illustration


   digital work  |   traditional work   |   character art    
      site-specific  |   editorial   |   merch design   |   book design  


digital work


   

illustrations for a Tom Waits CD booklet - In the Colosseum (left) and Innocent When Your Dream (right); Clip Studio Paint, 2023


     
repeating pattern inspired by William Morris; Clip Studio Paint, 2023




 
repeating pattern created as a response to a contest brief by the clothing brand Medicine; Clip Studio Paint, 2024



illustration inspired by Swarm, Swamp, Swim by Tom Rosenthal and Cosmo Sheldrake; shortlisted by the Univeristy of Ediburgh to advertise the 2024 ECA Graduate Show
   
coursework illustration representing the themes of feeling at home in one’s body




 

 

vector illustrations created during my internship at Huge, Medellin. the vectors are based on sketches provided by a team member; vector art made in Adobe Illustrator, 2022


traditional work


       

companion illustrations for the first three episodes of The Magnus Protocol podcast (personal project); respectively inks, watercolours and acrylics on paper; 2024 (personal project)


     



small-scale portraits, based on the subjects’ photos; acrylics on paper, 2024



character art and design


     

character design for fantasy tabletop game characters; digital paintings, 2022


character portrait, character originally from The Adventure Zone graphic novels illustrated by Carey Pietsch; digital painting, 2022 (personal project)
   
character portrait and reiterpretation, character originally created by Alex Hirsch; digital painting, 2024 (personal project)


 

site-specific




my neighbourhood, my parcel locker, a parcel locker decal design for a contest brief by InPost, featuring characters inspired by (or ‘gijinkas of’, if you’re cool) the town the locker is located in, as well as two of its neighbouring towns, highlighting their local specialties and visual puns related to the places’ names; Adobe Illustrator (background) and Clip Studio Paint (characters), 2024




protected species of Poland, mural design and execution, one of the winners of the ecology-themed mural contest Swiat Oczami Mlodych hosted by the BOS Foundation; 2023





the flora and fauna of Bolewice and beyond, mural design and execution, one of the winners of the ecology-themed mural contest Swiat Oczami Mlodych hosted by the BOS Foundation; 2024
(the wall was massive hence the awkward angle!)
 

editorial



QED conference


social media and disinformation
 
sleeping better and the science of sleep
 
social engineering
 
wearable technologies

The Gospel of Wellness
 
the universe and the neurodiverse
 
stage magic and illustion
 
living with HIV


quantum computing     


 
quantum physics (the talk’s subject later changed to quantum computing) Atlantis and ancient aliens 
 
Atlantis and ancient aliens




social media health and nutrition content
 
nostalgia


commemorative postcard designs for the QED conference in Manchester. each of the designs corresponds to a talk given by a main stage speaker of the 2024 edition of the event


Children in Scotland


 



illustrations for the 6th issue of the Insight magazine, published by Children in Scotland. the first two images are illustration variants for an interview with Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, Nicola Killean (ultimately, the first variant ended up being chosen). the third image is a headshot created to accompany a piece on Children in Scotland’s Policy Manager, David Mackay; Clip Studio Paint, 2024


merch design

block-printed totes


   

block-printed (linocut) designs for tote bag and t-shirts based on, in order, The Magnus Archives podcast, Our Flag Means Death, and The Mangus Protocol podcast; handmade, 2021-2024

sticker sets




sticker set inspired by The Magnus Archives podcast (are you sensing a pattern here?), with each sticker representing one of the 15 supernatural entities present in the series; Adobe Illustrator, 2023

temporary tattoos


 

various temoporary tattoo designs inspired by the game franchise Five Nights at Freddy’s (left) and the Our Flag Means Death series; Clip Studio Paint, 2024

pins




laser-cut pins made of upcycled plywood, with designs based on some of the flagstone species of animals and plants of the Horsham-based rewilding site, Knepp Estate; vector art and laser cutter, 2024


book design


 

cover and title page of Whirr, an original children’s picturebook; Clip Studio Paint, 2024




(unfinished) cover redesign of Wilder Girls, a book by Rory Power; Clip Studio Paint, 2022




dustjacket design/cover redesign of the cover of Melissa’s Story by Alex Gino created as a response to the changing of the book’s original title. before the new version went to print, I created a replacement dustjacket featuring the new title, as well as a redesign hinting at the themes and story of the book and made it available online for any interested Melissa owners. all text copied from original. Clip Studio Paint, 2021.

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