My work as an illustrator is about storytelling.

My illustration practice derives inspiration from cultural traditions and museum collections, and aims to evoke some of the fun, wonder and pleasure found in the original source material.

I have been exploring different ways of illustrating my own stories and imagined worlds through panoramic sequences, animation, print and three dimensional interpretation.

Publishing clients have included Oxford University Press, Heinemann, BBC Books, Collins, Templar Publishing, Linguaphone, Pavilion Books, Fabbrii Publications, Marshall Cavendish, Two-Can Publishing, Cherubic Productions and Padblocks UK Ltd.

I am also an associate lecturer at the University of Arts London, and teach Illustration at Foundation and Postgraduate level at Camberwell College of Arts.

Valerie McBride Illustrator - About