Steph Baxter

Steph is a freelance illustrator, Hand Letterer and consultant currently based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. She works both traditionally with pen, paper & ink, as well as digitally, and has created some wonderful typographic illustrations for us.

 

Duncan Beedie

Duncan works just down the road from us in Bristol, and has illustrated some fantastic monsters for our Children's stationery. He's also an experienced animator and has worked on numerous projects for TV and web. He likes to get out and about with his dog Ivor, and attempts to be an exemplary Dad to his daughter.

 

Louise Cunningham

Louise has experience creating designs for the greeting card market, surface patterns, packaging, editorials, as well as series of colouring books. We love her retro style which fits perfectly in our Christmas Shakies range.

 

Julie Fletcher

Julie has been illustrating cards and children's books since graduating from art college in Dundee. She uses acrylic paints, coloured pencils and collage in her illustrations, which are lovingly created in her slightly chilly Edinburgh studio.

 

Katherine Hartley

Katherine graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2004 and since then has built up a wealth of creative experience in the stationery industry. She first illustrated for us many years ago, and we were delighted when she came back to design some new Shakies for us.

 

Klara Hawkins

Klara was born in the North West of England in a very pretty, hilly and wet rural area. She now lives with her husband and daughter in Surrey and most days can be found at her desk happily drawing pictures.

 

Kate Mainard

Kate Maynard is a designer and illustrator based in Leicester. She graduated from De Montford University in 2009 and is now an experienced greetings card designer. She has created some beautiful, fun and colourful images for our paper shakes range.

 

Max Ososki

Max Ososki is based in Bristol and has been working with us since we moved here 12 years ago. Her illustrations are created in photoshop using vintage materials collected from all over the world.

 

Claire Shorrock

Claire graduated from the illustration course at UWE in 2011 and lives here in Bristol. As well as working with publishers like us she also illustrates children's books. 

 

Hannah Tolston

Hannah is a freelance illustrator currently based in Stockport, Manchester. She studied at Leeds College of Art and Falmouth University and since graduating in 2013 she has worked with a variety of publishers worldwide.

 

Linda Tordoff

Linda creates whimsical, painterly illustrations and surface pattern designs using a combination of collage, painting, papercutting, drawing and photoshop.

 

Ekaterina Truckhan

Originally from Russia, Ekaterina has lived and worked in London since her graduation from Camberwell College of Arts. She draws her inspiration from everyday life, mid-century illustration and the books she had when she was a child.

 

Nicola Watson

Nicola works from her studio in her home in Manchester, creating colourful illustrations using a mix of painting, drawing and collage. When she's not painting you'll find her with a camera in hand, on the hunt for vintage finds or at a gig or festival.

 

Would you like to work with us?

We're always looking for exciting new artists to work with. If you feel that your work would fit into our range please email some examples or a link to your portfolio to info@jamesellis.com