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Hi, welcome to my little illustration world. I’ve come a long way from sending mailers out to local advertising agencies and heaving around an A2 portfolio case to interviews. It seems like a century ago!
I’ve always enjoyed drawing from an early age, but never dreamt that I would be able to make a living from it! I started out many years ago as a graphic designer and have been a freelance illustrator for over 25 years, working for companies such as the National Trust, Mars Inc., Paul Lamond Games and Warner Brothers as well as numerous graphic design companies and local authorities.
Based at my home studio, I work in a wide variety of styles and subjects and in recent years I’ve done more and more children’s book illustration. I loved books when I was a child and then loved to buy picture books to sit and read to my children. They don’t appreciate it now they’re in their teens and twenties, which is disappointing, but it means I can concentrate on helping authors young and old to get their lovely stories into print! I have now worked on over fifty self-published books.
I live in the heart of Nottinghamshire with my wife and family, plus dozy dog and very catty cat.
Ian is a brilliantly talented illustrator who clearly loves what he does. He is able to bring the images in my head to life, just from me describing the scene or giving the particular chapter.
He always works swiftly to a deadline and is always reliable and professional, keeping us informed of progress.
Working with Ian is a pleasure and I wholeheartedly recommend him!
Mysteries in Time
Ian illustrated my three children’s books perfectly with minimal input from myself. I gave him the text and my idea of which scene to depict in each chapter.
The results were exactly what I wanted and very reasonably priced. I would recommend him wholeheartedly, but please leave him free to illustrate my fourth book!
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Ian is a brilliant illustrator, works very quickly, responds to e-mails very promptly, offers suggestions and, in my case, produced exactly what I wanted for my children’s story.
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Ian is a first class illustrator. He worked to my very specific brief to illustrate my first children’s book. The characters had very precise requirements as my message was around diversity and equality.
Ian was quick to respond to any queries and completed the work within the agreed time frame. His illustrations are of the highest quality.
I would absolutely recommend him and definitely work with him again in the future.
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