Sylvia Humphrey started to draw before she could read or write. She studied art at school, followed later by graphic design andillustration.

Highly creative and passionate about art and design, she also makes stained-glass panels and has tried her hand at botanical illustration, mosaic-making and photography.

Sylvia Humphrey

Illustration Portfolio

Magazine Advertisement

‘Eat fresh Fruit’ is a magazine advertisement designed to promote the consumption of fresh fruit, as outlined in the NHS 5 A Day ‘Just Eat More (fruit & veg)’ campaign. The target audience for the advert is mainly female, in the late 20s to mid 50s age range. The advert was designed for inclusion in magazines such as Healthy (sold in health food shops), and The Vegetarian.

(Student assignment, May 2011).

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Logo for a small I.T. company

Ant Computer Developments is a small company which provides a complete computer support service for small to medium sized businesses. They consider themselves to be small yet powerful and extremely hard working... just like an ant. The brief was to create a simple logo incorporating the name of the company or their initials ACD, not using more than two colours.

(Student assignment, May 2016).

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Logo for a Coffee Shop

Magic Beans is not only a coffee shop serving drinks and snacks, it is also a magic shop selling equipment for amateur magicians.

The brief called for: a logo that will primarily be used on the shop sign, so it must be colourful and striking but very quickly communicate to people passing by what is sold inside, so needs to incorporate something representing the cafe with magical accessories. The words ‘Magic Beans’ are not to be included in the logo, as they will be produced on the sign.

(Student assignment, May 2016).

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Song-lyric Illustration

An illustration created to accompany the lyrics of ‘Close to You’ by The Carpenters:

‘Why do birds suddenly appear,Every time you are near?Just like me they long to be close to you.’

(Student assignment, January 2016).

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Song-lyric Illustration

An illustration drawn to accompany the lyrics of ‘Heart of Gold’ by Neil Young:

‘I want to live, I want to give,I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold’.

(Student assignment, January 2016).

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Stained-glass design

Drawn for an A Level Art course, this is one of a series of six designs with a ‘Marigolds’ theme. The artwork has subsequently been modified in preparation for execution as a copper-foiled glass panel.

(Re-drawn for stained-glass work October 2013).

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Editorial Illustration

Two full-colour illustrations were produced for an article, ‘Winter Boredom Busters for Chickens’. One spot illustration, to measure 40 x 50mm, and a quarter page illustration, to measure 180 x 85mm when published. The spot illustration must match the quarter page illustration in style, but be a separate piece of work and not just a copied section from the larger one.

(Student assignment, June 2016).

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Icon series

A series of five icons, to illustrate the Flora and Fauna of Northumberland. The icons are shown in black and white, and a scheme using three colours.

The icons represent (lower left to right): Meadow cranesbill, ladybird, Northern Brown Argus, adder and linden-tree leaf. The icons are suitable for nature reserve or museum signage and published material.

(Student assignment, August 2011).

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Sketch and Coloured Pencil drawing

Sketch and final coloured pencil drawing, to accompanythe lyrics of ‘Jesus Christ The Apple Tree’ (Anonymous):

‘The Tree of Life my Soul hath seen,Laden with fruit and always green;The trees of nature fruitless be, Compared with Christ the apple tree.’

(Student assignment, January 2016).

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Animal Portrait

Coloured pencil drawing of a cat.

The client requested a drawing of an animal to illustrate Christmas cards. This has been my first attempt at animal portraiture.

(Private commission, September 2016).

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