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Rose Grover

#348 Rose Grover

Rose Grover is an uber talented and super busy illustrator from Brighton who creates colourful designs inspired and informed by her travels around the globe. Her illustrations tell the stories she has experienced through her life. When she's not looking after the disabled in her full time caring job, you will find her with a paint brush in her hand sketching out the next masterpiece.

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#348 Rose Grover

February 18, 2019

Rose Grover is an uber talented and super busy illustrator from Brighton who creates colourful designs inspired and informed by her travels around the globe. Her illustrations tell the stories she has experienced through her life. When she's not looking after the disabled in her full time caring job, you will find her with a paint brush in her hand sketching out the next masterpiece.

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Maria Nogueira

#333 Maria Walnut

Maria Walnut is a freelance illustrator, designer and animator. Originally from Portugal, she has worked in New York, Berlin and Amsterdam creating beautiful things for great brands. On top of all of that, she also is a co-founder and organiser of Ladies, Wine & Design Amsterdam.

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#323 Maria Walnut

January 24, 2019

Maria Walnut is a freelance illustrator, designer and animator. Originally from Portugal, she has worked in New York, Berlin and Amsterdam creating beautiful things for great brands. On top of all of that, she also is a co-founder and organiser of Ladies, Wine & Design Amsterdam.

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Aleksandra Stanglewicz

#289 Aleksandra Stanglewicz

Aleksandra is an illustrator from Warsaw, Poland. She mainly creates botanical illustrations, as well as illustrating portraits and fashion. She uses mixed media such as watercolours, coloured pencils and digital painting to create her artwork. The subject of sustainability has become important for her personally, and she decided to incorporate the eco-friendly movement into her products and drawing by creating her own line of illustrated reusable cotton shopping bags. She has worked with clients such as Armani, H&M, Top Secret and Urban Outfitters.

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#289 Aleksandra Stanglewicz

December 21, 2018

Aleksandra is an illustrator from Warsaw, Poland. She mainly creates botanical illustrations, as well as illustrating portraits and fashion. She uses mixed media such as watercolours, coloured pencils and digital painting to create her artwork. The subject of sustainability has become important for her personally, and she decided to incorporate the eco-friendly movement into her products and drawing by creating her own line of illustrated reusable cotton shopping bags. She has worked with clients such as Armani, H&M, Top Secret and Urban Outfitters.

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Jamie Squire

#279 Jamie Squire

Jamie Squire is an illustrator and comic artist from Manchester. Much of her work tackles the themes of mental health awareness, body positivity and environmental issues. Most recently the focus of her comics has been dismantling societal beauty standards and encouraging those who struggle with self-image to feel comfortable in their own skin. She hopes that her art can speak to some people in ways that words can't. After graduating from the Glasgow School of Art in 2015 she has gone on to work with a number of clients including the BBC, Anxiety UK, Sane Charity, Oldham Council and Gotham Hotel Manchester.

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#279 Jamie Squire

December 11, 2018

Jamie Squire is an illustrator and comic artist from Manchester. Much of her work tackles the themes of mental health awareness, body positivity and environmental issues. Most recently the focus of her comics has been dismantling societal beauty standards and encouraging those who struggle with self-image to feel comfortable in their own skin. She hopes that her art can speak to some people in ways that words can't. After graduating from the Glasgow School of Art in 2015 she has gone on to work with a number of clients including the BBC, Anxiety UK, Sane Charity, Oldham Council and Gotham Hotel Manchester.

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Helen Friel

#278 Helen Friel

Paper Engineer and Book writer, she creates fantastic worlds and anything you can imagine using only paper. She is one of the Ladies Wine and Design London organisers, really passionate, empowering and she is also organising a Mental Health event at the moment.

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#274 Helen Friel

December 6, 2018

Paper Engineer and Book writer, she creates fantastic worlds and anything you can imagine using only paper. She is one of the Ladies Wine and Design London organisers, really passionate, empowering and she is also organising a Mental Health event at the moment.

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Chloe Rayner McFarland

#262 Chloe Rayner McFarland

Chloe's a Content Creator at EverythingBranded one of the UK’s leading distributors in promotional goods. In addition to writing awesome copy for the likes of the RYA and DC Thompson, she won Young Scottish Writer a few years ago for her first ever childen's book the Moondrop Ride and is now working on her third title. She's also a fantastic illustrator.

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#262 Chloe Rayner McFarland

November 24, 2018

Chloe's a Content Creator at EverythingBranded one of the UK’s leading distributors in promotional goods. In addition to writing awesome copy for the likes of the RYA and DC Thompson, she won Young Scottish Writer a few years ago for her first ever childen's book the Moondrop Ride and is now working on her third title. She's also a fantastic illustrator.

