Emily Redfearn (she/her) is an illustrator & animator based in Sheffield, England. Emily’s work focuses on bright, bold shapes and colours, utilised through her quirky character designs. Emily enjoys breathing life into her projects, personifying the inanimate objects she makes her characters from. She also enjoys lettering within her illustrations. Her mediums vary from digital to marker pens and paints. She is also obsessed with her dachshund-poodle Ernie.
Emily is represented in the UK by Roar Artists & Sky Victoria Projects, who you can contact here.
Some of the work Emily have been commissioned for ranges across TV documentaries, TV commercials, social/digital advertising, OOH advertising, GIFs & animations, hand drawn murals, branding assets and poster designs. Emily also speaks at universities such as Sheffield Hallam University as a visiting lecturer from time to time.
Clients: Vodafone, Intel, Quorn, Beauty Kitchen, True North Bewery Co, Heist Brewery Co, Bodog, DCMS, The Leadmill, Terrace Goods, Lucky Fox, The Scout Association, Sheffield Hallam University, Printed by Us, Cathedral Archer Project and more.
Talks/Workshops:
The Big Draw event Calligraphy workshop, Meersbrook Hall 2017
Sheffield Hallam University Design & Illustration Society talk & lettering workshop, 2017
Sheffield Hallam University, Published by lecture series Social Media workshop 2017
Ladies Wine & Design Sheffield, International Women's Day talk 2018
Jaywing experimental Calligraphy workshop, Sheffield 2018
Exhibitions:
Illustration Heroes, Sheffield 2019
99 Mary Street Charity Auction 2018
Sheffield Hallam University Grad Show, 2017, Sheffield Institute of Arts
D&AD New Blood Festival, London 2017
Selected Features:
Creative Boom - 14 graphic designers and illustrators explain why they moved into motion design 2020
Creative Boom - Charity tote bag project 2020
The Star Sheffield - Charity tote bag project 2020
St Luke’s Sheffield - Charity tote bag project 2020
36 Days of Type - Q Submission - 2018
Ladies Wine & Design Manchester - Creative women of the north 2018
Creative Review - Gradwatch 2017
Good Type - Lettering submission 2017
The Design Fix - Lettering submission 2017