Marie Cardouat is a French illustrator, best known for illustrating the original image card deck of the game ''Dixit''.

Early life and education

Cardouat was born in 1981 in

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. She attended the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, and set up a small studio near Paris upon her graduation in 2006.

Career

Cardouat began illustrating for Editions des Correspondances, a stationery company publishing greeting cards and postcards. Having heard that Régis Bonnessée of Libellud was seeking an illustrator, she submitted a portfolio and won the commission to illustrate the cards for ''Dixit'' (2008). Since then, she has continued to illustrate games, including ''Marrakech'' (2010), ''Au Pays Des Papas'' (2010), ''Steam Park'' (2013), ''Abracada...What?'' (2014), ''...and then, we held hands'' (2015), and ''HOP!'' (2016), which she co-designed with

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. A recent game featuring her illustrations is ''1001 Islands'' (2022), originally published as ''The Little Prince: Make Me a Planet'' (2013).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardouat, Marie French illustrators 1981 births Living people People from Finistère