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Lindsay Fagan

#229 Lindsay Fagan

Lindsay is a London based multidisciplinary Designer & Illustrator who has just recently gone freelance. Clients she has produced work for include BBC Radio 1, 1xtra, 2, 6Music, Asian Network, 5live Sport, Mercury Prize, BRIT Awards, ITV, syfy, E! Channel, Universal & loads more… Her work has been shared by the likes of Liam Gallagher, P!NK, Craig David, Dua Lipa & Jared Leto.
This girl has the ability to turn any brief into something creative and eye-catching, her talent knows no bounds and she’s a fab person to work with, hire her quick before she gets snapped up!

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#229 Lindsay Fagan

October 22, 2018

Lindsay is a London based multidisciplinary Designer & Illustrator who has just recently gone freelance. Clients she has produced work for include BBC Radio 1, 1xtra, 2, 6Music, Asian Network, 5live Sport, Mercury Prize, BRIT Awards, ITV, syfy, E! Channel, Universal & loads more… Her work has been shared by the likes of Liam Gallagher, P!NK, Craig David, Dua Lipa & Jared Leto.
This girl has the ability to turn any brief into something creative and eye-catching, her talent knows no bounds and she’s a fab person to work with, hire her quick before she gets snapped up!

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Tanya Shyika

#227 Tanya Shyika

Tanya is an illustrator, hand lettering artist and an all-around creative. Ukraine-born, Berlin resident and Brooklyn frequenter, Tanya is one of the nicest and sweetest people you'll ever meet. Her energy and vibrancy are unmeasurable while she sketches up beautifully colored scenes, intricate maps, and calming Botanicals. She's also been published by Taschen, and has over 11,000 Instagram followers. Her next project is Brooklyn based highlighting women-owned businesses. Tanya is super cool - and worth a look.

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#227 Tanya Shyika

October 20, 2018

Tanya is an illustrator, hand lettering artist and an all-around creative. Ukraine-born, Berlin resident and Brooklyn frequenter, Tanya is one of the nicest and sweetest people you'll ever meet. Her energy and vibrancy are unmeasurable while she sketches up beautifully colored scenes, intricate maps, and calming Botanicals. She's also been published by Taschen, and has over 11,000 Instagram followers. Her next project is Brooklyn based highlighting women-owned businesses. Tanya is super cool - and worth a look.

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Georgina Laing-Sutton

#222 Georgina Laing-Sutton

Georgie has came so far in terms of her artwork and confidence. Her art work has become a speech without any words. Her work is currently framed in my office and I couldn't be prouder of the journey she is on.

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#222 Georgina Laing-Sutton

October 15, 2018

Georgie has came so far in terms of her artwork and confidence. Her art work has become a speech without any words. Her work is currently framed in my office and I couldn't be prouder of the journey she is on.

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Emma Morris

#218 Emma Morris

Emma Morris, also known as the 'The Creative Sausage' is generating huge buzz in the illustration world. Emma specialises in charming, honest and quirky hand drawn illustrations.

Emma's work can be seen in children's books, national newspapers and card shops across the world. Her latest project for Scribbler shows a refreshing take on gifting cards by featuring kids from diverse backgrounds and different nationalities.

Emma left a secure job as an in-house designer to pursue freelance illustration and hasn't looked back since.

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#218 Emma Morris

October 11, 2018

Emma Morris, also known as the 'The Creative Sausage' is generating huge buzz in the illustration world. Emma specialises in charming, honest and quirky hand drawn illustrations.

Emma's work can be seen in children's books, national newspapers and card shops across the world. Her latest project for Scribbler shows a refreshing take on gifting cards by featuring kids from diverse backgrounds and different nationalities.

Emma left a secure job as an in-house designer to pursue freelance illustration and hasn't looked back since.

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Sophie Williamson

#208 Sophie Williamson

Sophie’s a freelance illustrator from the North West of England. She graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, has taught iPad digital art classes and has self-led art projects for adults with learning disabilities at Buzz Hub, she’s a complete badass gal.

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#208 Sophie Williamson

October 1, 2018

Sophie’s a freelance illustrator from the North West of England. She graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, has taught iPad digital art classes and has self-led art projects for adults with learning disabilities at Buzz Hub, she’s a complete badass gal.

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Halley Anne Kennedy

#176 Halley Anne Kennedy

Raised in the wilds of Wicklow on the Irish east coast and now living in lovely London, Halley Anne is a designer and illustrator. She likes lines, squares and things that repeat and you can find her playing Creative Director over at Rowdy Studio. She also happens to have a really cute French Bulldog called Bronson Brown.

