ILLUSTRATION . EDITORIAL, BOOKS AND PACKAGING

Drawings for things that get printed.

Iris Bhatt . ink, gouache and a scanner. Commissions open from April; roughs within a week.
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Cover, The Quiet Year
Cover, The Quiet Year
Editorial, weekend magazine
Editorial, weekend magazine
Packaging, small-batch tea
Packaging, small-batch tea
Spot drawings, monthly column
Spot drawings, monthly column
Endpapers, childrens edition
Endpapers, childrens edition
Poster, festival programme
Poster, festival programme

How a commission runs

  • A brief and a deadlineFormat, print process and where it will sit.
  • Roughs within a weekTwo or three directions, small and unprecious.
  • One round of changes includedMore is fine, billed by the hour and agreed first.
  • Files as you need themLayered, flattened, CMYK, whatever the printer asks for.

Recent commissions

  • Harbour PressThree covers and the endpapers for a reissued series.
  • The Saturday ReviewA monthly spot drawing for two years.
  • Kettle & CoPackaging for six teas, printed on uncoated board.
  • Northlight FestivalProgramme cover and wayfinding.

Art directors, briefly

Reads the text properly and draws the thing the text is actually about.
Nell FraserNell FraserArt Director, Harbour Press
Roughs on time, files right the first time, no drama at proof stage.
Sam IdowuSam IdowuProduction, The Saturday Review
Understood the print process better than we did and saved us a reprint.
Cara WillisCara WillisKettle and Co

Teaching

BA Illustration

Camberwell . 2015

Selected

World Illustration Awards . 2024

Teaching

Visiting tutor, second year

Something that needs drawing?

Send the text, the format and the deadline. If it is not right for me I will say so quickly and suggest somebody it is right for.
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