northernillo talent

  • Work with Beth

    By blending traditional and digital illustration and collage techniques, Beth’s practice aims to project its own brand of nonsense onto the chaotic absurdity of life, consequently offering a unique lens through which to view the world. Beth’s narrative driven illustrations thrive within editorial and publishing settings.

  • Work with Adam

    Adam, is a versatile and self driven designer with over 18 years of design experience working on greetings cards, children’s books and public art commissions. His style is playful and colourful - easily adaptable for projects and briefs. Adam's work has been used for brands Marks & Spencer's, Disney,  Tesco and more.

  • Work with Shirley

    Shirley Hottier is a French self-taught illustrator based in Edinburgh, UK . After winning the 2021 FAB Prize, Shirley was awarded a Creative Scotland Create:Inclusion Grant and started creating editorial illustrations for Rebel Girls, Save the Children UK and Food and Wine Magazine. Since she's completed her Pop Up Project Pathways into Children's publishing, Shirley has been working on three picture books in the US, with Little Bee Books and the UK, with Otter Barry Books and Simon & Schuster.


  • Work with Evan

    Evan is an illustrator based in Wales creating bold and bright designs. His work reflects his minimalist approach to illustration, conveying ideas through geometric shapes working on projects in advertising, branding, and editorial – bringing his flat, clean style to cover a range of subjects. Evan’s work has won the Haydn John James Layton Drawing and Painting Prize, the UWTSD Innovation and Creative Excellence Award, and the Lagom Design Award for Illustration.

  • Work with Francesca

    Fran brings ideas and stories to life through whimsical illustrations, full of magic and emotion, driven by dynamic characters that help people connect with the work in a meaningful and engaging way. Francesca has so far illustrated 7 children’s books to date, including a Maltese adaptation of ‘The House that Sneezed’ (2020) and the award-winning, Maltese children’s fiction series ‘Irvin Vella, Virtual Investigator’ (2021, 2022, 2023).

  • Work with Sam

    Sam’s charming illustrations are playful, narrative and textured. She often incorporates handmade textures and experimental printing techniques. She makes drawings that reference the vintage picture books she loves and that also feel fresh and innovative. She is currently writing and illustrating her first picture book. She was a finalist for The Bologna Children’s Book Exhibition (2025) and longlisted for The World Illustration Awards (2023, 2024).

  • Work with Chris

    Chris Madden is a designer and illustrator from Manchester, UK. He possesses a keen eye for detail and a passion for editorial design, traditional printmaking, and mid-century poster design. With over 14 years of experience as a conceptual illustrator, He loves to tackle challenging problems with creative solutions. 

  • Work with Carl

    Producing artwork in a variety of different disciplines working through commercial employment, personal projects & public exhibitions. Carl has collaborated with a range of international clients, studios and agencies, working within illustrative design and motion projects which have included product, character, branding, advertising, poster and mural design. Clients include BBC, NHS and SKP (China).

  • Work with Gill

    Known for collage, which she creates from textured and patterned papers made using various media, Gill relishes building a scene, whether it’s a rural landscape, cityscape or historic house and gardens, adding in details from the natural world. Her illustrations have been licensed for greeting cards, sold in galleries and appeared in Uppercase and Contemporary Collage Magazine.

  • Work with Genevieve

    Genevieve has illustrated two picture books and has been longlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2022 and 2024, longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. All her illustrations have a handmade feel, making use of pencil marks and paint textures to create personality and detail.

  • Work with Hannah

    Hannah’s work represents her interests in editorial and advertising, a passion for travel, food and botanical illustration. Hannah enjoys working in a loose and playful style with bold eye catching colours, with a love of working with traditional materials, showcasing hand drawn textures and typography.

  • Work with Kerry

     Focussing of subjects from popular culture, Kerry’s work is applicable to editorial, advertising, and available for licensing opportunities.

  • Work with Tony

    Tony is an illustrator based in York, specialising in creating vibrant and quirky illustrations that capture the essence of everyday life. His work features playful characters, bold colours, and surreal proportions.
    He has had the pleasure of creating illustrations for magazines, posters, and licensing, always striving to bring a sense of warmth, humour, and authenticity to his work.

  • Work with Sarah

    Sarah aka Snids, inspired by her love of film culture of the 1980s & 90s, music (especially The Beatles) and Tayto crisps, resulting in a eulogy of alternative film posters, album covers and portraits. Whilst primarily working in digital illustration, she also is a keen animator and character designer.

  • Work with Georgia-Maia

    Georgia-Maia is an illustrator based in Lancashire, creating engaging illustrations inspired by the small joys and chaos of the day to day. Her signature illustrative style has been featured on editorial blogs, magazines, newsletters and in 2024 her first book cover.