Birth Of An Issue
Punk zine front cover, editorial. Pen and paper old school style.
Yellow City Explodes
Mixed media conceptual illustration exploring movement, architecture and colour.
Thinking Is Not Doing
Playing with typography exploring action, reflection and visual communication.
Machines RE-DO
Book cover illustration exploring existential criseses posed by Ian McEwan in his best seller Machines like me.
I Can Read
Comic commenting on instant gratification and quick fixes. The scummy nature of many 'self help' books.
Saturday RE-DO
Book cover using mixed media for another best seller Saturday by Ian McEwan.
The Weak
Editorial illustration combining humour, typography and graphic storytelling.
No such thing as bad
Experimental illustration combining typography, texture and narrative imagery.
Who Cares?
Visual diary entry style sketches on the move in London.
Lost Girl
Character-led illustration combining narrative, imagination and mixed media.
Cool Guy
Playful character illustration exploring humour, personality and form.
Rabbit In Heels
Character design, expressive drawing.
Odd
Experimental book cover illustration combining typography, texture and narrative imagery. Self-led project.
The Killer Caterpillar
Experimental book cover graphic illustration combining typography, pixel art.
Leaky Pipes
Comic, again complaining about utilities.
My Way
Hand-lettered typography artwork exploring identity and personal expression.
20:13
Experimental narrative imagery.
Fire is good
Comic diary entry when I couldn't afford to pay my gas bill. texture and narrative imagery.
Big Sigh...
Comic strips done on public transport.
Silly Snake
Narrative comic about a silly snake.
STAR
Comic strip mind vomit.
Sojourner Truth Dossier
Dossier dedicated to Sojourner Truth Part 1
Sojourner Truth Dossier
Dossier dedicated to Sojourner Truth Part 2
Sojourner Truth Dossier
Dossier dedicated to Sojourner Truth Part 3
about
Valerie Gallery graduated from Middlesex University in 2023, gaining a BA in Illustration, Foundation year in Visual Arts and Cartooning Fundamentals course from UAL. Open for projects so drop an email!
The work explores humour, anxiety, strange creatures, memory and everyday observations through drawing and image-making.
Part diary. Part scrapbook. Part visual playground.