A little bit
About ME
Hi I’m Lou! I’m a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Artist and if I had it my way….the first to show an alien my doodles!
With a background in Fine art, illustration and animation, I have honed my craft towards other such delights within design and artistic mediums.
My portfolio showcases a variety of typographic creations, character conjuring, and design work from branding to publication. But what else do I get up to when I’m not doodling away? Scroll a little further to find out!
Some of my
HOBBIES
Bookworm
I love getting lost in other worlds, hyperfixating on bringing things from those worlds into reality!
Gamer
Be it on handheld, console, pc or traditional tabletop game – count me in! Humble brag: I have platinumed Overcooked 1 and 2 with my partner and it didn’t cost our relationship!
Cooking
Lover of all cuisines, suiting a variety of health and dietary requirements – I’ve many recipes I can share! I regularly make made Mead (with my partner) and have dabbled with many fruit-based wines in the past.
Crochet
& Weaving
I love working with fabrics and textiles, and it’s also quite meditative.
Mother of Cats
/ Natural Druid
Grog is my current fur-baby, I love gardening (I’ve been told I have green-fingers) and have successfully raised and released rescued wild birds (blackbird, song thrush & pheasant), there are more wildlife stories to tell, but I’ll keep some back for the Fairyloot breakroom!
Aspiring
Writer
I love stories. I love reading them, watching them, playing them. I have so many of my own worlds that I want to write about, and although it is early days, it’s happening. (Slower than I’d like). One day, I hope to give back, and share my worlds with everyone who dares to try them!
A Short Summary of
SKILLS
Typography & Typeface Design
Custom fonts with alt glyphs and optimised kerning.
Publication
Design
Full cover & spine, interior pages, lamination and foiling. Print organising / communication with printers and publishers for a wide range of books, brochures, catalogues, comics, magazines, smaller leaflets / booklets.
Character Design
& Illustration
Drawn and Painted in a wide range of styles for any application; video games, TTRPG and D&D groups, MMORPG (World of Warcraft) custom requests.
Branding
& logo
Complete set-up for new businesses with logo design, brand styling and colour codes.
Product
design & creation
Merch for several shops, groups and bands; ranging from clothing, mugs/tumblers and accessories as well as custom enamel pins.
Packaging
design & POS
Custom net design for box inserts, slip cases, wrap-arounds, repeatable pattern tiles.
Digital
& web media
Posters, banners, social media profiles & posts. Full media packages for professional streamers including animated emotes.
Advertising
media
Everything from business cards to billboards, even vehicle wraps!
Photography
& Photo Restoration
Professional photography, image enhancement and restoration.
Textiles
Clothing template design & creation; custom hoodies, cropped tees, tank tops, bags, cushions.
Animation
2D, 3D and Stopmotion.
Video
I’ve made content to promote kickstarter projects, my most popular one was for BioWare’s Mass Effect Citadel model.
Experience in
SOFTWARE
Adobe Suite
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere & After Effects.
3D software
Maya, Unreal Engine, Unity, Zbrush, Anycubic, Lychee, Nomad.
Google & Microsoft Suites
Docs / Word, Sheets / Excel, Slides / Powerpoint.
Other Tools & Apps
Procreate, GitHub,