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colourful lettering saying "you will find your way"

book cover illustration and lettering for "Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge" with a vintage vibe, victorian bottle and typography

Lettering for "Inclusion is not bringing people into what already exists, it is making a new space, a better space, for everyone" a quote by George Dei

Packaging for Lush for their Snow Fairy line, illustration showing a snowboarding fairy, perfect for winter and christmas

Infographic with Illustration and Lettering depicting the Hand Reflex Zones

A greeting card for licensing for Mother's Day, saying "You are the best Mum I ever had"

a greeting card quoting a Beatles song, depicting the Beatles, flowers a pink sun and a lettering saying "With love from me to you"

A poster design for the book launch for Rebecca Solnit's new book "The Beginning Comes After the End", showing a lettering saying "You Can Cut Down the Flowers But You Can't Stop The Spring", showing a whistle hands with gardening scissors, door handles, night sky with stars, flowers, blooms, a sun and cherubs to reference destruction and new pathways

A 70s style illustration showing a women's head with bright, colourful hair and a lettering saying "What a Trip - Can Psychedelics Cure Depression?"

Lettering of a quote by Stephanie Sylverne from an article published at the online platform Medium saying "Travelers, traders, invaders and nomadic people from all over the world have always carried their cultures and genes back and forth across constantly changing borders."

Lettering for an editorial for les Echos saying "Tout le Monde a la Capacite d'être créatif"

Illustration showing an 80s style radio with a bunch of stickers on top referencing music icons like David Bowie and Madonna and 80s pop culture for an imaginary ad for the fictitious radio station sunny sounds

An Illustration showing leaves, florals and foliage with a lettering saying "You're strong than you think" for a puzzle

Lettering saying "stay strong and hopeful in these difficult times". I created this during the pandemic

Lettering saying "thank you", the letting is in 3d and sitting on a stamp design

Editorial for Empire, a magazine focussing on film. This was for an article for the release of the film adaption of Judy Blume's book "Are you there God? It's me Margaret."

Inforgraphic depicting the life of Theodor Wonja Michael, a black man who had to work at a human zoo and lift during the nazi regime. He was a journalist, actor and speaker talking about living under the Nazis and in the concentration camps as an Afro-German

An illustrated map of Sardina showing some famous spots on the island like the Grotta di Nettuno and some holiday related spot illustration (people swimming or snorkeling, a girl eating ice cream)

illustrated lettering saying "Underdogs" with lots of notes to dog sounds (barf, growl, ruff, are)

Lettering saying "Take that Label off" and a n illustration a a hand taking a label off the bottom of the lettering

This was for a talk I held at goodtype's Kernference "Caring for Each Other. Mental Health in the Creative Industry"

Lettering in 3d saying "Nachos and Noodles"

an illustrated map of "Movies of New York" referencing films like Kevin alone in New York, The Godfather, A Bronx Tale, Spiderman, Saturday Night Fever, Ghostbusters, Gangs of New York, King Kong, Night at the Museum and Westside Story

Vector illustration for a Jazz Festival showing lots of humans and plants, animals and music instruments

Fantasy book cover design for the book "Geschenk-o-kalypse". Showing a fairy with wavy green hair and a mantis. I used lots of green and orange tones for this one

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