About me

Ollie Silvester is an Editorial and Commercial Illustrator and Animator. Based in Bristol, UK, Ollie spends most of his time drawing birds, plants and the strange fluctuations within his imagination. He takes inspiration from the mundane and the moments between moments and is always trying to document the nonsensical humour that is found in the everyday, the colour within the seemingly drab, the noise within the quiet and the quiet within the noise.

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• I'm currently free for illustration and/or animation work! Recently finished a corporate project and I'm looking for more exciting things!

Projects

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  WeightlessPlaying with single colour sketchy digital drawings
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  Spring BreezeSometimes I dream about being a bird, free to float on the spring breeze. Ink on paper + Procreate
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  Bloomburg Businessweek2 day turnaround Editorial illustration
• EscapePersonal Illustration. Escape into the painting of which I long to see.
• Tablet MagazineTwo day turnaround Editorial piece for Tablet Magazine. I was Honoured to create something for Beethoven's 250th Birthday!
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  ANGRYShort Looping GIF produced from the brief I set for 1st Year Illustrators at UWE during my two day workshop I wrote and led, March 2021.

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Work history

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Illustrator/AnimatorCaviar
Feb 2021 - Feb 2021Bristol, United KingdomFreelance
I created 7 individual animations + static elements for Caviar's "Indoor Valentine's Day" 2021 campaign. The campaign was used in the Caviar app and website as well as Organic socials + Social adverts. It was a tight turnaround project, but the results were worth the long days!
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Illustrator/AnimatorAARP
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020Bristol, United KingdomFreelance
Animated Editorial Illustration for The Ethel by AARP.

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Education

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Bachelor of Arts (BA) Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
Sep 2013 - Jun 2016Winchester, United Kingdom
BA Graphic Arts, 1st Degree (hons) in Illustration