A collage of four images depicts a backyard scene with a dog, a person's portrait, an art gallery, and a house with autumn foliage. The top left image shows a person looking through a tunnel-like structure made of large, weathered metal drums, with a clear sky and trees in the background. The top right image features a man with glasses sitting indoors at a table, writing or drawing with a pen, with a window showing a garden, trees, and a body of water outside. The bottom left image captures an art gallery interior with framed artwork on the walls, a window, and a potted plant, along with a small black-and-white dog resting on a wooden deck. The bottom right image displays a house with a porch and large windows, surrounded by trees with yellow leaves, and an overcast sky.
A cartoon fox walking with a leaf in one paw, surrounded by floating leaves and swirling lines suggesting wind.

I'm Ian Cunliffe, a children's illustrator and designer specialising in playful character-led artwork for publishing, brands and digital media. I’m obsessed with scribbling and love new ideas.

My working home is a cosy garden studio (my shed) just outside of London.

Surrounded by art materials, digital tools, and screwed up bits of paper, I explore ways to bring ideas to life.

I have fantastic time producing work with Adobe Creative Cloud – including, Illustrator, Photoshop & InDesign – and also creating pop-up designs, writing stories and making handmade relief prints.

When I’m not at my desk, I’m usually outdoors with my family and our Springer Spaniel, Coco.

I enjoy creating artwork for a wide range of age groups.

I’ve had the pleasure
of working with …

Barnardo’s • BBC • British Heart Foundation • Cadbury’s • Caterpillar Books • Campbell Books • DK • Early Learning Centre • Éditions Quatre Fleuves • Elephant and Bird Books • Hamley’s • Hachette • Harper Collins • Honda • Igloo Books • Immediate Media • K-Mart • Kleenex • Ladybird • Little Tiger Press • McCann Erickson • Mr Kipling • Lloyds Pharmacy • Oxford University Press • Pan Macmillan • Paper Bird • Partners Andrews Aldridge • Palazzo Tronconi • Penguin Random House • Puffin • Really Decent Books • Royal Ascot • Royal School of Needlework • Scholastic • Silver Dolphin • Tearfund • Yoyo Books

Awards

DMA Gold Award for Retail,
ELC Big Birthday Club – Jack and the Beanstalk (Illustrator)

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