Daisy Whittle
Freelance Illustrator
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About
I am an illustrator based in Edinburgh. Energetic, colourful and vibrant, my work focuses on themes of narrative, female empowerment and finding joy in the everyday. I enjoy quick methods of working and find reportage extremely rewarding.
My practice values a mixed media approach of traditional and digital methods of making. I’m most familiar working with coloured pencils, watercolour and paper cut out, used in tandem with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Procreate. Printmaking is also hugely important to my practice; I love screenprinting and risograph.
Experience
CREATIVE ROLES
2022 – present Head of Graphic Design
Sanitree - a charity tackling period poverty - Responsible for the creation of editorial illustrations, promotional posters and guides, and sanitary pad packaging
- Use of clear and effective communication when collaborating with other subteams
2022 – present Editorial Illustrator The Edi Magazine - an online magazine
- Experience of working to tight deadlines and finding fast paced visual solutions
2018 – 2019 Marketing Assistant
Jigsaw 24 - IT Solutions and Services - Written editorial work and blogging
- Development of Adobe software skills
2018 Marketing Intern The Guardian
- Shadowing the head office procurement department from a marketing perspective
FREELANCE PROJECTS
August 2023
Edinburgh Fringe Festival ad campaign, Bedlam Theatre’s ‘Hersterectomy’
July 2023
Mural for the Her Shakti women’s community centre, in Jaipur, India
March 2023
Apple juice label design for Trivor Farmhouse
2022 – 2023
Series of promotional posters for Heavy Flow, a non-profit events organisation
November 2022
Logo design for the Rusty Ski Club
March 2022
Poster design for the exhibition ‘Spider Ontology in a Kaleidoscopic World’
September 2021
Animation for Himmah Food Bank, explaining how to use their People’s Pantry programme
AWARDS
2023 AOI (Association of Illustration)
10 Illustration Graduates to Watch
2023 ECA, University of Edinburgh
Harry More-Gordon Award for outstanding illustration
2023 ECA, University of Edinburgh The Bookmarks Prize, for innovative use of the book form
2021 The Tab
Top Edinburgh Creatives to Watch
2020 Leeds Arts University
Sustainability Award - Runner Up
Education
2020 – 2023
University of Edinburgh
Illustration B.A (Hons)
2:1
2019 – 2020
Leeds Arts University
Foundation Diploma, Art & Design
Distinction
2006 – 2019
Nottingham Girls’ High School
A* A A - Art, Eng Lit, History
