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Leanne Armstrong is a graphic designer and illustrator based in London. Under the name of Leanne Creative, she produces creative artwork for businesses and individuals as well as owning her own range of greeting cards and gifts under the Royalty Collection.

Leanne’s collection of products aims to represent and celebrate people from the African (and Asian) diaspora and feature unique portraits using her signature poly-vector style. Each item is designed to be cherished and help boost self-esteem whatever the occasion.

The Royalty collection was born after Leanne entered a design competition in 2016 for Film Africa - a programme of events celebrating African filmmakers - where she submitted a piece which came second place after being nominated by industry professionals. After the amazing feedback online, Leanne decided to put this artwork onto greeting cards and since then the range has grown to over 80 items including bookmarks, magnets, mugs, coasters, badges and more! She believes that her items help address the balance of representation in the greeting card and stationary industry and hopes to become the go-to company for diversely representative items.

As well as designing, Leanne would consider herself an all-round creative (hence the name!) and also writes books and blogs, having released her debut children’s book called MY WORLD in October 2020, which she wrote and illustrated. She has also illustrated several other children’s books for self-published authors. As well as this, Leanne writes a regular blog on her website where she speaks about representation, black experiences and her creative ventures.

Leanne enjoys releasing her creativity through artwork and writing and hopes that people who are often underrepresented feel reflected and celebrated.

Shop: leannecreative.etsy.com Instagram: instagram.com/leanne_creative (@ leanne_creative) 10Website: leannecreative.com