My name is Fiona and I recently graduated from De Montfort University with a first class honours degree in Graphic Design and Illustration. My work has previously been used by Greenbelt Festival, the Austin-based production company Rooster Teeth, and featured as part of a nationwide degree show.
Projects
- Poetry IllustrationsOne of our university competition projects was to enter the 2020 Folio Society x House of Illustration brief to illustrate three poems for the book of love poems selected and edited by Imtiaz Dharker. I created three lino prints in response to the poems (that did not get shortlisted) and I also created a front cover/slipcase design for the book. I chose the repeating lip pattern as it was important to me that the illustrations and cover of the book didn't presume any sort of gender or race, as I
- Leicester Comedy Festival Zine (University Final Project)For my final negotiated project at University I decided to make a zine and poster for the Leicester Comedy Festival, to advertise some of the events going on each week and share some news, opinions and insights as an extra collectible piece alongside the existing brochure and programme. The theme of this zine in particular was the joke 'Why did the chicken cross the road?'. One of my favourite outcomes of this project was the title font I created by cutting each letter out of lino, scanning in t
Projects credited in
- Nationwide Degree Show: The WinnersThis project showcases the winners and results of the Nationwide Degree Show! We put together a Nationwide Degree Show to help graduating creatives showcase their work as all the degree shows were being cancelled.25
Skills
- Lino Printing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Indesign
- Gouache
- Watercolour Illustration
- Illustration
- Adobe After Effects
Education
First Class Honours, BA (Hons) Graphic Design and IllustrationDe Montfort University
- Leicester, United Kingdom