Stefano Raggi was born in the province of Arezzo, Italy, and has been drawing since childhood, using illustration as his primary means of storytelling and expression. Largely self-taught, he developed his practice through observation and extensive work from life.
In 2018, he turned to illustration professionally, refining his skills through a course with Joanna Concejo and later completing the Ars in Fabula Master’s program in Macerata (2021).
His debut picture book, Il Divano (Ideestortepaper), was published in 2024, followed by La nonnetta (Extempora Edizioni, 2025). In 2026, he published Il Lampione with Ideestortepaper.
He works with traditional mixed media—inks, watercolours, coloured pencils, and graphite—focusing on expressive characters, perspective, and atmospheric detail.
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The Streetlamp
A quiet witness to life, illuminating the beauty, pain, and wonder of being human. An old street lamp silently watches life pass beneath its light. Year after year, it witnesses the meeting of two young people: the music, the laughter, the shared rain, the promises. It sees them grow up, get married, become parents. Then pain shatters that balance. But…
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The Sofa
Every Thursday, on the day of the general tidying up of the house, when the time comes to move the sofa, something unexpected happens: a sea of objects re-emerges like a lost treasure. So while big hands are folding clothes and dusting cupboards, little hands are taking care of the monster hidden under the sofa!