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#176 Halley Anne Kennedy

August 30, 2018

Raised in the wilds of Wicklow on the Irish east coast and now living in lovely London, Halley Anne is a designer and illustrator. She likes lines, squares and things that repeat and you can find her playing Creative Director over at Rowdy Studio. She also happens to have a really cute French Bulldog called Bronson Brown.

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#155 Katherine Tromans

Katherine Tromans is a colourful Freelance Creative Designer & Illustrator that lives and works in Birmingham. She graduated from the Arts University in Bournemouth in 2011 with a BA (Hons) In Illustration. Returning to Birmingham she has worked within advertising and design agencies creating illustrated campaigns and creative design. She now works as a freelancer for agencies but also works with independent brands and private commissions. Some of her clients include Backyard Cinema London, Roxy, SimplyBe and Dancing Leopard. 

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#155 Katherine Tromans

August 9, 2018

Katherine Tromans is a colourful Freelance Creative Designer & Illustrator that lives and works in Birmingham. She graduated from the Arts University in Bournemouth in 2011 with a BA (Hons) In Illustration. Returning to Birmingham she has worked within advertising and design agencies creating illustrated campaigns and creative design. She now works as a freelancer for agencies but also works with independent brands and private commissions. Some of her clients include Backyard Cinema London, Roxy, SimplyBe and Dancing Leopard. 

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Deborah Panesar

#153 Deborah Panesar

She's a full time mum, a full time business owner in illustration and surface design working on an international level that suffers from anxiety and depression and keeps kicking ass and taking names!

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#153 Deborah Panesar

August 7, 2018

She's a full time mum, a full time business owner in illustration and surface design working on an international level that suffers from anxiety and depression and keeps kicking ass and taking names!

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Ellie Fryer

#149 Ellie Fryer

Ellie is a Kingston Illustration Animation Graduate. Working prolifically in a blend of hand drawn and digital illustration. This blending of traditional and digital image-making methods is distinctive of her work. She believe that utilising both styles together allows her to make use of ‘the best of both worlds’. Beginning with traditional drawings allows her the freedom to incorporate reportage pieces from any area of her work. Digitalising this then provides the opportunity to fine-tune and add detail to these drawings, while also giving her the opportunity to create abstract scenes comprised of real-life figures. She tends to use a limited variety of materials, as she feels that she knows what medium she works best in. However, she still enjoys experimenting with and exploring line quality, shape, texture and colour. Ellie’s affection for books and, more predominantly, illustrated books, has led her to pursuing these stylistic and methodological experiments, as well as playing with both sequential and non-linear narratives. Her joy for illustration stems from a love of traditional drawing and obsession with detail.

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#149 Ellie Fryer

August 3, 2018

Ellie is a Kingston Illustration Animation Graduate. Working prolifically in a blend of hand drawn and digital illustration. This blending of traditional and digital image-making methods is distinctive of her work. She believe that utilising both styles together allows her to make use of ‘the best of both worlds’. Beginning with traditional drawings allows her the freedom to incorporate reportage pieces from any area of her work. Digitalising this then provides the opportunity to fine-tune and add detail to these drawings, while also giving her the opportunity to create abstract scenes comprised of real-life figures. She tends to use a limited variety of materials, as she feels that she knows what medium she works best in. However, she still enjoys experimenting with and exploring line quality, shape, texture and colour. Ellie’s affection for books and, more predominantly, illustrated books, has led her to pursuing these stylistic and methodological experiments, as well as playing with both sequential and non-linear narratives. Her joy for illustration stems from a love of traditional drawing and obsession with detail.

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Jane Bowyer

#143 Jane Bowyer

Jane is taking the Northern design scene by STORM from sunny Manchester. An amazing designer and illustrator, you can see Jane's work everywhere (even here in London in the London Zoo Late posters on the Underground!) and her bold, colourful style is simply gorgeous. Jane is also the creator and curator of Women in Print (womeninprint.uk) an exhibition that aims to spotlight the role women have played in Manchester’s past and present. Jane is also passionate about getting more young creatives into the industry and regularly holds workshops at local schools. Bad ass through and through.

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#143 Jane Bowyer

July 28, 2018

Jane is taking the Northern design scene by STORM from sunny Manchester. An amazing designer and illustrator, you can see Jane's work everywhere (even here in London in the London Zoo Late posters on the Underground!) and her bold, colourful style is simply gorgeous. Jane is also the creator and curator of Women in Print (womeninprint.uk) an exhibition that aims to spotlight the role women have played in Manchester’s past and present. Jane is also passionate about getting more young creatives into the industry and regularly holds workshops at local schools. Bad ass through and through.

