2025 | Publishing
| Professional
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She/Her - Why did you create this work?
The publisher, Sydney Fish Market, wanted lively and bright illustrations of lesser-known fish species to feature on their comprehensive cookbook cover and alongside the recipes within. I was commissioned to illustrate the cover and chapter openers, consulting several encyclopaedic references of the particular species as well as recipes like paella and poke bowls in a painterly textural style. - How were your illustrations used?
Hardback book cover case (front, back and spine) and throughout the book internals including endpapers and 8 chapter opener double page spreads. - What materials and techniques did you use?
Hand-drawn digitally using Procreate. - Was this project commissioned?
Commissioned - Commissioner Company
Sydney Fish Market - Commissioner Instagram
@sydneyfishmarket - Personal Website or Portfolio Link
emilyoneill.com.au
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@emilyaoneill - Biography
Emily is a Sydney-based book designer and illustrator working internationally for publishers including Thames&Hudson, Penguin Random-House and HarperCollins. She has received several ABDA Book Design Awards including Best Designed Literary Fiction Cover and the APA’s Young Designer of the Year. In 2024 she illustrated her first colouring book ‘Mindful Moments’, published by Hardie Grant Books. - Where are you currently based?
Australia
