I had the honour of creating the illustration for the Being Human festival this year.
Each November, Being Human festival presents hundreds of free events across the UK and beyond. The festival explores the ways in which the humanities enable us to interpret the past, understand the present and imagine the future. From archaeology to radical new thinking in literature and art; from socio-political breakthroughs to the most incredible human’s inventions, the festival is about celebrating that most remarkable thing: Being Human.
Photos: Being human festival.
Nuttree is a small startup based in Marseille that produces organic and healthy energy balls. The company is a member of the 1% for the planet organisation and wanted to create new packaging that would put animals and nature in the heart of their visual identity. I created a series of 6 illustrations, one for each flavour, showing different animals in a colourful and abundant environment.
Illustrations for the new Macmillan book; the book of sisters. This nonfiction book is about sisterhood, and compiles the stories of sisters who made their mark through history. The story I illustrated is about the three roman sisters of Caligula. The main illustration works as a storytelling composition showing Drusilla, Agrippina and Lavilla at different key moments of their lives.
More info here: https://neonsquidbooks.com/our-books/
New non fiction children book for Gallimard. The book is a journey trough the incredible life of Rosa Bonheur. Her remarkable talent, unconventional lifestyle, and unyielding determination to prove that genius has no gender challenged societal norms.
Writter: Camille Vieville
Nuttree is a small startup based in Marseille that produces organic and healthy snacks. For their new trail mix packagings, I created a series of 3 illustrations, showing people doing different sports in a colourful and abundant natural environment. The environments are related to the flavours of each mix.
I've had the absolute pleasure of diving headfirst into the world of the 2022 Bordeaux Millesimal for Figaro magazine! The series of illustrations are a love letter to the art of winemaking and celebrate the aromas what makes the 2022 Bordeaux Millesimal one of the very best.
This illustration is a celebration of the New Year through the lens of nature and bursts of colours! This digital card captures the essence of renewal and optimism as we bid farewell to the old and embrace the promise of a fresh start. Wishing everyone a colourful and joyous New Year ahead!
New wallpaper design inspired by Sri Lankan folk tales.
I recently travelled to Sri Lanka. From my experience being born and raised in the city, my relationship to nature has always been limited to having plants in pots and a cat on the sofa. From my first footstep on Sri Lanka’s floor, I discovered a world living the opposite, were humans were living with and within a living and flourishing nature, with an incredible biodiversity that even my imagination of what paradise could look like couldn’t match. Wild elephants crossing the road, birds everywhere, monkeys playing at my feet, all sorts of flora and fauna everywhere living around me.
For this wallpaper I decided to take inspiration from this wonderful experience and from a series of Sri Lankan folk tales.
The wallpaper exists in four different colour schemes.
Available here: https://www.patternandpicture.com/collections/olivia-boutrou
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Photo: freepik
In the heart of Soho in London stands the Handel & Hendrix House. This heritage house was home to the two iconic musicians in the past and is now a museum where you can visit the apartments of those two major figures of Music. To celebrate their story the museum wanted to create an activity book that would be a learning tool for school children. I created a range of detailed Illustrations for the booklet activities, taking the children through their lives, from moving to London for the first time to becoming the legendary musicians we know now.
The Nightingale Café’s namesake was a café located on the Biggin Hill airfield during the Second World War. The Café was a normal civilian café, which, when war was declared, decided to become part of the RAF enclave at Biggin Hill. The café owners and their children, from that moment on, had a unique experience of war at Biggin Hill.
Today the Nightingale café is part of the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum and the museum team wanted to honour its great historic significance by commissioning an illustration for one of the café’s walls.
This mural reflects the stories of Geoff, the elder child who shared his incredible memories with me.
The illustration compiles the stories of this unique café, part of the military zone but nonetheless a place of camaraderie and humanity, a place where pilots and soldiers from all horizons could grab a short instant of peace in this time of war.
This illustration project was Highly commended by the jury at the AOI world Illustration award 2019.
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On site photo: Malcolm Park
Merchandise image by Freepik
Series of four illustrations about the seasons in the summer edition of Graou Magazine. I illustrated a game where children can see a changing garden and find little details and animals specific to each seasons.
New illustration in the latest figaro Vin, for an article about Champagne appealing to a new generation of drinkers and their lifestyle.
Article written by Alicia Dorey
Bromley is one of the boroughs of London, they commissioned me to create a series of twelve vector illustrations visually depicting various aspects of Bromley's cultural heritage, which will be projected onto the facade of the city's theatre.
Series of illustrations for the culture and religion department of Bayard publishing. Trees trail for the PPE app.
New illustration for the 2023 edition of the festival on the theme of Rhyme or Reason
Series of illustration following the existing branding colours for the Hothorpe Hotel in Lutterworth, UK. The Hothorpe Hotel is high-end manor offering different spaces and atmospheres, including fine dining restaurant, a bistro restaurant, a wedding venue in the woodland, a Gallery/champagne bar and a wine bar in a cellar. All the spaces have their own illustration mixing representations of the history space, the architecture and the offer, in a composition taking the shape of a clock that represent each space.
Book cover for Quarto publishing. The principle of this book collection is to provide a quick and fun insight into 100 carefully chosen words about a topic. This particular edition was about the Bible and the cover displays important Christian figures while introducing a playful and colourful approach to this iconic story.
Wallpaper Design inspired by the cheeky animals of the witty fables from the French fabulist, Jean de La Fontaine. The wallpaper exists in two different colour schemes.
Available here: https://www.patternandpicture.com/collections/olivia-boutrou
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Photos: freepik
Collection of illustrated vignettes depicting astrological signs. A playful interpretation of the classic astrological representation, these illustrations celebrate women and their diverse personalities.
Series of four large vector illustrations for the entire paediatric department of the View Hospital in Doha. The illustrations depict the local flora and fauna in various environments.
The wallpaper was applied to the walls of corridors, playrooms, and bedrooms.
Illustration for an article on ‘The Women’s Printing Society’ which looks at the role of the Women’s Printing Society in providing skills and income to women at a time when printing was a male industry.
The article was published on Women’s Rights, which is a new British Library website. It investigates the history and activism around women’s rights in the United Kingdom, celebrate the work of women across different arenas, and tell historical and contemporary stories of struggle and empowerment.
Full article here: https://www.bl.uk/womens-rights/articles/the-womens-printing-society
Game of the 10 differences in the last Graou magazine about the night.
Illustration for Barker Langham’s social media post about Earth Day and clean energy.
Animated by Bill Bolton.