Service Offerings
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Bespoke Surface Repeat Print Design — Hand‑Painted Artwork
A tailored service for clients seeking distinctive, surface pattern designs rendered from original hand‑painted artwork. Specialising in creating meticulously crafted repeats for fashion and home textiles, ceramics, packaging and lifestyle products where the pattern must read beautifully at scale and in production.
What you receive
Initial consultation: a focused briefing to establish aesthetic direction, application, scale, colourways, repeat type, substrate and production considerations.
Concept development: hand‑painted sample explorations (watercolour, gouache, ink, acrylic or mixed media) to establish motifs, composition and colour palette.
Artwork refinement: motif and compositional edits to ensure you are happy with the final design.
Repeat engineering: creation of seamless repeats tailored to the chosen application (half‑drop, basic, brick, placement etc.) with attention to flow, negative space and edge harmonies.
Colour separations and conversion: precise colour matching and palette variations prepared for digital or analogue production processes.
Production files: high‑resolution, print‑ready files delivered in formats suited to you (TIFF, PSD, AI) with layers where needed; swatch libraries and placement flats provided.
Why choose hand‑painted
Authenticity and depth: every brushstroke and texture introduces nuance impossible to replicate by purely digital methods.
Bespoke character: hand‑made motifs yield unique, non‑repetitive qualities that elevate premium products.
Flexible translation: original paintings translate elegantly across scales and materials while retaining a crafted sensibility.
Pricing projects are priced according to complexity, number of colourways, exclusivity and intended production run.
Deliverables checklist
Original hand‑painted artwork (digital scans)
Seamless repeat files (chosen format)
Colourways
Placement flats/mockups
Contract agreement
Commission a bespoke surface repeat and bring the tactile richness of hand‑painted art to your product range — designed to print beautifully, curated for distinction.
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Freelance print and graphic support for busy teams.
Providing expert print and graphic services tailored to busy design teams needing reliable, high-quality support during collection development and production. Our offering streamlines workflow, maintains creative integrity, and delivers technically perfect artwork ready for print.
What we do
Print development: Translate concepts into production-ready repeat patterns and placements, mindful of scale, repeat and fabric/ substrate behaviour.
Artwork clean-up: For bought, vintage or painted artworks that require cleaning to be ready for print production.
Colour updates: Colour management and palette development, including colourway variations.
Placement graphics: Design and adjust placement prints for garments and soft goods from collection artworks provided.
Additional capacity: Seamlessly extend your team during peaks — fast turnarounds, iterative revisions, and project management to keep collection timelines on track.
Why choose me
Production-ready precision: Files delivered to spec for smooth handoff to mills and print houses.
Creative fidelity: Preserve the original design intent while solving technical constraints.
Scalability: Support single SKUs or full collections with consistent quality.
Collaborative process: Clear communication, version control, and responsive edits to integrate into your existing workflow.
Deliverables
High-resolution print repeats and placement files in required formats
Colourway sets
Artwork spec sheets and production notes
Cleaned and optimised master files, ready for print
How we work
Brief and intake: Assess needs, technical specs and target production methods.
Technical execution: Clean-up, repeat development, placements and colour work.
Review and revision: Structured feedback rounds to refine colour and placement.
Final delivery: Organised, labelled files and production documentation.
For teams needing confident technical support that honours design integrity. I provide clear, efficient, and production-ready print and graphic services to keep collections moving forward.
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Character & Creature Illustration for Products and Brand Storytelling
Crafting distinctive character and creature illustrations that embody your brand’s personality and tell stories that resonate. Each design is conceived with strategic intent: to enhance product appeal, deepen brand recognition, and create emotional connections with your audience.
Why this matters?
Characters convert abstract values into relatable personalities. Thoughtfully designed creatures become mnemonic anchors — they make packaging more giftable, campaigns more shareable and product ranges more collectible. With strategic illustration, your brand gains a living asset that evolves with your audience and amplifies long-term recognition.
Offering
Concept Development: Research-led exploration of personality traits, audience profiles and narrative roles to define a character’s purpose within your brand ecosystem.
Visual Identity Design: Creation of original characters or creatures with a clear visual language — silhouette, colour palette, typographic pairing and iconographic treatments — ensuring consistency across touchpoints.
Character Sheets & Turnarounds: Full-expression sheets including front/side/back views, proportions, facial expressions, outfit variations and key poses for manufacturing, animation or merchandising.
Storytelling & Brand Integration: Narrative briefs and usage guidance that place characters within brand stories — product packaging, campaigns, user journeys and in-store experiences — to ensure coherent messaging.
Production-Ready Artwork: High-resolution files optimised for print, web, packaging, surface pattern and embroidery.
Typical deliverables
Creative brief and moodboard
Three concept directions with revisions
Finalised character artwork
Expression and pose sheets
Colour and pattern toolkit
Application mock-ups (packaging, labels, digital)
Production files and licensing agreement
Ideal for
Product lines and packaging
Brand mascots and experiential storytelling
Merchandise and collectibles
Campaigns, animation and social-first content
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Bespoke concept development
Collaborative briefing to define tone, target audience, format and key scenes.
Mood boards, reference sketches and colour palettes to establish visual direction.
Narrative mapping to ensure illustrations support pacing and emotional beats.
Character design and visual worldbuilding
Distinctive character concepts with turnarounds and expression sheets.
Environmental and prop design to create a cohesive, immersive world.
Consistent visual language across characters, settings and supporting elements.
Illustration types and deliverables
Full-page illustrations, spot illustrations and chapter headers tailored to manuscript needs.
Endpapers, covers, maps and dust-jacket artwork available.
Multiple sizes and aspect ratios supplied for print and digital editions.
Style range and customisation
Option for bespoke typography integration and lettering for chapter titles or in-illustration text.
Revisions included at defined milestones to refine composition, colour and character fidelity.
Technical production and file delivery
High-resolution, print-ready files (TIFF, PSD, PDF) at required bleed and colour profiles (CMYK/spot).
Web-ready exports (PNG, JPEG, RGB) optimised for digital publishers and promotional use.
Layered files and editable assets provided on request for future edits or localisation.
Project management and timeline
Clear milestone schedule: concept, roughs, colour proofs, final approvals.
Regular check-ins and annotated proofs to streamline feedback.
Additional services
Cover design and typesetting liaison with print spec guidance.
Promotional artwork: banners, social media assets, posters and merchandise-ready art.
Illustration continuity for series work, ensuring consistent look across volumes.
Getting started
Initial consultation to review your manuscript and objectives.
Detailed proposal with scope, schedule, cost estimate and licensing terms.
Sample sketches available for concept approval prior to commissioning final artwork.
All services delivered with meticulous attention to craft, editorial sensitivity to story, and a refined aesthetic suited to both adult and children’s publishing.