Daisy Whittle

I am an illustrator based in Edinburgh. Energetic, colourful and vibrant, my work focuses on themes of narrative, female empowerment and finding joy in the everyday. I enjoy quick methods of working and find reportage extremely rewarding.

My practice values a mixed media approach of traditional and digital methods of making. I’m most familiar working with coloured pencils, watercolour and paper cut out, used in tandem with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Procreate. Printmaking is also hugely important to my practice; I love screenprinting and risograph.

CREATIVE ROLES

2022 – present Head of Graphic Design

Sanitree - a charity tackling period poverty - Responsible for the creation of editorial illustrations, promotional posters and guides, and sanitary pad packaging

- Use of clear and effective communication when collaborating with other subteams

2022 – present Editorial Illustrator

The Edi Magazine - an online magazine

- Experience of working to tight deadlines and finding fast paced visual solutions

2018 – 2019 Marketing Assistant

Jigsaw 24 - IT Solutions and Services - Written editorial work and blogging

- Development of Adobe software skills

2018 Marketing Intern

The Guardian

- Shadowing the head office procurement department from a marketing perspective

FREELANCE PROJECTS

August 2023

Edinburgh Fringe Festival ad campaign, Bedlam Theatre’s ‘Hersterectomy’

July 2023

Mural for the Her Shakti women’s community centre, in Jaipur, India

March 2023

Apple juice label design for Trivor Farmhouse

2022 – 2023

Series of promotional posters for Heavy Flow, a non-profit events organisation

November 2022

Logo design for the Rusty Ski Club

March 2022

Poster design for the exhibition ‘Spider Ontology in a Kaleidoscopic World’

September 2021

Animation for Himmah Food Bank, explaining how to use their People’s Pantry programme

AWARDS

2023 AOI (Association of Illustration)

10 Illustration Graduates to Watch

2023 ECA, University of Edinburgh

Harry More-Gordon Award for outstanding illustration

2023 ECA, University of Edinburgh

The Bookmarks Prize, for innovative use of the book form

2021 The Tab

Top Edinburgh Creatives to Watch

2020 Leeds Arts University

Sustainability Award - Runner Up

2020 – 2023

University of Edinburgh

Illustration B.A (Hons)

2:1

2019 – 2020

Leeds Arts University

Foundation Diploma, Art & Design

Distinction

2006 – 2019

Nottingham Girls’ High School

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