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Phi Wolff

#141 Phi aka Josephine Wolff

Phi is an illustrator - born and bred Berliner.
Phis ability to create relatable characters and atmospheres in couple pen strokes is like magic. Her positive yet grounded attitude shines through her work and in anything she does. Her dedication to her work is inspiring.

Currently she's working on her graduate project (which she will be announcing very soon!), while last year she wrote and illustrated her very first children's book. She wants to work with content that matters. Very driven about topics that touches us all, they being painful or lighthearted, big or small. I'm sure we will see her name all over in our bookshelves in the future!

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#141 Phi aka Josephine Wolff

July 26, 2018

Phi is an illustrator - born and bred Berliner.
Phis ability to create relatable characters and atmospheres in couple pen strokes is like magic. Her positive yet grounded attitude shines through her work and in anything she does. Her dedication to her work is inspiring.

Currently she's working on her graduate project (which she will be announcing very soon!), while last year she wrote and illustrated her very first children's book. She wants to work with content that matters. Very driven about topics that touches us all, they being painful or lighthearted, big or small. I'm sure we will see her name all over in our bookshelves in the future!

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Jennifer Hayashi

#140 Jennifer Hayashi

Jennifer is a colourful creative designer & illustrator originally from Scotland. She started her journey as a designer in Japan, working as the only foreign employee in the Japanese design agency, Choreo. After a decade, she returned to the UK and now works on creative projects for many global brands. She is enthusiastic about design and collaboration, spending her free time working on her side-hustles and illustrations. She’s a self proclaimed beer fanatic and loves taking part in creative workshops and design events, occasionally speaking at some. Jennifer thrives on new challenges and meeting new people. She likes to dance and always approaches life with a smile on her face.

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#140 Jennifer Hayashi

July 25, 2018

Jennifer is a colourful creative designer & illustrator originally from Scotland. She started her journey as a designer in Japan, working as the only foreign employee in the Japanese design agency, Choreo. After a decade, she returned to the UK and now works on creative projects for many global brands. She is enthusiastic about design and collaboration, spending her free time working on her side-hustles and illustrations. She’s a self proclaimed beer fanatic and loves taking part in creative workshops and design events, occasionally speaking at some. Jennifer thrives on new challenges and meeting new people. She likes to dance and always approaches life with a smile on her face.

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Meagan Bach

#137 Meagan Bach

Meagan Bach is a New Zealand-born mostly London-based graphic designer. She graduated from Auckland University of Technology in 2010 with a Bachelor of Design majoring in illustration before exploring the globe and settling in London. Almost six years later, having the privilege to work with brands such as BBC Worldwide and ITV Creative, she now works on-the-road whilst exploring Central and South America. With a two year stint in Hong Kong as a child, and many visits there and beyond since, Asian themes often influence her designs. This influence, combined with a love of kitsch, means she favours a maximalist style of pattern, bold colour combinations and decorative typography over the minimalist tendencies within graphic design.

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#137 Meagan Bach

July 22, 2018

Meagan Bach is a New Zealand-born mostly London-based graphic designer. She graduated from Auckland University of Technology in 2010 with a Bachelor of Design majoring in illustration before exploring the globe and settling in London. Almost six years later, having the privilege to work with brands such as BBC Worldwide and ITV Creative, she now works on-the-road whilst exploring Central and South America. With a two year stint in Hong Kong as a child, and many visits there and beyond since, Asian themes often influence her designs. This influence, combined with a love of kitsch, means she favours a maximalist style of pattern, bold colour combinations and decorative typography over the minimalist tendencies within graphic design.

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#132 Aïcha Wijland

The most badass girl in the world, from the city with the most badass flag in the world (https://goo.gl/QqLq8f).

She's a Dutch Kiwi, now a Melbourne-based artist/animator. She has a Bachelor in Fine Art & a Graduate Diploma endorsed in Advertising, is currently a student at AWARD school Melbourne & working freelance, and is a 2018 Yellow Pencil D&AD New Blood winner!

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#132 Aïcha Wijland

July 17, 2018

The most badass girl in the world, from the city with the most badass flag in the world (https://goo.gl/QqLq8f).

She's a Dutch Kiwi, now a Melbourne-based artist/animator. She has a Bachelor in Fine Art & a Graduate Diploma endorsed in Advertising, is currently a student at AWARD school Melbourne & working freelance, and is a 2018 Yellow Pencil D&AD New Blood winner!

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