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Kidlit

Colourful, characterful design and illustration for children's publishing and educational projects. From books and editorial to supporting graphics and promotional material, I create work that brings stories, ideas and characters to life to engage the young and the young at heart.

If you've got a children's educational or publishing project in mind, .

Illustrated large scale display background for geological museum
3D render of a cute, fuzzy cartoon bumblebee with a smiling face and red nose, flying next to purple flowers in a grassy field.
Mockup of picture book cover concept showing three whimsical black and white hooded figures standing in front of Stonehenge replicas made out of different materials.
Goat Boy and the Rise of Dr. Mandrake book cover mockup featuring colourful cartoon illustration characters.
Dot 2D sketches
Children's picture book illustration for Connie the Barbarian, showing a roaring toddler playing in a messy room.
Friendly cartoon yeti character design in a walking pose, waving with a happy smile. Cute abominable snowman.
Children's book illustration of a ginger cat juggling colourful balls in an alleyway for an audience.
Colourful illustrated cereal box mockups featuring retro cartoon character designs for custom food packaging.
"The Knight School Rules" book concept, personal project, featuring cartoon knights in armour.
Development artwork for a picture book version of “The Fussy Carrot”
The Investigator children's book concept mockup
Illustration of Lieutenant Columbo in the style of an old cartoon, "Columbo: The Animated Series".
That Pigeon! book mockup cover
Animal Alphabets Movie Monster Twitter prompt illustrations – The Babadook
The King's Hat, picture book concept/mockups
Matilda by Roald Dahl – illustrated book cover
Sun illustration for STEM based board game for Scarborough Engineering Week
Illustrations for The National Literacy Trust Revolutionary Romans project

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“We asked Simon to create a portrait as the winning prize for our Extreme Readers competition – which saw children all over the North Yorkshire Coast reading in weird and wonderful places. Simon kept us up-to-date throughout the process and created a beautiful drawing… the winning family absolutely loved it.”

Hannah Riley

National Literacy Trust

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