illustration

This is a small selection of my commissioned illustration.

My illustration is often as part of a broader design project I’m working on; other times my role is purely as the illustrator. I do a lot of vector illustration (the clean, graphic style), but I also enjoy collaging with textures that I’ve painted or photographed, so my style can be quite varied.

Araminta Campbell

< back Araminta Campbell Atelier Scottish textile designer Araminta creates beautiful pieces at her Atelier in Duddingston. The team hand weave luxury tartan, tweed and alpaca products, and also offer a mill-woven range, working with rural artisan mills across Scotland. Araminta asked me to develop her main Atelier brand, for…

Plant Places illustration by helen wyllie — Botanical Garden, Edinburgh

illustration and design for Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Trust

Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum

illustration and design for Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Trust

Jan Tait and the Bear

< back Jan Tait and the Bear – chamber opera animation illustration I created the illustration for an animation for a chamber opera. Jan Tait and the Bear is a Shetlandic folk tale, set when the islands were part of Norway. Jan lived on Fetlar and announced he was going…

East Neuk Festival 2024 cover — East Neuk Festival illustration and design

Illustration and layout design for East Neuk Festival

Helen Wyllie gannet bin, North Berwick — North Berwick belly bin

< back Seabird art for Sustaining North Berwick belly bin Sustaining North Berwick wanted to solve the environmental problem of the bins overflowing and birds being damaged by eating rubbish, so they raised funds to instal six big belly bins around town. They asked six artists to create designs for…

Pinocchio illustration for Citz by Helen Wyllie — illustration and design for Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

Pinocchio illustration and design for Citizens Theatre in Glasgow

Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum

illustration and design for Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Trust

maiden's leap thumb — Historic Environment Scotland

illustration and design for Historic Environment Scotland

You and Me, a loose parts play book — Book illustration and design for East Lothian Play Association

illustration and layout design of You and Me, a book to encourage loose parts play. The book is all about Mica the puffin’s very local adventures.

Alice in Wonderland - helen wyllie illustration — Illustration and design for Macmillan Publishing

illustration for 150th anniversary of the original Alice in Wonderland publication, and for Macmillan’s 400 years of Shakespeare celebrations.

Mindapples 50 ways TFL advert — Illustration for Mindapples charity

50 ways to take care of your mind campaign and other illustration projects.

Brand and illustration for Urban Design Works

brand and illustration for Urban Design Works

Alasdair Nicolson book illustration

Illustration and layout design of composer Alasdair Nicolson’s promotional book

Illustration and design for John Muir Birthplace in Dunbar — Illustration and design for John Muir Birthplace

illustration, branding, print and web design for John Muir Birthplace Trust in Dunbar, East Lothian.

Edinburgh Book Festival illustration

Helen Wyllie’s illustrations for Baillie Gifford Edinburgh International Children’s Book Festival

Wheels on Debussy children’s illustration

illustration and design for children’s theatre and music projects. Also brand design and web design.

Brand, illustration and design for The Moment is Now

brand, web, illustration and print design for mindfulness company Moment is Now

Shakespeare characters for macmillan by helen wyllie

My illustration work has appeared in many Scottish brands, theatre posters, on products and in books, adverts and albums – not to mention a bin outside the chippy in North Berwick and a few shortbread tins for LIDL. My clients include Age Scotland, Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh, Balmoral Castle, Historic Environment Scotland, East Neuk Festival, Macmillan Publishing and the Edinburgh International Children’s Book Festival.

If you’re looking for an illustrator who’s easy to work with, versatile and can think in terms of the broader design project, get in touch!