Dublin Zoo

I was thrilled to be commissioned by Bright Agency to work on Dublin Zoo’s refurbished Rainforest House.

Working with Bright, I illustrated multiple large-scale and smaller infographic artworks for a variety of displays and interactive elements. I worked on various rainforest assets to use across branded material, as well as glass decals for the animal enclosures.

I also created illustrations for the house exterior, which talented mural artist Alexandra brought to life.

Photographs © Michael Nicholson at Bright Agency. Thanks to my agents @theartworks_inc and @mendolaartists!

Creative Process: Illustration Timelapse

Here’s a short timelapse video I created to show my illustration process in Adobe Illustrator.

I create silhouettes using a small Wacom tablet- starting with a pencil sketch, I’ll then draw all of the elements separately digitally- characters, background details, etc, before piecing them together and layering them up- almost like playing with the stage set of a shadow theatre. I love hiding really small details in my work and will often find that I’m working on an area of an illustration for ages, before zooming out and realising that it’s only the size of a postage stamp!

Creative Process Timelapse

This illustration was created for Kamila Shamsie’s Duckling, part of the Fairy Tale Revolution series published by Vintage Books.