About me

I'm a freelance illustrator, originally from Manchester, now living in London. My style is graphic, using bold lines and bright colours. Works are often an interpretation of adult themes, drawn in a childish format. Inspired by awkward body shapes, cartoons and my own experiences, my work can be silly, low-brow, sometimes irreverent but essentially always trying be be funny. IG: @wend.ywong

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Projects

• 7

  Refinery29 EditorialEditorial illustration for an article about careen burnout.
• 2

  Museum JournalA variety of illustrations and inserts I designed for a section of the Museum Journal, centred around finding work in the Museum industry.
• 1

  Tripadvisor EditorialEditorial illustrations for a range of stories and articles about motherhood and travelling, throughout life.
• 16

  Creative Boom Socials IllustrationI was chosen as Creative Boom’s principal illustrator to create bespoke illustrations for its social platforms. The site, founded in 2009, has over four million readers worldwide and celebrates and supports the creative community.
• 7

  Creative Boom Platform IllustrationsI was chosen as Creative Boom’s principal illustrator to create a suite of bespoke illustrations for its platform. The site, founded in 2009, has over four million readers worldwide and celebrates and supports the creative community. Banner credit: Andy Mallalieu at NineSixty
• 4

  Fuse Magazine - Issue 01 'New'Cover and feature of my work. Credit: Fuse Magazine/Jaheed Hussain

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Projects credited in

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  First In The FightI Illustrated a portrait of Shena Simon, published in 'First in The Fight' book, which highlights the lives of twenty women who shaped Manchester. These are the same twenty women whose statues are beginning to be built across the city as part of the 'Womanchester Project,' including Emmeline Pankhurst. Twenty Manchester based female illustrators were asked to illustrate each of the women by 'Women In Print.'

Work history

Visual Experience CoordinatorMADE.COM
Mar 2021London, United KingdomFull Time
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IllustratorFreelance
Jul 2018London, United KingdomPart Time

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Skills

• Design
• Illustration
• Rendering
• Illustration
• Digital art
• Abobe Illustrator
• Adobe Indesign
• Adobe Photoshop

Education

Fashion TextilesLondon College of Fashion, UAL
Sep 2011 - May 2014London, United Kingdom