CONTACT
Drop an email if you would like to know more or get a quote:
leah_heming(at)yahoo.co.uk
leah_heming(at)yahoo.co.uk
ABOUT
I'm an art director, illustrator, character designer and concept designer based at Jamaica Street Artists' Studios in Bristol.
WORK HISTORY
• 'A Liar's Autobiography' - Art Director and Designer with A for Animation on the 'Sit On My Face' song section of the 3D stereoscopic animated feature film based on the late Monty Python member Graham Chapman which will be released in Spring 2012.
• 'Driver Dan's Story Train' Series 2 - Story Book Art Director with Aproductions on the animated pre-school Cbeebies television series. Duties: overseeing, art directing and commissioning 52 original picture books from international illustrators (Anna-Laura Cantone, Aurore Damant, . Programme due to air in Spring 2012.
• Character and Concept Designer for animation: I work frequently as a freelance character and concept designer for animation projects (features, series and shorts).
• Character Designer and Illustrator for packaging: I have worked closely for many years with design agencies such as Design Board, Pineapple Design and Mildberry designing characters and pack illustrations for product ranges for clients such as Kraft, Unilever, Blusser, Draps de Rêves
• Picture Book Illustrator - I have illustrated 11 Picture Books with publishers Meadowside Children's Books, Wayland, Editions Auzou as well as illustrating 3 picture books for the first tv Series of Driver Dan's Story Train, one of which is now published by Macmillan.
CLIENTS
A for Animation (for Bill & Ben Productions), A Productions (for Cbeebies), Editions Auzou, Meadowside Children's Books, Wayland, Design Board, Pineapple Design, Mildberry, Out of The Ark, Pixillion Digital.
SOME OF THE THINGS I DO
Fluent in French, English and get by with a little Dutch too!
WHERE I COME FROM
I grew up and was schooled in Belgium where I attended the renowned art school St Luc Tournai.
I then moved to Cornwall in the UK to attend the BA (Hons) illustration degree at Falmouth College of Arts.
After completing the course, I packed up once more and headed for Bristol where I now work and live.
A few year ago, I became a proud member of the Jamaica Street Artists' Studios collective in sunny Stokes Croft, Bristol.
WORK HISTORY
• 'A Liar's Autobiography' - Art Director and Designer with A for Animation on the 'Sit On My Face' song section of the 3D stereoscopic animated feature film based on the late Monty Python member Graham Chapman which will be released in Spring 2012.
• 'Driver Dan's Story Train' Series 2 - Story Book Art Director with Aproductions on the animated pre-school Cbeebies television series. Duties: overseeing, art directing and commissioning 52 original picture books from international illustrators (Anna-Laura Cantone, Aurore Damant, . Programme due to air in Spring 2012.
• Character and Concept Designer for animation: I work frequently as a freelance character and concept designer for animation projects (features, series and shorts).
• Character Designer and Illustrator for packaging: I have worked closely for many years with design agencies such as Design Board, Pineapple Design and Mildberry designing characters and pack illustrations for product ranges for clients such as Kraft, Unilever, Blusser, Draps de Rêves
• Picture Book Illustrator - I have illustrated 11 Picture Books with publishers Meadowside Children's Books, Wayland, Editions Auzou as well as illustrating 3 picture books for the first tv Series of Driver Dan's Story Train, one of which is now published by Macmillan.
CLIENTS
A for Animation (for Bill & Ben Productions), A Productions (for Cbeebies), Editions Auzou, Meadowside Children's Books, Wayland, Design Board, Pineapple Design, Mildberry, Out of The Ark, Pixillion Digital.
SOME OF THE THINGS I DO
- Art direction (animation, publishing)
- Concept design (animation, film)
- Character design (publishing, animation, advertising, brand characters etc)
- visualising and storyboarding (advertising, design and packaging)
- Book cover design and illustration
- Picture book and educational illustration
- workshops and school visits
- exhibition curating
- paint (acrylic, ink, gouache)
- line drawing (pen, pencil)
- vector illustration (illustrator, flash)
- digital illustration (photoshop)
- mixed media (a mix of all or some of the above )
Fluent in French, English and get by with a little Dutch too!
WHERE I COME FROM
I grew up and was schooled in Belgium where I attended the renowned art school St Luc Tournai.
I then moved to Cornwall in the UK to attend the BA (Hons) illustration degree at Falmouth College of Arts.
After completing the course, I packed up once more and headed for Bristol where I now work and live.
A few year ago, I became a proud member of the Jamaica Street Artists' Studios collective in sunny Stokes Croft, Bristol.
