Art Licensing Portfolio
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Some of our clients include...
Victoria Ball
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Victoria Ball is a British illustrator and surface designer based in the South West of England. She is passionate about colour and exploring new ways to make pictures, whether by hand using traditional methods and collage or digitally. Since graduating from Falmouth Collage of Arts back in 2002, she has produced artwork for book jackets, children’s books and TV, limited edition prints, magazines, ceramics, packaging and branding for clients based all over the world. Having worked in-house and as a freelancer from studios in London, Bath and Bristol, she is now settled at her home studio in the vibrant Somerset town of Frome, where she lives with her illustrator husband and their children.
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Soley & The Bear
Soley & the Bear was born from artist Bea Müller’s love of her daughter Soley. This sparked the inspiration to create an inclusive brand that draws on natural themes to portray the bond between caregiver and child. The Bear represents protection, a strong embrace and the power in every parent or guardian. Through beautiful illustrations of nature Bea encourages those making the journey towards a more sustainable and balanced
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existence. Soley & the Bear draws upon this connection to create an open and inclusive space empowering women from all backgrounds to thrive and create positive change.
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Jane Newland
Jane Newland is an illustrator from Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom. Since graduating from Maidstone College of Art with a degree in illustration, her extensive freelance experience has covered a broad range of clients. Jane’s clients include Anthropologie, Times Square Hong Kong, Vogue, The Art Group and Templar Publishing. Jane employs both traditional and digital
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techniques in her work and admits to having a bit of an obsession with detail!
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JAN E N E W L AN D
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Jessica Smith
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Jessica Smith is a recent graduate from Falmouth University and is currently living in a small town near Oxford. Her work consists of simple shapes and bright colours, she makes these work by layering these shapes and playing with opacity and shadows. She enjoys working conceptually and so scale and perspective play a large role
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within the images that she makes. Her work comes across fairly decorative at first but she tries to include other hidden things within it. Jess’ clients include Simon & Schuster, Scholastic and Oxford University Press.
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Suzanne Washington
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Suzanne has been working as an illustrator and surface pattern designer since graduating from Loughborough University in 2004 with a BA in Printed Textile Design. Suzanne began working as a print designer for nightwear, swimwear and lingerie for a high street brand but since going freelance has designed and sold artwork globally for fashion, home and kids products including several commissions for Harrods and vintage style
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fashion brand Lindy Bop.
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Ashley Dugan
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Ashley Dugan is an illustrator based in Fort Worth, Texas, where she lives with her husband and their 3 daughters. After spending most of her career in Graphic Design and Art Direction she transitioned to pursue her true passion of illustration. Ashley loves projects that challenge and push her skills further. She loves to use bright, bold color
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palettes and play with rich textures.
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Joy Laforme
Joy Laforme is an illustrator and artist living in New Jersey. She attended the Savannah College of Art and Design where she obtained her Master of Arts in Graphic & Interactive Design. She went on to illustrate for a broad range of products, including puzzles, stationery, textiles, book covers, galleries, murals, and more. Joy’s select clients include Galison, Hodder Publishing, Stripes Publishing, HGTV Magazine, Wentworth Puzzles, Barnes & Noble,
About the artist
Graphique De France, and Trader Joe’s. She enjoys creating in both digital and traditional techniques, many times in a mix of both. She is influenced by vintage animated films, Fauvism and American Folk Art, and incorporates these styles into her signature aesthetic.
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Becca Hall
Becca Hall is an illustrator, originally from The Lake District, now following her lifelong dream of living in Cornwall.She especially enjoys working with a range of media and materials to bring charm and warmth to her illustrations. Becca graduated from the Manchester School of Art in 2014 with a first class honours degree, where she also won the Alumni Award for illustration.Since graduating, she has been continuously working as a freelance illustrator,
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designing her own ever expanding range of giftware, and collaborating with a broad range of clients, including books for international publishers, maps for Lake District National Park, and multiple ranges of best selling Christmas Hampers for Lakeland.
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Claire Lefevre
Claire Lefevre graduated from Portsmouth University in 2007 with a degree in Illustration and she’s been working in creative roles ever since. Her fun, slightly tongue-in-cheek designs are inspired by life, fuelled by a good-natured sarcasm, and bursting with colour and humour. She drinks tea like it’s going out of fashion, and loves cake (but she’s really trying to eat less of that these days).
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Claire lives and work in the Eden Valley in beautiful Cumbria, UK, with her husband, two boys, three dogs and twenty chickens (at the last count!).
