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Amy Steele is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work is bright, playful, and full of humour. She loves creating ridiculous, imaginative stories inspired by the oddities of everyday life and the small, overlooked moments that make them special. Alongside her illustration practice, Amy works as a designer, mainly focusing on book design, branding and […]

Lauren Sharples is a UK-based author-illustrator, whose work is narrative-led and explores relationship dynamics and connections. She enjoys using expressive line work to capture warmthand authentic moments between her characters. Lauren typically works with traditional printmaking techniques and is currently enjoying relief mono print, using it to translate characterful line work and to create textured […]

Ryoko Tamura is a Japanese illustrator based in Edinburgh. She graduated with a degree in illustration from Edinburgh College of Art in 2007. Drawing on her Japanese heritage and the diverse cultures she has encountered through travel, she creates work that captures a plaful blend of East and West. Ryoko finds inspiration in everyday life, […]

Esther Kent is an illustrator and designer living in Kinross. After working for several years in arts programming and bringing up her young children, Esther returned to making work that is often inspired by childhood memories and experiences and aims to make an emotional connection. She uses a blend of traditional and digital techniques to […]

Antara Raman is an illustrator living and working out of Bangalore, India. Her creativity springs from an interest in history, animals, and sarcastic humour. She draws inspiration from vintage illustration techniques, using mixed media and digital editing to achieve a similar, layered style. When not drawing, Antara can be found moodily plucking away at her […]

Clare Andrews lives in Bristol, where she works decorating china, and as a bookseller. She has been a mural artist, set designer, and bouncy castle painter. She graduated from the Cambridge MA in children’s book illustration in 2021. She loves to create stories inspired by the humour and joy found in small everyday interactions. Clare […]

Olu Oke is a storyteller, illustrator and printmaker. “I’m dyslexic. Until I was 13, I could only ‘read’ pictures. This affected me profoundly. As a children’s librarian, I read So Much to a toddler. One mother cried, saying the book made her feel ‘seen’. That’s what motivates me. Shaping stories that connect, that help people […]

Aline Monda is a Brazilian illustrator and pattern designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. She brings the aesthetics of traditional techniques such as collage, risography, and lino printing into her digital illustrations, creating visual narratives that are both charming and playful, and have a touch of nostalgia. Aline loves to use a limited colour palette and […]

Phoebe Roze is an illustrator from the Scottish Highlands, currently based in Edinburgh. Since achieving a first class honours degree in Illustration, Phoebe has worked with many interesting organisations including The Folio Society, Dundee City Council, and Glasgow Children’s Hospital. Taking inspiration from the landscapes, nature and folklore of Scotland, a sense of place and […]

Rebecca Guthrie is an illustrator/writer from England living in Glasgow, Scotland. Her work is bright, humorous, and always starts in the real world, in her sketchbook. A big part of her current practice is focused on finding a place for traditional mediums within digital illustration. She draws inspiration from the work of Alice Provensen, Richard […]