Karen Donnelly
Line is my first love. I use a dip pen and a bottle of ink, which no gizmo can beat and then colour up digitally. I have worked across the industry in publishing, advertising, editorial, education and information communication in many busy years illustrating. I offer good drawing skills with energy, movement, humour and emotion built in. Happy to work in fiction, non-fiction, museum/exhibition information, and graphic novel contexts.
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Karen Donnellyherb garden View Folio
Karen DonnellySpook Campteen, middle grade, mental health, fear, bravery, spooky, birds, forest, graphic novel, fiction, insects, trees, outdoors, View Folio
Karen DonnellyAre you a bit of a Jerk?dog cat rivals rivalry sharing psychology personality type trait pets couples home life relationships View Folio
Karen DonnellyK_Donnelly_PIG copypig, chicken, old woman, fairytale, medieval, history, cartoon, costume, children's story book, publishing View Folio
Karen DonnellySchool Nerves View Folio
Karen DonnellyDONNKA_050122_059_brighton_hove_bandstand View Folio
Karen DonnellyK_DONNELLY_Sea RescueC19, British, sea, storm, danger, rescue,heroic, legend, dramatic, lighthouse, keeper, Grace Darling, man, woman, boat, rowing, coast, guard View Folio
Karen DonnellyK_DONNELLY_Jack_1boy, bedroom, identity, mental, health, support, crime, domestic, abuse, recovery, interior, child, View Folio
Karen DonnellyFamily Galleryblack line.people, teen, boy, girl, man, woman, characterElder Care. Wheelchair user. Carer. Grandfather
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Karen DonnellyVideo Callfamily, communication, technology, planning, meeting, global, farmer ,fiction, nonfiction, publishing, editorial, illustration, pandemic, covid, lockdown View Folio
Karen DonnellyK_DONNELLY_Peeling-Tomatoes#illustration #craft #kitchen #hobbies #grandparents #food #cooking View Folio
Karen DonnellyChristmas_eve_cousins kids, sleep, sleepover, slumber party, Christmas, Eve, brother, sister, cousin, winter, festiva,l home, tree, decoration, black, line, white, greetings cards, celebration, Xmas, awake View Folio
Karen DonnellyCross cat on the tilesginger, cat, longhair, furry, plump, fat, large, grumpy, glaring, pets expression, attitude, opposition, mood, animals whiskers, disturb, annoyance, irritation, tiles, floor, character, tail, paws, mood, fur, furry, plump, greetings cards, publishing View Folio
Karen DonnellyK_DONNELLY_ShootingHoopsWithDad-2 final copy#family #mental #health #lockdown #dad #father #son #teen #fiction View Folio
Karen DonnellyLDN_map_K_DONNELLYmap, london, bus ,transport, police, games, activities, learning, education ,travel, route, tourism, View Folio
Karen DonnellyK_DONNELLY_intruderintruder, fear, thief ,night, bed, bedroom ,attic ,Dickens, historical classic, literature,girl ,man, grandfather, Little Nell View Folio
Karen DonnellyK_DONNELLY_Family_breakfast Asian, American, family, breakfast, kitchen, Parents, children, kids, exciting, alarming, news, brother, sister, girl, boy, mum ,dad ,mother, father, city teen, YA, fiction, publishing, urban, family, eat, together View Folio
Karen DonnellyOliver TwistWatercolour, line, The Artful Dodger, innocent, Oliver Twist, pickpocket ,thief, robber, books ,coat, smoking, historic, Dickens, classic, literature, Victorian, British View Folio
Karen Donnellyteenage babysittersblack and white line, tone, cartoon, girls, sisters, friends, teen ,parents, baby, care babysitter, teen, YA, fiction, novel, published illustration View Folio
Karen DonnellyGreat ExpectationsImpoverished illiterate Pip has to play cards with the scornful protege of Miss Havisham, Stella. Dickens. Water colour and line, social, class, superior, inferior, discomfort, shame, disadvantage, advantage, privilege, games, cards, concentration, spooky, watching, Miss Havisham, bride, historical, Dickensian, Victorian, confrontation, conflict, discomfort, awkward View Folio