Bridget Lees Illustration Portfolio

Peacock illustrated for the Bath Spa University Children’s Publishing Page.

Find it here - https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/courses/pg-childrens-publishing/main-column/index.php

First design for a personal project of modernising Little Red Riding Hood. I am hoping to put together the book jacket alongside internal illustrations.

Decorative endpapers for my ‘Stop and Look Nature Book’ which I created.

Lino printing, edited on photoshop.

Final double page spreads for my children’s book I created for my final year children’s publishing module at university.

The book is called ‘The Stop and Look Nature Book’ and is about the hidden parts in nature.

Lino print, edited on photoshop.

Illustrations and words by me.

Illustrations for a university magazine project. These illustrations were used as part of the double page spread contents page.

Created on Procreate.

Illustrations for a university magazine project. This will made up a double page spread and featured a poem about technology and connection in the window.

Created on Procreate.

Double page spreads for my reimagining of the book ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ by Margery Williams for a second year publishing university project.

I reimagined this classic book by creating a concertina book for younger children. This illustrations appeared on one side of the concertina book with the aim of being stood up or stuck to a wall as a backdrop to children playing with their toys. This mimicked the theme of the book: toys becoming real.

Created using Procreate.

Double page spreads for my reimagining of the book ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ by Margery Williams for a second year publishing university project.

I reimagined this classic book by creating a concertina book for younger children. This illustrations appeared on one side of the concertina book.

My digital illustrations were modern and bright unlike previous editions.

Created on Procreate.

Commissioned illustration working to a brief of a peacock on a stack of books.

Created on Procreate.

Illustrations for a university magazine project. This will make up a double page spread and on top will have a poem about how technology and connection.

Created on Procreate.

Illustrated papers for a university module where we have to create an independent magazine. Ours magazine is about connecting the voices of generations around a common theme and this edition we are focusing on technology.

Created on Procreate.

March 2021.

Book cover designs for Penguin Random House’s 2021 Student Design Awards Adult Fiction Category (Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal).

I really loved doing this cover and found focusing on the typography and text my favourite part. I wanted to incorporate the ideas from the book into the cover, so I illustrated the key scenes whilst still keeping the type as bold and centre stage as possible!

Book cover designs for Penguin Random House’s 2021 Student Design Awards Children Category (Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah).

I absolutely loved reading through this poetry collection by Benjamin Zephaniah and was very inspired by the themes within the book, especially the idea of loving the world around us. I tried to include key imagery from the poems so that the more you read the book, the more the cover makes sense. It was also a lot of fun to create some typography for the design!

Illustrations to a brief for the charity ‘Past Your Bedtime’.

Created on Procreate.

Illustrations for a university project where I created a website to display a marketing communications plan and other pieces of work.

Created on Procreate.

Drawing of my room. For the front cover of a short poetry pamphlet.

Drawn on Procreate.

DISCLAIMER: Created for a university publishing project. Made for non-commercial purposes.

Illustrations and gif for a mock marketing project for the release of Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab.

Created on Procreate.