Illustration

The Time Machine







The Time Machine
Poster and flyer/invite materials for theatre production by feminist theatre company Jordan & Skinner.





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Book | Comics

The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide






The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide

READ IT FOR FREE via Creative Scotland
Written by Heather Parry, illustrated by Maria Stoian.

The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide
is a practical resource for the increasing number of artists, makers, writers and other creatives working freelance in Scotland today.

It was created to fill an information gap for creative freelancers to understand their rights and best practices in avoiding and addressing difficult situations.

“The nature of freelancing – often remote, often isolated, with no HR department or workplace union to help you - can make you feel that when things go wrong, it’s simply tough luck. It’s difficult to advocate for yourself and discouraging to sift through pages of government information to try and find out what your rights really are. Even for those of us who’ve been freelancing for a long time, the barriers can feel huge.”






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Illustration

Walk Don’t Walk






Commissioned by Out of the Blueprint for the exhibition Walk Don’t Walk. 

“Walk Don’t Walk is an exhibition of diverse new work by 19 artists, comic makers and illustrators, each pushing the limits of RISO production.

Printed at the Out of the Blueprint studio in the historic Drill Hall, the artwork forms part of an installation by our fellow studio holders, architects & designers Biomorphis, filling the Drill Hall with a huge RISO machine-inspired structure.

Featuring everything from narrative illustration to genre-bending artwork, this exhibition is a vital and vibrant snapshot of contemporary Scottish creativity.”

Photo by Out of the Blueprint.



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Illustration

Justice, Safety and Support







Justice, Safety and Support
This illustrated report is a summary of research on the new domestic abuse law (the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018). 

Thank you to 22 children, young people and adults who generously shared their stories and experiences in this research.
This report was co-designed with 8 children and young people from Glasgow East Women’s Aid (GEWA) and in consultation with the Scottish Women’s Aid Survivors Reference Group, none of whom were participants in the research project. They helped design the leaflet and summarise important research findings.


To learn more and read the full document, go to https://www.gov.scot/publications/justice-safety-support-children-adults-told-researchers-new-law-domestic-abuse/



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Comics

Seeing Things from Both Sides







Seeing Things from Both Sides
I was commissioned by The University of Bedfordshire to produce a series of comics for Our Voices: “a programme of work coordinated by the Safer Young Lives Research Centre (formerly the International Centre: Researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking) at the University of Bedfordshire in the UK.”

This document contains a series of comics on the themes of Readiness and Risk Assessment, Triggering, Feelings of Anger and Frustration, and Public Identity Disclosure. 

To learn more about this project, the process, and to read the full document, visit Our Voices.





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Zine, Comics

Some Comics






Some Comics | Zine

Six stories, some personal, some not. On dreams, witch trials, and late-night worries.

A5, 20 pages, risograph print. 

Available here.

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