Simon Whittaker
I’m Simon Whittaker – an illustrative designer with over 15 years commercial experience in creating fun, colourful and quirky visuals for print, digital/web and motion projects.
I have an interest in animation and children’s picture books – something I’m currently working on developing further for my portfolio. I’m also very interested in breaking into the video-games industry in a design or art-related role, and would welcome any advice, assistance or offers in this regard.
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Simon WhittakerSodascream Halloween soda flavours 3D mockup. View Folio
Simon WhittakerThat Pigeon! Picture book concept/mockup. View Folio
Simon WhittakerGeology bannerA large-scale educational banner for a local geology museum, drawn in my "sketchy vector" style. It features interpretations of some of the museum collection, with a little artistic license here and there, and a friendly guide-worm to dispense knowledge and facts where needed. View Folio
Simon WhittakerColumbo: The Animated SeriesI've written before about my love of Columbo, the King of the TV Detectives. Would an animated series be a good idea? Probably not, but they did it for Laurel and Hardy so who knows what could happen. This is my take on what it might look like. View Folio
Simon WhittakerCeral box mascotsA self-initiated series of cereal brands/mascots. View Folio
Simon WhittakerRoman CenturionCharacter from a kids literacy project. View Folio
Simon WhittakerTrophiesA collection of handdrawn trophies. View Folio
Simon WhittakerPNDU collected charactersCharacters created for a video for PNDU Awareness Week. View Folio
Simon WhittakerIf you believe…If you believe… Unused editorial illustration about fertilizer and aiming big. View Folio
Simon WhittakerWoodsmith Foundation infographicA year-end review infographic created for teh Wodsmith Foundation, using an unused logo design and colour scheme concept. View Folio
Simon WhittakerArcadiaSome fictional videogame concepts, personal project. View Folio
Simon WhittakerThe Woodsmith Foundation rebranding conceptsIllustration concepts created as part of a wider rename and rebrand of the Sirius Minerals Foundation charity to the Woodsmith Foundation. Unfortunately they decided to go in a different direction so these were never used. View Folio
Simon WhittakerCover concept for Welbeck Publishing.Cover concept for Welbeck Publishing. View Folio
Simon WhittakerNursery logo conceptNursery logo concept View Folio
Simon WhittakerStill kickin’ it old skoolStill kickin' it old skool illustration View Folio
Simon WhittakerThe King’s HatThe King's Hat – children's picture book concept. View Folio
Simon WhittakerMatilda CoverI love to read, not that I have much free time to indulge any more, and like many illustrators I also love book covers. Occasionally I make my own versions of covers for my favourite reads. View Folio
Simon WhittakerSuperman vs Space InvadersCreated for Planet Pulp's Birth Year theme, a bit of a mashup of two things that came out the year I was born — Superman vs Space Invaders. View Folio
Simon WhittakerAmerican LollyName the famous painting. Initially created for part of a background of another illustration, I went a bit overboard and it became its own thing. View Folio
Simon WhittakerTurn upMy contribution to the Bite the Ballot / Jelly London #turnup social media campaign, aimed at getting young people aged 18–24 to register to vote in the 2017 UK general election. View Folio