Contact : carlygillhamillustrations@gmail.com

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Experience

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• Cartoonist – Reality Vs Fantasy - Helen Saevold, Photographer (2018-2019)

Produced all art assets for the book Reality Vs Fantasy. Working with Helen to Illustrate the people she photographed in a semi-realistic style, including all assets for the book from cover to typography.

 

• Character designer – Webpage mascot- University of Gloucestershire (2018)

I evaluated the brief ideas my client had, thumbnailing his first ideas and expanding on how they could be used in the webpage. With the base design approved, I had to simplify the design to standout on the brightly coloured webpage, so that the mascot design could direct student to were to go through the website.

 

• Story Illustrator - Unseen magazine - Pittville press

Issue 6 - At the Magic Hour, Issue 5 - submerged, Issue 4 ­- In the sky (2015-2017)

Analysing the brief given to me, thumbnailing first thoughts.

After getting the ok on the ideas liked best, I given free range to design a single-story illustration representing the brief that would captivate readers of the magazine, while sticking to limited colours to be printed as a Risograph.

 

Skills

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Character artist for comic books, animations, and video games

• Strong drawing skills  

• Great understanding of design for comics and animations

• Cartooning

• Perspective

• Layout

• Colour theory

Proficient in adobe photoshop, adobe illustrator, clip studio paint, procreate and more.

Produces high quality work fast, in digital formats.

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Story artist for comic books, animations, and video games

• Strong understanding and visual storytelling

• Cartooning

• Perspective

• Framing, Layout, and staging

Proficient in adobe photoshop, clip studio paint, clip studio paint animator, procreate, Storyboarder and more.

Produces high quality work fast, in digital formats.

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Education

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• Masters of illustration,

 University of Gloucestershire – UK, Cheltenham (2018-2020)

• BA-Hons honour of illustration

University of Gloucestershire – UK, Cheltenham (2014- 2017)