Illustration Portfolio Sam Osborne

Design and layout of 132 page product brochure including cover illustration.

Two campaign illustrations for electoral reform.

Cover illustration for a newspaper supplement magazine cover about garden DIY

Design of three characters, booklet and poster commissioned as part of a campaign to help parents keep children safe online

Series of 12 black and white line drawing illustrations and diagrams to accompany the self-help book A Little Peace of Mind.

Brand design and illustrations for website and app of a technology company

Series of illustrations for Bulletin Magazine including the cover illustration, inside double page spread and spots

Series of illustrated chapter heading pages for How To Grow…

A series of over 40 illustrations for overseas development charity CAFOD’S World Gifts. Working closely with the CAFOD team, I took their descriptions of each gift and bought them to life with uplifting colour and empowering storytelling.

Lettering based logo for a not for profit art crawl in my home town. The project also included the design of a leaflets and assets for social media.

Hand-lettered trick or treat headline for poster and greetings cards with Halloween illustrations

Illustration and design of marketing material for a property based social enterprise in Oxford.

Illustration created for COG design as part of their regular cultural newsletter.

Illustrations for a workplace reflexology and massage company. For use on website, social media and printed materials.

Series of 120 illustrated objects and concepts for Great Ormond Street Hospital branding.

Series of illustrations and maps for Oxford University’s Oxford for Oxford Secondary Schools programme

Spot illustration to accompany an article about enjoying you outdoor living space.

Series of six spot illustrations that depict the shortlisted Women’s Institute resolutions.

Working with Save The Children’s in house design team I created a series of 13 illustrations for a poster and leaflet to educate children about what they can expect from those looking after them and who to turn to for help.

Series of 26 illustrated animals A-Z used for book and accompanying posters.

Illustration commission for WI Life Magazine consisting of a full spread and two supporting spot illustrations.

Typographic environmental illustration for apparel and accessories.

Poster and social media assets created for #TurnUp to encourage young people to vote.

Book cover illustration for a book about education and the workplace published by OUP  

Series of hand-lettered phrases designed to counter the hyper motivational culture found on social media.

As part of the branding project for Styled by Jessica Rogers I created a series of illustrations to showcase her services.

I created a series of ten illustrations for Wentworth Woodhouse Gardens of the standout features of the garden – from beehives to terraced walks.

Logo featuring custom lettering and illustration

Series of three illustrations about aspects of the Covid-19 lockdown for a charity colouring in book created by First Art. I created both black and white line drawings and full colour versions.

Design and illustration of a kids activity leaflet to accompany the Design Museum’s Cycle Revolution exhibition.

I created a series of 27 illustrations for Lollipop Library to theme each of their book categories – one for each letter of the alphabet plus a story sack.

Oxford map illustration for Forward magazine from Think Publishing

Spot illustration to accompany an article about getting outdoors.

Editorial illustration for a column on not feeling guilty about having a lazy day at home.  

Series of illustrations helping people make informed decisions about how to reduce their environmental impact.

Series of illustrations for a presentation. Commissioned by Penguin Random House.

A series of illustrations created for Emma May Stitching’s online Roman Blind instructional course.

Logo and brand design plus character illustrations for their annual awards promotional campaign.

EarthKind make shampoo and conditioning bars and have an environmental ethos that they wanted to promote as part of a campaign. I worked with the team to create five brand illustrations that were used across various digital platforms.

Illustrations and design for posters, banners and online assets for an educational publisher.

26 individual letter designs

Custom illustration for a marketing agency’s Christmas card

Tastebud Magazine Cover Art for their baking issue.

I worked with Adobe as part of their CoCreate team for Adobe Max 2020 to create a series of illustrated session notes that accompanied Aaron Draplin’s talk at the conference. The illustrations were used across a range of digital and social media platforms.

Illustrations and page layout for a book aimed at older siblings to help them understand pregnancy and the birth of their new brother or sister.

Fully illustrated 12-page book that can be used as a time capsule to record events, thoughts, and feelings during the Covid-19 lockdown. Created for First Art.