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Sarah Long
Sarah Long graduated with her illustration degree from Cambridge School of Art in 2004 and headed off into the sunset. Not really. She needed to get a paid job. She started off her career at Caroline Gardner before moving into giftware, where she designed bags, ceramics and textiles from initial concept to final product. This also involved working with licensors designing products for The Beatles and Moomin. When she’s not happily illustrating or
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starting a new interiors project, you can find her encouraging her children to colour outside the lines or having a mini rave in the kitchen to songs that are probably aimed at a much cooler/younger age bracket.
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Claudine Rose
Claudine Rose was born and raised in Luton, UK, once famous for a flourishing hat-making trade.Heavily influenced by her mother, who worked as a milliner and embroiderer, Claudine knew from an early age that she wanted to live a creative life.With a degree in Textile Design and Surface Decoration, her love of textiles is expressed through her work today where fabric and stitch details often feature. Over 20 years experience in the greetings card industry
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has given her the skills to create many varied styles demonstrating a diverse portfolio. During this time Claudine has continuously designed a well-known best selling handmade card range, which has won the prestigious Henries Award on numerous occasions.
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Veronika Kotyk
Veronika Kotyk comes from blooming Kyiv, Ukraine. Interesting detail: Her surname is Ukrainian for “Cat.” The Publishing and Printing Institute was Veronika’s home for 4 years while she was training to be a Graphic Designer & Illustrator. A big lover of nature and wild cats, Veronika travels a lot and her inspiration comes from exotic fauna and folk art.
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She likes painting with gouache and acrylics, but she also works digitally and often combines both.
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Maja Anderson
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Maja Anderson was born and raised in the U.S. to danish parents, and when she was young, she was given the danish version of “Pippi Longstocking” illustrated by Ingrid Van Nyman which have been an inspiration to her ever since. After graduating with a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio, Maja worked for Hallmark Cards, illustrating a variety of greeting cards, gift books and apparel. Maja’s inspiration comes
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from international folk art. Her hobbies include drawing on cocktail napkins, flamenco dance lessons and cats!
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Mary Atwood
Mary is an illustrator exploring color, solving problems, and creating work inspired by her travels, folklore, nature, and Taiwanese-American heritage. She has enjoyed both in-house and freelance design roles over the past 8 years, creating illustrations and patterns for home decor, stationery, textile, and gift products carried by several stores including: Target, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Whole Foods, and lovely local boutiques. Equipped with a drawing
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tablet and a desk constantly covered in plants and various objects for studying, gouache and watercolor paints, and a large collection of brushes and pencils, her passion is to learn and grow through making work that sparks both curiosity and inspiration in others.
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Sanja Rescek
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Sanja Rescek lives in Zagreb, where she studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts. She has illustrated more than a 120 books which have been published in many different languages. Some of her clients are Simon and Schuster, Random House, Scholastic and Macmillan. She has illustrated a successful Itsy Bitsy collection of books for Simon and Schuster. She also enjoys creating greeting cards, patterns and giftbags. Her artwork was
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featured on the UNICEF cards among others, such as American Greetings, Papyrus, Noel Tatt, Paper Rose etc. Her Hazy Days range of cards, published by Paper Rose were finalists for Henries Award 2019.
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Allira Tee
Allira Tee is an illustrator and author based in Melbourne, Australia. She studied graphic design at university and worked in the industry for over ten years, before she found her passion in illustrating. She loves animals and people watching and discovering the uncanny behavioral similarities between the two. Animals, nature and travelling are a constant inspiration
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in her work. She has worked on a variety of commissions with clients from around the world, including Quarto (Ivy Press), Gardening Australia, Berbay Books, HarperCollins, Museums Victoria and Country Living UK.
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Karl James Moutford
Karl James Mountford is an illustrator who works in both traditional and digital media. He has created artwork for such titles as ‘The Uncommoners ‘ by Jennifer Bell, published by Penguin Random House (2017), and ‘The Peculiars’ by Kieran Larwood with Chicken House publishing (2018), to name just a couple. Karl specialises in book cover design and chapter illustrations but also works on picture books, with recent titles including ‘Maurice the
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Unbeastly’ by Amy Dixon, published by Sterling Children’s Books (2017), and ‘The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth’ by Ellie Hattie with Little Tiger Press (2017).
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Bea Müller.......... 01
Caitlin Keegan.... 28
Jane Newland.... 06
Ashley Dugan..... 33
Laylie Frazier...... 11
Joy Laforme....... 38
Vanja Kragulj...... 16
Becca Hall.......... 43
Jessica Smith.... 23
Victoria Ball........ 48
