About me

Predominantly specialising in Human Sciences, I work in collaboration with individual health experts, broader health and design agencies and well-being publishers to create effective visual content; using illustration as an engaging communicative device to explain complex subjects. I have worked with a number of health and design agencies, working to develop both their In-house visual indentity and their extended clients’ projects where I have used illustration in website design, research reports and app designs. I have created 7 'graphic medicine' novels on topics such as Pain, Trauma, Autism, Anxiety, Forgiveness, Dementia, Touch and Gender. Anxiety is Really Strange and Pain is Really Strange are part of The Reading Well Scheme which allows people to loan the books in every library in England.

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Projects

• Follow Your HeartEditorial piece for Breathe Magazine, on how to follow your heart when you're feeling lost.
• CamouflageAn engaging insight into the often underexplored condition of autism in women and girls, delivered in an expertly researched and beautifully illustrated graphic book. The perfect resource for anyone who wishes to understand how gender affects autism, it shows how to create safer, more accommodating environments for women on the spectrum. Written by Dr Sarah Bargiela
• Near NatureIllustrated poetry book with 50 poems by individuals with Dementia
• Touch is Really StrangeIllustrated science-based book on the power of touch, revealing its complexity and exploring its power and limits.
• University of SussexFront cover for a teaching resource to teach sustainability themes.
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  Bulletin Magazine CoverFront Cover for Bulletin Magazine for their Covid Issue

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Work history

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IllustratorSophie Standing Illustration
Jan 2013London, United KingdomFreelance
Predominantly specialising in Health Illustration, I work in collaboration with individual health experts, broader health and design agencies and well-being publishers to create effective visual content; using illustration as an engaging communicative device to explain complex subjects. I have worked with a number of health and design companies, working to develop both their In house styles and their extended clients’ projects where I have used illustration in website design, research reports and app designs. I have created 7 'graphic medicine' novels on topics such as Pain, Trauma, Autism, Anxiety, Forgiveness, Dementia and Touch of which I design the layout, information placement and illustrations.
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Represented illustratorLEMONADE ILLUSTRATION AGENCY
Mar 2021 - Nov 2023Amsterdam, NetherlandsFreelance
Working with Lemonade Agency internationally on advertising, editorial and print based work.

Education

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Bachelor of Arts (BA) Kingston University
Aug 2011 - Aug 2014Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Awards

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Shortlisted Graphic NovelBritish Book Design & Production Awards
‘Camouflage - The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women’ was shortlisted in the Graphic Novels category for the British Book Design and Production Awards
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Highly Commended BookBritish Medical Association Book Awards
Anxiety Is Really Strange was Highly Commended in Popular Medicine in the 2018 BMA Medical Book Awards.