About me

Hello! I’m Natasha and I’m an illustrator currently living in Surrey. I recently completed my BA (Hons) Illustration degree at Arts University Bournemouth. I particularly enjoy illustrating for children’s books and for pattern design on products but have always enjoyed creating in different ways and trying out different things. I love illustrating different subject matters such as animals, food items, portraiture and more. Over the last 3 years I have learnt plenty of skills such as Procreate for iPad, gouache, stop-motion, as well as Adobe software like Photoshop and inDesign. The illustrations I create I like to make them playful, expressive (in the characters) and colourful to engage all readers and to appeal to them. I have illustrated 3 children’s book during my time at Arts University Bournemouth. For my most recent Final-Major Project, I illustrated a children’s book about a ring-doughnut who is looking for a middle like his other doughnut friends, but eventually realises that it’s who he is and accepts himself. The story has a humorous puzzle element with the doughnut trying on different middles from different food items but it also holds an important message of self-acceptance for young children which I think is important for them growing up.

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Projects

• 2

  Pattern Design for ProductsHere is some pattern design
• Pickle's Woolly AdventureThis children's book follows the adventure of Detective Pickle who is looking for a ball of wool to play with but faces some challenges on the way
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  I Want A Middle!This is my children's book from my Final Major Project in my BA (Hons) Degree. It follows the story of Sprinkles who is a ring doughnut wanting to find a middle to feel whole like his other doughnut friends but also has a message of self-acceptance.

Projects credited in

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  Arts University Bournemouth, BA (Hons) IllustrationThe BA Illustration course at AUB is founded on an inclusive notion of illustration, that recognises the breadth of practices, and contexts within which it operates. Here, students define their own universe whilst building the skills to enable them to adapt to the rapidly expanding and diversifying field of contemporary illustration, whether those are drawing, print, digital or time-based practices. AUB illustration students are resourceful and agile creatives who maintain a clear sense of th

Skills

• Illustration
• Book Illustration
• Children Illustration
• Pattern Design

Education

BA (hons) IllustrationArts University Bournemouth
Sep 2017 - Jun 2020Bournemouth, United Kingdom