My name is Hannah MacDonald and I am an illustrator, my work is centred within the children’s markets, my greatest passion is creating children’s picture books. I like to work across a range of art mediums, from digital to more traditional materials, like watercolours and pencils. I am from Falmouth, Cornwall, and growing up in this beautifully artist location, I have always been surrounded by things that inspire me. I have always had a love for art from a very young age, it has been much more than a hobby; taking art as a subject in school, for GCSE and A-Level, later going to the University of Plymouth and graduating with a degree in BA (Hons) Illustration with Children’s markets in 2020. My strengths lie within my vast imagination, and love for generating lovely and unique ideas for my work. I have experience within my field, having entered two picture books into the Macmillan prize; professionally collaborating with an author, producing illustrations for a children’s book the author had written. I have also gone on school visits as a guest illustrator, completing art workshops with the children, and even having the opportunity to read my picture books to them and getting valuable feedback. I love creating beautiful, detailed illustrations full of magic, colour and texture, but above all I believe my love and passion for what I do, and what I make shines through most in my drawings.
Projects
- If I were...In this project I worked with an author who had written a philosophical children’s picture book and wanted me to illustrate it. Throughout this project, I explored different ways I could show symbolism in my illustrations, new ways to show the meanings behind the text. Its about a little child who wonders about the world around them, the child is illustrated in rainbow colours to show no gender and make all feel includes, it also represents a child’s wonder and innocence, with a grey and uncerta
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Projects credited in
- University of Plymouth, BA Hons IllustrationWe encourage individual visual voices and prepare our students for challenging creative practice within social and cultural shifts. We cherish the traditional whilst get excited by the innovative. All things narrative; great and small. https://www.plymouthillustration.com https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-illustration21
Skills
- Time Management
- Organisation
- Passionate
- Art Drawing
- Illustration
- Designing
- Reliable
- Professional
- Creative Ideas
- Idea Generation
Education
Illustration BA (hons) University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom