Rachael Spall is an illustrator specialising in character design, and has just completed the BA (Hons) Graphic Design degree course.  As one of the new exhibitors that will feature at Collegiate learning centre later this semester, we asked her to tell us a little about her work.

“These illustrations are from a children’s picture book entitled ‘Lack of a Hat’ that I produced during my final year at university.

I often start out with a narrative and use illustration to tell these stories through character development. 

These characters are essentially puppets and I make them in 3d using various materials. I then photograph the puppets and add more detail digitally, often going on to bring them to life through simple stop motion animations.”

If you didn’t already have a reason to love our student artwork, just look at some of Rachael’s images below.  Who wouldn’t appreciate a giraffe to look at while studying in the learning centre?