About me

Engaging the viewer through a weird playfulness is the aim of my illustrations. I create colourful, bold line illustrations inspired by the natural world and events in the news and day to day life. I enjoy visualising puns or plays on words, these can have either a lighthearted or deeper meaning depending on the intended message of the illustration. I use a mixture of mediums in my work with a current focus on ink and colour pencil and digital media. All my illustrations begin as a basic pencil drawing in my sketchbook, before the addition of colour, I choose the media that I feel best suits the feeling or message I am intending to convey with the piece. I am currently working on a project combining my interest in history into my practice, looking at 'Unlikely Heroes', animals who's efforts have been credited with saving lives and assisting with delivering important information in exceptional circumstances. I have recently had my ‘Feed The Birds’ illustration published in the first issue of BITS magazine and have previously had work displayed in a number of galleries and independent zines I have also had several illustrations, part of my ‘Bird Bath’ series, exhibited at the Fringe Arts Bath festival.

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• Self led zine project working on layout skills, would love some feedback!

Projects

• Unlikely Heroes'Unlikely Heroes' is a self led zine project, focusing on building my graphic design and layout skills whilst combining my illustrations and interest in history. Aiming to highlight some 'unlikely heroes', carrier pigeons who served in the first and second world wars. Exploring their roles and the impact they had I chose a number of recipients of the PDSA Dickin medal to focus on.
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  Bird Bath'Bird Bath' is a series of illustrations created for Fringe Arts Bath festival 2024. Taking the birds out of their natural environment and placing them in a domestic setting, creating a play on words and giving a new meaning to the term 'bird bath'.

Work history

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Customer service advisorEveryone Active
Feb 2024Hertford, United KingdomPart Time
Customer service advisor and Hartham leisure centre. Responsibilities include assisting with customer queries both face to face and over the phone, taking payments, dealing with feedback and complaints, aiding customer experience and welcoming customers to the centre.
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LifeguardEveryone Active
Nov 2019Ware, United KingdomPart Time
Lifeguard at Fanshawe pool and gym. Responsibilities include ensuring the safety of customers in the pool and throughout the centre, dealing with first aid and emergency incidents, retail stock take, maintaining cleanliness in the centre, dealing with customer queries and feedback both at reception and around the centre, taking payments and making bookings and welcoming customers to the centre.

Skills

• Proactive
• Illustration
• Animal Illustration
• Digital Illustration
• Editorial Illustration

Education

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Illustration BA (hons) The University of Hertfordshire
May 2023Hatfield, United Kingdom
Graphic Design For BeginnersCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
Jan 2024 - Feb 2024London, United Kingdom
Graphic design for beginners online short course including an introduction to layouts, branding and logos.

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