About me

Rosie Leech is an illustrator and designer currently based in the UK. She is interested in a wide variety of illustrative methods with particular reference to silent comics, narrative reportage and printmaking, working with a range of traditional materials and techniques, including ceramics. Following graduation at Edinburgh College of Art she has illustrated for Salt and Wonder, Like the Wind, and Counterpoint Magazine, amongst other work. @rosieleechillustration

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Projects

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  Village Fete Prize Winners - Counterpoint Magazine EditorialA selection of two colour risograph prints created for 2020 Counterpoint Magazine Issue 19. 'Growing'.
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  Sketches and Illustrations - Salt and Wonder Magazine EditorialClose ups and exploratory paintings for 2019 Salt and Wonder food journal, Issue 03. 'North Italy'. Illustrations painted in ink and gouache.
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  Mon Oncle Film PosterA2 Screenprinted poster based on Jacques Tati's 1958 film 'Mon Oncle' selected as the winning entry for the French Film Festival 2017

Projects credited in

• 3

  Counterpoint #19Counterpoint's 19th issue, focused on the theme of 'Growing'. With new and exciting perspectives on growth of all kinds, from the personal to the biological to the chemical, this issue explores why, what and how we grow. Cover illustration by Bethany Thompson. More info here: counterpointmag.co.uk

Work history

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Freelance IllustratorRosie Leech Illustration
Jun 2017United KingdomFreelance
- Guest illustrator for ‘Junkies’ 2019 bookazine - Editorial illustrations in 'Counterpoint' no. 19, 'Salt and Wonder' no. 03 and 'Like the Wind' no. 19 - Prints and ceramics sold at Edinburgh Printmakers, Flamingosaurus Rex and Red Door Gallery - Contacting and dealing professionally with gallery owners - Working to a variety of different deadlines
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Gallery AssistantFlamingosaurus Rex - Gallery and Art Space
Jun 2019 - Dec 2019Edinburgh, United KingdomFull Time
- Contributed to design and branding - Curated and maintained displays of artwork - Interacted with customers and handled payments - Social media promotion

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Skills

• Screen Print
• Etching
• Risograph Printing
• Drawing
• Book Binding
• Model Making
• Ceramics
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Indesign
• Illustration

Education

BA (Hons) IllustrationEdinburgh College of Art
Sep 2016 - Jun 2019Edinburgh, United Kingdom
First Class BA (Hons) in Illustration
Foundation YearFalmouth University
Sep 2015 - Jun 2016Falmouth, United Kingdom

Awards

The Distance of the Moon - World Illustration Awards Shortlisted Entry - Alternative PublishingAssociation of Illustrators (AOI)
‘The Distance of the Moon’ is a wonderfully surreal short story by Italo Calvino, based around the idea that the moon used to be very close to the earth, and people would jump between them, collecting 'moon milk'. I illustrated this story as a four page silent comic, printed as A3 risographs with flat gold ink on Imperial Blue Colourplan paper from G.F. Smith. The project has been shortlisted in the Alternative Publishing category in the 2020 World Illustration Awards. The entry can be seen here: www.theaoi.com/wia/rosie-leech-the-distance-of-the-moon
The Helen A. Rose BequestEdinburgh College of Art
Awarded by Edinburgh College of Art for distinguished final year work.

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