The Illustrations of Deanna Halsall

Deanna Halsall's illustration style caught my eye when she was featured on Grain Edit earlier this month. I loved one of the pieces they used to showcase her style—a girl reading underneath a spotlight.

Located in the UK, Deanna's work spans the worlds of editorial, advertising and interior work for an impressive list of clients that includes NBC, The British Science Council, Levi's, The Guardian and a handful of alcohol companies (woo!).

A peek at her sketches:

I love this little bit from her website:

Her work stems from a love of nature, birds, beards, pens, nice hair, nostalgia, super mario, screen prints, the colour yellow and collecting old stuff usually found in her parents' attic.

What a great handful of inspiring things. I feel like they're especially apparent in her map work:

See more of Deanna's work on her portfolio site and follow her on Twitter @deannahalsall.

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Deanna also did work on Think Quarterly, which I've mentioned before

more work from some wonderful illustrators

I love this book collage