Illustration by Manchester’s Caroline Dowsett

Caroline Dowsett is a freelance illustrator based in Manchester currently in her second year of studying Graphic Design at Manchester Metropolitan University. Inspired by “pop culture, film, people, graphic novels and everyday life,” Caroline is continuing to develop her own style throughout her education and is now looking prepare for her third and final year.

Digital Portraits by St Petersburg’s Karina Jarv

Artist and illustrator Karina Jarv provides the creative inspiration today, with an exhibition of her latest digital portraits. A graduate of the Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, Karina draws on her interest in the depiction of human faces to inspire her work, believing that a portrait can elegantly reveal so much about a person.

Lincoln Graduate Illustrator Ian Carrington

Illustrator, sniper with a pencil and one time pub quiz champion” Ian Carrington is next to take the stage this afternoon. Currently applying his skills to freelance work, the Lincoln University graduate aspires to build on experience and make illustration and graphic design a full-time profession.