About me

Art & Illustration My favourite subjects are people and animals, and I explore the through painting of the portrait and then use illustration and printmaking to create work that can be published in a variety of ways. I have also self-published work through lulu.com I work from London, UK. I am currently living temporarily in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia until August 2021. I can therefore only do freelance work online and I charge in Great British Pounds.

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Projects

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  Colour Your GiftNew website colouryourgift.co.uk for my new business. Colour Your Gift is an online store where you can purchase illustrated gifts to colour in yourself and then give as a wonderful personalized gift. Gifts includes colouring books, greetings cards, stickers, badges, prints and more.
• Cats, birds and a rabbit: Colouring BookPublished illustrated colouring book.
• Deltio Anonomous Postcard SaleCollaboration between London artists creating anonomous postcards to help raise funds for Rock Paper Scissors art exhibition. I submitted 2 postcards for this exhibition fundraising event.
• Camberwell Undergraduate Degree Summer ShowOur final Degree Show at Camberwell College of Arts
• Parallel CitiesUniversity project brief - explore from choice of areas around London and find a place parallel to it in some way. Then exhibited in a group collaborative exhibition at 139 Copeland Road, Peckham
• Canary Wharf Illustrated 2014/15En plein air painting and painting from photographs of interesting buildings and urban landscapes in Canary Wharf. Painting mainly with acrylic and watercolours with digital editing before designing a book that was exhibited at Camberwell College of Art.

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Work history

VolunteerThe Space
Apr 2016269 Westferry Rd, Isle of Dogs, London E14 3RS, UKFreelance
Voluntary part-time role at The Space which is a Theatre on the Isle of Dogs, London. Duties include Graphic Design/Illustration, Marketing, administration, Social Media and Box office.
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Freelance Artist & Illustratorycrystal.wordpress.com
Jul 2015London, United KingdomFreelance
Artist & Illustrator. I paint portraits and create illustrations for use on products like cards, prints and I have self-published books. Since I have had my daughter I have started exploring the idea of creating illustrations and artwork aimed at babies and children.

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Skills

• Drawing
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Fine Art
• Mixed Media
• Digital Artist
• Excel
• Illustrator
• Indesign
• Photoshop
• Powerpoint
• Word
• Customer Service
• Acrylic Painting
• Portrait Painting
• Adobe Create Suite
• Self-publishing
• Hootsuite
• Spektrix
• Marketing
• Wordpress
• Wix Websites
• Office Administration
• Driving License
• Book Design
• Graphic Design
• Gallery Invigilation
• Volunteer Experience
• Social Media Content Management
• Book Illustration
• Card Design
• Sales

Education

BA(Hons) IllustrationUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Oct 2012 - Jul 2015London, United Kingdom
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Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignTelford College of Art and Design
Sep 2011 - Jul 2012Telford, United Kingdom

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