About me

An illustrator based in Yorkshire.

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Projects

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  Looping Animations!A selection of looping animations hand drawn frame by frame.
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  Stir Magazine cover and spread illustrationsI was asked to illustrate the cover and inside spread for Stir magazine. A magazine that explores new economic alternatives, where the democratic economy and civic society come together. The cover article looked at what comes next for community business, and how co ops are working together to navigate the tough times to build a successful community business.
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  Postcards from DCTwo 'postcards' for Washingtonian magazine, which asked a selection of artists/illustrators to produce postcards of their view of the message the US was giving out mid 2020. Mine were based both on the president, firstly his ignorance, pretending everything was fine and he was doing a good job while the country was burning, riots, impeachment etc. Secondly his blatant racism.
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  Cog Design - Cultural CalendarAn illustration for Cog Design Agency's monthly cultural calendar. As this was for the New Year edition, it was looking back on 2020 , and some of the cultural highlights we experienced (mostly through screens!)
• Solar System Badges and PosterAs a personal project to better get to grips with Adobe Illustrator I decided to make vectorised 'badges' for each of the planets in the solar system. Then I put these together into a poster to display them all together, with a star map in the background to tie it together. Pluto counts as a planet still
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  Beyond a Shadow of a DoubtA self initiated book cover brief. The story is about a seemingly perfect newly married couple who's relationship turns to backstabbing, deception and double crossing when the wife hires a private detective to track her husbands whereabouts.

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Work history

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Freelance IllustratorAndy Carter Illustration
Apr 2020Leeds, United KingdomFreelance
An illustrator from the UK. My experience is in editorial and publishing illustration but am always looking to expand my horizons and work on exciting new projects. Get in touch if you would like to work together!

Skills

• Illustration
• Photoshop
• Drawing
• Humour
• Common Sense
• Deadline Management
• Denim

Education

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Illustration BA (hons) UWE Bristol
Sep 2011 - Jul 2014Bristol, United Kingdom
Illustration, print, digital, live briefs and exhibiting
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Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignLeeds College of Art
Jul 2010 - Jun 2011Leeds, United Kingdom
Foundation in art and design. Specialised in Graphics, Illustration and Design after doing introductions into various disciplines and covering the basics of drawing, art and design.