Morgan Forbes

These images show selected coursework completed throughout my fourth year as an Illustration student.

First, I included the majority of my semester one personal project — a book titled ‘Peeps’ illustrated in textured greyscale, following made-up creatures inspired by Icelandic history and mythology. I began working on this in my third year and developed the storyline and stylistic choices later on.

Second, there are some highlights from D&AD New Blood’s competition — I chose the ‘Penguin’ brief which was to solve the problem of integrating reading into pop culture, so I decided to make app mock-ups for a brand I called ‘Mentioned’.

Third, is my entry for the Penguin Cover Awards — I illustrated a nature-filled book spread for Dara McAnulty’s ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’.

Fourth are a couple of snapshots from my second personal project, one of which is a pack of cards illustrating the world’s most powerful goddesses. After this is an editorial image featuring an article I wrote and illustrated for the online zine Antagonizine.

Fifth, there are a couple of my favourite images for Glasgow Women’s Library illustrating Jen Hadfield’s creepy poetry on pests and infestation.

Lastly, I included a personal image expanding on my ‘Peeps’ universe and a fun fantasy map to accompany the stories and worlds I like to write about in my free time. These particular works have all been created digitally, though I love the process of drawing in sketchbooks and sometimes painting for developments...