May Taylor

May Taylor – Designer

I am an illustrator with 5 years of experience I create bright narrative filled pieces of work that will be sure to catch readers eyes.

Overview

My work centres mostly around figures and portraiture with a big focus on colour combinations and the use of colour, I create bold illustrations that use flat sections of colour and prominent line art to create striking images with a lot of personality and attitude.

I love getting my teeth into a project and working together with a client to bring the best out of a project, I am extremely flexible and love to communicate and bounce ideas with a client while working together, I am fully committed to realising your ideas and translating them within a brief.

I achieved a first class honours in Illustration for commercial application from The Northern School Of Art and recently worked as a fill time illustrator for a company for over a year before returning to world of freelance.



Services
Fiction
Fantasy LGBTQ Fiction Romance
Non-Fiction
LGBTQ Non-Fiction
Languages
English
Certifications
  • degree in illustration

Work experience

Self-employed

Jun, 2020 — Present

Currently working with the company Faerine's Forge on a set of Fantasy themed designs of characters of each class in the game DND.

I created a set of three portraits of influential women throughout history to be used on educational flashcards and a colouring book, for the company Pencil Ink Academy.

created a set of 6 illustrated album covers for the musical artist infinite arcade, I also created a character design of a persona for infinite arcade and various other promotional material.

Lady Longhorn

Feb, 2020 — Oct, 2020 (8 months)

I worked part time at the art gallery Lady Longhorn as an illustrator for a new project they where setting up called I Fly You Fly, during this time I created mindfulness and positivity illustrations and developed the branding for the wellness brand I Fly You Fly.

Self-employed

May, 2016 — May, 2019 (about 3 years)

Between these dates I completed various freelance illustration jobs including

I created a digital mural design that was printed as wallpaper and used on the adolescent mental health wards at Ancora house at The Countess Of Chester Hospital

I illustrated an alternate front cover design for the graphic novel worn

I created merchandise designs for the Band Tirade

Portfolio

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What A Light You Are: A Workplace Romance

Jones, Jenny

Cover Design
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Project: N.A.N.A.

Vondel, Sisu

Michif Prairie Rose LLC

Cover Design
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Silverback

Tsopo, Nicole

Cover Design

May has 11 reviews

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Anna B.

Anna B.

Aug, 2024

May has been absolutely brilliant, endless patient with me (as a first-time author who was unsure with the process) and so helpful with all my queries. The end result is simply stunning, she not only brought my vision to life she made it even more beautiful than I imagined. It was wonderful to collaborate with her and I would very much like to do so again in the future.
May T.
I was a lovely experience working with Anna, you can tell how passionate she is about writing from talking to her and had so many good ideas, she was always very polite and nice to work with and I ...
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Mist C.

Mist C.

Jun, 2024

May is absolutely lovely to work with and was super nice through the whole process, I'm very appreciative that any input I had, she responded fast and clearly. Thanks so much!!
May T.
It was a complete pleasure to work with Mist, they where super detailed and enthusiastic with made this project a joy to work on, really lovely person and got back to me so quickly with answers to ...
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Adele P.

Adele P.

May, 2024

May's been an absolute joy to work with. I love the artwork cover she'd made for my book. She worked very hard to make sure my characters aligned with my vision of them, and I love the result. As a first-time author, I wasn't sure about the process or what to expect and she was very good at talking me through the process. She always responded quickly, was happy to answer my questions, and kept ...
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Noah K.

Noah K.

May, 2024

Working with May was a delight. I would definitely work with May again! Highly recommend!
May T.
Thank you! It was awesome working with you and I cant wait to work on other projects together :)
Jack T.

Jack T.

Mar, 2024

INCREDIBLE WORK!!

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