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Lottie Thomson (Charlotte Thomson-Morley she/her) is an illustrator, fine artist and library worker based in Nottinghamshire in the heart of England. She specialises in character art that is consciously inclusive of different body sizes, queer and disability friendly, full of personality, warmth and humour.
Growing up surrounded by books in the library where her mum worked inspired Lottie’s love of illustrative storytelling. Form a young age she began to create characters and narratives which led her to art college and a career in illustration and fine art.
Lottie is an experienced digital illustrator working professionally for over 20 years. She creates work in Affinity and Procreate on iPad and can take your ideas from concept to fully-realised artwork, ready to use on social media, for promotional prints, book covers and more.
Lottie is a chronically ill & neurodiverse creative mum to one wildling child, cats called Wednesday Addams, Mina Murray and Lily Munster, who is very fond of fairytales, magic and second breakfast.
Loves
- Walks in the woods.
- D&D
- Star Trek
- Coffee & chocolate
- Crafting with kids…but not clearing up afterwards.
- Cats.
- Reading ghost stories.
- Intersectional feminism
- Queer stories
- Body positivity and representation of diversity in illustration.
Career
In 2005 Lottie graduated from art college and jumped into a career as a self-employed illustrator while securing part time work as an art gallery manager. In 2011 she was headhunted for an illustration role at software developers Serif Europe where, within a couple of years she was heading up the illustration team for the programme Craft Artist, making beautifully illustrated digital character illustrations for crafters to use on their computers and presenting products as a guest on Create and Craft TV.
While at Serif she progressed to take on the role of Artist Relations for their Affinity suite of apps, working closely with external artists, commissioning illustration and photography for marketing campaigns and writing creative tutorials and video presentations. She has also been an guest lecturer in fashion illustration and life drawing at Nottingham Trent University & Nottingham College.
She currently works part time in the Public Library service while running her freelance illustration and fine art business, a Cub Scout Pack and organises group art exhibitions and workshops.