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Lottie Thomson is an illustrator based in Nottinghamshire in the heart of England, specialising in children’s illustrations full of diverse and whimsical characters.
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.
Lottie is an experienced digital illustrator, working in Procreate on iPad and is experienced in professional digital output for print publications.
Mum to one wildling child, cats called Wednesday and Mina and very fond of fairytales, magic and second breakfast. Always drawn to beautifully drawn children’s literature, she still reads many of the same books she enjoyed as a child to her 6 year old son, a firm favourite being Shirley Hughes.
Loves
- Walks in the woods.
- Peanut butter on toast.
- Yoga.
- Crafting with kids…but not clearing up afterwards.
- A nice cup of tea.
- Cats.
- People who are strange and unusual.
- Reading ghost stories.
- Baking cakes..or brownies…or cookies
- Body positivity and representation of diversity in illustration.
Career
Lottie has worked in illustration, art and design for over 15 years. In 2005 she 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 and how to run an arts business at Nottingham College and continues to exhibit and sell work around the world.
