About me

I'm Holly, an illustrator based in Brighton. My work often explores musings from everyday life, memories and daydreams through playful characters and sickeningly bright colours. I've worked on a range of projects including brand illustrations, children’s book illustrations and editorial illustrations, and I love to explore themes of femininity, friendship and daydreaming through my digital illustrations. I graduated from Norwich University of the Arts back in 2018 with a first-class degree in photography. When I’m not drawing, I'm a frequent beach-dweller and am currently writing and sharing my vegan discoveries through V-Land UK.

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• looking for feedback on my website / portfolio! :-) https://www.hollyfarndell.com/

Projects

• Print Social X Holly FarndellI collaborated with Print Social on my first ever t-shirt design! The campaign runs for 16 days and Print Social donates 5% of profits to the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal.
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  ~ festive cards ! ~In November, I set myself the challenge of creating a range of Christmas / festive cards and to open up an Etsy store. I wanted to make these ~festive~ rather than explicitly christmassy because I personally can sometimes be a teeeeny bit of a scrooge, and that is ok! I worked my butt off and I'm super proud of how they came out. Very excited to work on more illustration projects and products next year!
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  Golden PromiseGolden Promise is a documentation of sunlight and the changing of seasons. It is an observation of my experience with seasonal affective disorder and coping with the light and darkness of life.

Projects credited in

• Peddlers GinBorn on the back streets of Shanghai, Peddlers Gin Co. carries the legacy of the secret societies that thrived in the world's biggest trading port during the early 20th century.
• Printworks London AW19We worked with Printworks London on their AW19 season creative, combining traditional outdoor media with Augmented Reality.
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  Portraits for Hackney ChurchAssisted by Jasmine Engel-Malone

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Work history

Accounts ManagerOMSE
Oct 2018 - Dec 2021London, United KingdomFull Time

Skills

• Photography
• Photoshop
• Adobe Lightroom
• Book Binding
• Exhibition Curation
• Drawing
• Illustration
• Studio Co-ordination
• Concept Illustration
• Digital Illustration
• Editorial Illustration
• Account Management
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Indesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Writing
• Article Writing

Education

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BA First Class Honours PhotographyNorwich University of the arts
Sep 2015 - Jul 2018Norwich, United Kingdom

Awards

Wood Pencil - Hackney Church RebrandD&AD
Account Manager at OMSE
Wood Pencil - Peddlers Mahjong Box PackagingD&AD
Illustrator at OMSE

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