My Red Palette

Inspiration for Everything that's Creative

Subscribe

  • Home
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Giveaways

Impressive illustrator: Georgina Hill

May 28, 2014 By: Preeti Khichacomment

She greets me with a beautiful smile, and a 3-week baby in tow, to her lovely home in Singapore. We decide to spend an afternoon chatting about the work that she does.

I am somewhat familiar with Georgina’s work. I did browse her portfolio before meeting her, but I am excited to see it in person.

Surprisingly, Georgina, has never studied art or design. In fact, she was a diplomat who has lived in England, France and Switzerland, working for the government. She also worked in government relations with a pharmaceutical company. But here she is now, totally focused on design, a passion she carries from childhood. As a kid, she loved doodling, be it cards for family, or sketches of a ski trip for friends!

So how did she get here? “I did some artwork for a friend’s friend, who asked me how much I would charge for my work. That’s when I realized that I could turn my passion into something profitable,” says Georgina. This was four years ago, and she’s never looked back. She poses with one of her works:

GeorginaHill1

Thus, came about Georgina Hill Illustrations, which has done well for her in the last few years. A lot of her clients are ‘corporates’ for whom she does something called ‘live-scribing’ or visual summaries. So what I understand, live-scribing is essentially putting words in pictures. Clients like Unilever, Dulux hire her to attend workshops, corporate meets, and summarize these events through illustrations. Seriously cool. Georgina follows Mike Rohde, who has written a lovely book on visual note taking.

One of the live scribes she did for a TEDx event.

TED1

Prior to her baby, Georgina did a course on Fashion Illustration at La Salle University, Singapore.  I take a glimpse of her sketches and they are so wonderfully creative.

She admits, that what gives her most pleasure is the work she does for private clients. She recently made a lovely illustration for a 40th birthday present. She also enjoys doing wedding invites and bespoke baby announcements.

Georgina12

Georgina13

For now, stationery has been her focus, but moving forward, we may see her illustrations in other goods like textiles. She would rather license her prints though, rather than create a warehouse of goods.

Her style is clean, detail oriented and minimalistic. Her work is not a riot of colours. Instead, black and white lines dominate her work, with a dash of red that she adds in a unique way. We definitely love that!

You can follow her at www.facebook.com/georginahillustrations

{Photos by My Red Palette and Georgina Hill}

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Let’s Connect

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Welcome!

rsz_pretti

Hi, I'm Preeti Khicha. I launched My Red Palette as a creative outlet for beautiful things that inspire me. This is where I share my love of design, photography, art, textiles, handmade goods, food, books and other things that make life colorful. . {Read More}

Featured Post

I recently came across this brand which makes delightful furniture for the home. Founded by Gauri Gopal Agarwal, the company is a social enterprise that works with rural communities of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Their products are lovely to stock around the house. They make lovely stools, benches and canopy beds inspired by designs {Read More…}

Categories

Rights & Usage

All content on the site are copyright of My Red Palette. In case you wish to feature our work on your website or blog please credit My Red Palette. If you would like to publish our work for commercial use, please contact us.

Archives

Looking for something?

Categories

Copyright © 2023 · My Red Palette website by Graphically Designing