Emma Green is a contemporary illustrator working within the Children’s Picture Book industry and Surface Design. Stylistic experiments with pattern, texture and colour are initially rendered through hand-based processes including sketching, cut out paper collage and other craft techniques. These elements are then furthered and layered through digital experimentation. Focused on narratives inspired by the world around us and its creatures, the audience is engaged in a playful and light-hearted visual language. In this way, the people and animals of everyday life develop into characters that make the viewer smile. Childhood play and imagination guide the ideas behind illustrations conveying an attractive naivety but which simultaneously demonstrate a contemporary aesthetic on the cutting edge of commercial illustrative practice.
Projects
- Tropical AnimalsWithin my masters in illustration at the Arts University Bournemouth I explored themes and ideas around tropical animals. For this project I created a variety of illustrations and pattern designs which I then printed onto fabric to create my own home wear products. For more information about this project please see my website: www.egreenillustration.com
Work history
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Trainee TeacherOxford Brookes University
Oxford, United KingdomInternship
As part of my PGCE (Post-Compulsory) I am currently a trainee teacher at Oxford Brookes University teaching Visual Communication within the UAL Foundation in Art and Design.
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Teaching AssistantGreat Marlow School
- Marlow, United KingdomInternship
Teaching Assistant within the Art Department at Great Marlow School
Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Illustration
- Adobe Indesign
- Mac OS
- Pattern Design
- Art Teaching
- Wacom Tablet
- Exhibition Building
- Graphic Design
- Photography
Education
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PGCE Post Compulsory Education TrainingOxford Brookes
Oxford, United Kingdom
PGCE (Post Compulsory) at Oxford Brookes University - Course finishing date June 2020
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MA IllustrationThe Arts University Bournemouth
- Bournemouth, United Kingdom
MA Illustration at the Arts University Bournemouth - Distinction
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