About me

I am a freelance illustrator based in Brighton. My process led work celebrates mark making to evoke an emotive and atmospheric space. I enjoy translating emotions, communicating new ways of looking at and understanding the world around us and our place within it! I love using textures, colour, and senses of scale, bringing to life stories far and wide. My work combines the hand-drawn, the photographic and the digital to offer something unique and found home within editorial, packaging, publishing, branding and design projects alike. Clients include : Vans, VUSE, Langland, Morrisons, BCP Poole, The I Newspaper, Bloom Magazine, Oh Comely Magazine, The Factory Studios, Poems by Post, Core Balance Pilates.

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• Happy New Year to all! I am back at my desk today ready to take on new projects across editorial, packaging, publishing & advertising.
• Hi everyone - I’m an illustrator new to South London, I’d love to meet some other creatives / illustrators / artists in the area ☺️
• Looking to connect with other illustrators / creatives based in Brighton! :-)

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Projects

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  Wildlife WondersIntroducing the Wildlife Wonders subscription box - a collection of organic herbal tea and nature-inspired seeds! I would love to collaborate with more brands that celebrate the outdoors and promote sustainability through packaging projects. Let's work together to bring more eco-friendly and nature-inspired products to the world!
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  Portrait Illustration - Nadiya HussainHappy New Year everybody ✨ 2023 here we GO! I’m starting the new year with something special. In an effort to celebrate the people who inspire me, I’ve created a series of portrait illustrations - here’s the wonderful @nadiyajhussain! I’m back in the studio this week ready to take on new freelance projects across editorial, publishing, advertising & packaging! So if you’d like to work together on an upcoming project, please get in touch at fay.e.troote@gmail.com
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  A Place we Call Home'A Place We Call Home' - really enjoying working with inks! I'm currently available for #freelance projects in editorial, packaging, publishing and design. If you're interested in collaborating, please get in touch at fay.e.troote@gmail.com.
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  Cycling into AutumnA playful textural illustration celebrating our beautiful outdoors as we enter into the Autumn season.
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  Cog DesignI was recently commissioned by agency Cog Design to produce an illustration depicting the New Years' reopening of the cultural sector after lockdown. Here's the final artwork! I am currently open for commissions across editorial, publishing, packaging and designs projects.
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  Frontier Economics Christmas IllustrationI was commissioned by Frontier Economics to create a digital Christmas Card, celebrating their seed partnership on the Eden Reforestation Project, whose’ goal is to plant trees and save lives. So far they have succeeded in planting over 716 million trees!

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Projects credited in

• Captivate and Animate with Dog & Rabbit.Give power to your flower. Add animation to your illustration. Go GIF.
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  Give a Gif a GoYou don’t have to be Rockefeller to commission animation. We can also make the Earth move for more modest budgets! Why don’t you give a gif a go?
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  Artist Interview with KitraThe grey that dominated the scenery of his hometown Targoviste in Romania, fueled Kitra’s desire to color the world. Working as a multi-disciplinary artist, his joyful compositions have been transposed into murals, installations, design objects and digital activations all over Europe, through collaborations with clients such as Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Deutsche Bahn and Greenpeace.

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Work history

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Workshop AssistantPepper You
Aug 2022Brighton, United KingdomFreelance
Social Media ManagerCentral Illustration Agency
Mar 2021London, United KingdomPart Time

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Skills

• Book Illustration
• Illustration
• Adobe Photoshop
• Narrative
• Ink Drawing
• Adobe Indesign
• Digital Illustration
• Indesign
• Print Campaigns
• Social Media Management

Education

IllustrationArts University Bournemouth
Sep 2016Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Awards

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Illustration Runner Up Batsford Prize 2019Pavilion
V&A Illustration Awards 2018
I recevied Student Runner Up for my redesigned book cover and interior illustrations of Yoko Ogawa's 'The Diving Pool'.