Hello, I’m Mair and I’ve been making pictures since I could hold a crayon but I’ve been running my animation and illustration business since 2010 and established the company in 2012.
I’ve always been interested in telling stories, sharing knowledge and problem solving through images. As I kid, I loved illustrated fact books and encyclopedias, cartoons, anime, comic books and video games which all still influences my artwork today!
My speciality is character focused animation where I work with my clients to develop characters and scenarios to tell a story and communicate a message. Over the years, I’ve worked on all sorts of projects but I’m particularly passionate about sustainability and the environment, education and both physical and mental health. I love the idea that awareness can be raised and positive change can be made through visual storytelling. I’ve won some awards related to this and I’m a member of the East Midlands Low Carbon Business Network.
As a hands on, independent creative business owner, I’m experienced with idea generation, script writing, storyboarding, art direction, character design, illustration, animation production and all the project management, communication and organisational stuff that goes with that. I also work with a team of creatives in the East Midlands who help with other production tasks.
Not only do I thoroughly enjoy working on the artistic, technical and management parts of projects but clients are able to deal directly with the creative person producing their project.
Currently I live in Derby, UK with my husband but I grew up in County Durham in the North East of England. When I was quite young, my family and I lived in New Zealand.
Feel free to contact me if you’d like to talk over a project idea.
Workspace photos
My desk with sketches, storyboards and animation work.Other desk with a drawing pen display set up. Working on an animation here.Street view outside the office on St Mary’s Gate in Derby.
Clients
The World Economic Forum
The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
The BBC
Channel 4
Lancaster University's Environmental Research Department
Occasionally I've been in the newspapers or local radio regarding my work. Read all about it.
IMDB Credits
I've gained a couple of IMDB credits for animation over the years.
Publications
Some of the books I've illustrated are available on Amazon.
2016: The Light Bringer book cover illustration
2015: Happy Ponies Book One and Two (Children’s book)
2014: Doodler’s Anonymous Colouring book vol 4
2014: Amazing Iggles (Children’s book)
2014: Fairytales and Nursery Rhymes … the gruesome truth (Children’s book)
2014: Goat’s Cheese (Children’s book)
2013: Boris the Lost Badger (Children’s book)
2012: Magazine advert illustration for Total Guitar
2011: GOSH Monster’s book. Illustration contribution for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
2010: Editorial illustration for Dusted magazine
2008: Digital painting tutorial for .PSD magazine
TV, Film, Festivals and Exhibitions
2016: Artwork featured in Derby Museum and Art Gallery's "Everyone" Exhibition.
2015: ShAFF: Sheffield Adventure Film Festival
2015: World Newspaper Congress, Washington DC
2015: Five Lamps Film Night at QUAD, Derby
2015: Beeston Film Festival
2013: The Cruel Cut documentary screened on Channel 4
2012: World Newspaper Congress, Kiev
2012: London International Animation Festival (LIAF) at the Barbican
2012: Aniscape, Leicester
2012: Five Lamps Film Night at QUAD, Derby
2011: Flip Animation Festival 2011
2011: Five Lamps Film Night at QUAD, Derby
2010: Skin Trade documentary film
2010: HD Fest
2010: Video Games weekend exhibition in QUAD, Derby.
2010: E4 Sting – Zombie Hand
2009: Flip Film Festival
2009: London Design Festival
2008: BBC Big Screen, Derby
2008: Canada's Much Music TV
