I'm a Manchester based illustrator interested in sequential art, graphic design and publishing work. I specialise in dark bold ink or black based work with inspiration derived from the Universal Horror franchise and vintage comic books and horror film posters. But I am flexible in my work and would love to work on a wide range of projects.
Please feel free to contact me anytime at
laura-helsby@hotmail.co.uk
Or my Instagram:
@illaurastrates
Projects
Projects credited in
- The University of Huddersfield, BA (Hons) IllustrationThe illustrator gathers, enlivens, softens or perturbs – drawing our surroundings, histories and desires together in a journey from eye to hand. To draw is to navigate thresholds of difference and representation, in order to stage an encounter between singular, subcultural and majoritarian ways of seeing. Escaping the page and crossing the frame, line and narrative become vectors. Wending, weaving and spreading, they seek new surfaces, and explore new contexts. By infiltrating disciplines an15
Work history
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Brand IllustratorPaul Bert Vintage Clothing
Manchester, United KingdomFreelance
Freelance commission based work to create a print and a publication to be produced alongside a vintage clothing collection.
Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Illustration
- Drawing
- Design
- Hand Printmaking
- Screen Printing
- Ink Illustration
- Ink Drawing
- Comic Art
- Comic Illustration
- Sequential Art