Carly Gillham
carlygillhamillustrations@gmail.com
Experience
Freelance (2020-2023)
As of late, has been producing character designs and comic page layouts of a privately funded comic, along with taking on commissions for a variety of clients designing their characters for the classic tabletop RPG Dungeons and Dragons games.
Cartoonist – Reality Vs Fantasy - Helen Saevold, Photographer (2018-2019)
Produced all art assets for the book Reality Vs Fantasy. Working with Helen to Illustrate the people she photographed in a semi-realistic style, including all assets for the book from cover to typography.
Character designer – Web page mascot- University of Gloucestershire (2018)
I evaluated the brief ideas my client had, thumbnail his first ideas and expanding on how they could be used in the web page. With the base design approved, I had to simplify the design to standout on the brightly colored web page, so that the mascot design could direct student to were to go through the website.
Story Illustrator - Unseen magazine - Pittville press Issue 6 - At the Magic Hour, Issue 5 - submerged, Issue 4 - In the sky (2015-2017)
Analyzing the brief given to me, thumbnail first thoughts.Design a single-story illustration representing the brief that would captivate readers of the magazine, while sticking to limited colors to be printed as a Risograph.
Education
Masters of illustration: University of Gloucestershire – UK, Cheltenham (2018-2020)
BA-Hons honour of illustration: University of Gloucestershire – UK, Cheltenham (2014- 2017)
Skills
Experienced 5+ years in Adobe Creative Suite
Character artist for comic books, animations, and video games
Strong drawing skills
Great understanding of design for comics and animations
Cartooning
Perspective
Layout
Colour theory
Strong understanding and visual storytelling
Cartooning
Perspective
Framing, Layout, and staging



