About me

I am a freelance illustrator/ creative person, rooted up in the North East of Scotland, in the chilly granite city of Aberdeen. I have many passions, including cats, faeries, and running. I also enjoy mark making and coming up with new ideas and concepts.

QuestionsProjectsExperienceTeam

• Hello :-) I'm an illustrator recently dx with ADHD (and other things), I've struggled with social anxiety/ awkwardness my whole life

Projects

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  Food illustration- recipe spreadsSome recipe spreads that I mocked up, using Moomin Comfort food, but sans the Moomins.
• Things I see when I runI love running. This is a (growing) collection of watercolour, ink, and gouache illustrations of things that I've encountered when I'm running through Yorkshire, England, and Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
• 2

  Big Cat BandA series of watercolour illustrations that I created for an exhibition.
• Editorial Illustrations and cartoonsOn a variety of topics, mostly about ADHD and anxiety, but also feminism, AI, and Gary Lineker. These are a mixture of roughs and finished pieces.
• The First Week of SpringSpring is finally here! Here's a word illustration that I created out of the flowers that I've seen.
• Sprout and About- Flora Monster Character DesignsChildren's character designs based on the discovery of local biodiversity. We often over look the plants around us, especially those commonly categorised as 'weeds', which are often useful and impressive things.

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Skills

• Illustration
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe XD
• Adobe Photoshop
• Character Design
• Adobe Indesign

Education

Illustration BA (hons) University of Dundee
Aug 2011 - May 2014Dundee, United Kingdom
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Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignLeeds College of Art
Jul 2010 - May 2011London, United Kingdom

Awards

Tomorrow's Talent- Runner UpThe Prince’s Trust
I won runner up for my surface design
In BookD&AD