But what does an illustrator actually do?

Many people (hello Nan) think that being an illustrator means I’m basically Bob Ross, painting waterfalls and trees for the pleasure. If you’re supprised to hear this isn’t the case, take a look at some of my services below to discover what us illustrators get up to for various clients.

  • Commercial Illustration

    Commercial illustration work is for clients who want beautiful illustrations for their usually larger scale businesses. Examples of commercial illustration might include:

    - Editorial Illustrations

    - Illustration and artwork for packaging

    - Artwork for book covers

    - Spot illustrations found inside books, magazines and other publications

    - Art licensing

    - Art merchandising

  • Illustration for small businesses

    Illustration for small businesses includes bespoke and licensed artwork for branding, or on site illustration for location based businesses. Examples of illustration for small businesses might include:

    - Murals for businesses with a physical location

    - Window painting

    - Brand elements (fun pretty bits of art that match your brands existing logo & colours, to use on your menus, letterheads, websites, social media, brand merchandise ect.)

    - Artwork for banner design, for example to be used at market events, shop fronts and social media banners, think decorative boarders and illustrations of your products

    - Artwork for posters, flyers and advertising

  • Private commissions

    Commissioning a private illustration can be a great way to give yourself a unique and personal piece of artwork or give a bespoke gift to a loved one. Examples of private illustration commissions currently include:

    - Pet portraits

    - Home decor commissions

    - Party or wedding invitations

    - Cover artwork for your self published writing

    - Beautiful professional looking artwork for your personal projects

If you’re not sure what kind of illustration you need, or would like to explore what illustration can do for your project or business, drop me a message on whatsapp or email, you’ll find I’m very open and chatty and most artists don’t bite!

✉️ hannahjay.illustration@gmail.com | ☎️ (+44) 07958702735

If you have a project in mind and would like to discuss next steps on working with me, drop me a message with a few more details about the type and scale of your project, your relationship to the project, your ideal deadline for artwork and if you have any specific concepts or ideas you’d like an illustrator to work with, I’ll get back to you within 24 hours to discuss things further.

You can find my contact details above and below. I’m a natural extrovert and I love to talk about art, so don’t be shy and come and say HI! (Sorry for the corny rhyme, my enthusiasm got the better of me).