shado – pick of the week (The individuals changing the world around them)

3×3 magazine (Issue 36)

Association of Illustrators (2023 AOI mentee)

shado mag (artist spotlight)

Counterpoint (artist spotlight)

Mipsterz’s ALHAMDU, Muslim Futurism (exposition)

Cagibi Zine (artist spotlight)