Hi, I’m Ceri

I’m a North Wales based illustrator.  I love working traditionally or digitally and am inspired by nature and expressions.  I love the magic that animation can bring to an image.

Illustration as Language.

Illustration can operate as a language in the sense that illustrations can convey meaning whether that be through symbols, visual representations, cultural references, and/or stylistic choices.  However, not all illustration does convey meaning other than depiction of the subject.  Much like verbal languages, visual communication can be coded enabling artists to communicate complex ideas and narratives, e.g. the use of metaphor both visually and verbally has the same function.  In their book ‘Reading Images’, Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen compare visual communication to writing.  They explore how the relationship between the two is not directly proportional in that visual communication doesn’t perform the same linguistic role as written language but that they can be compared through their depiction of meaning.

Skills & Expertise

I am well versed in the creative process and skilled with many different traditional media from oils, through collage to coloured pencil.  I am confident with the Adobe suite, Affinity software, Procreate and other iPad apps.  I have a postgraduate diploma in education (junior school) and am keen to make work that lights up the minds of small children.

Published Articles

Illustration as Language

Illustration can operate as a language in the sense that illustrations can convey meaning whether that be through symbols, visual representations, cultural references, and/or stylistic choices. However, not all illustration does convey meaning other than depiction of the subject. Much like verbal languages,

Illustrating War - 5 Interesting Projects.

Introduction to Illustrating War Why is illustrating war necessary?  Why am I thinking about war?  To me, it is shocking that humans are still resorting to war. We have had so much evidence over history of what damages war causes.  We have such sophisticated tools and techniques at our service,…

3 Best Goofy Expressions

Today I’m talking about how to make goofy expressions, mainly with the intent of creating illustrations with them but they can also come in handy for fun photography moments, on social media and at social gatherings. You never know when you might need to lighten the mood so unleash your inner comedian with these top notch goofy expressions.

Happy Clients

Fantastic collaboration

We were more than delighted to be working with Ceri on our book of poetry, published in 2024, titled, ‘Wildfire: Poems for our Planet and published on Amazon.
From the very beginning of our collaboration, Ceri was a fantastic professional to work with – her design and artistic skills produced a vibrant, beautiful cover that has helped sell the book online and in local libraries.
At each stage of the process, she showed outstanding professionalism and knowledge in illustration and design, and in the IT knowledge required.
We, Lisa Rossetti and myself, highly recommend Ceri and her ability to translate a vision into a real result that means creatives such as ourselves can realise our writing into the finished product.
We are so appreciative of the help Ceri gave us and would love to collaborate with her again in the future x

Catherine Davies
2 February 2025