About me

My name is Amy Gallagher (also known by my creative tag name Amiluu) and I'm a children's illustrator who has also worked in the fields of comics and styleboarding for motion graphic animation. I am a visual storyteller who loves to draw engaging stories that connect with people. I'm passionate about creating artwork that effectively communicates a message, a narrative or a feeling.

My illustration artwork has a playful charming nature, rendered in a cartoon-like style. I'm interested in using illustration to positively impact children's development in an enlightening and engaging way.

As a visual storyteller, I am passionate about expressing hard to communicate feelings and capturing everyday moments with emotional impact and value to audiences.

My art has the power to surpass linguistic and global boundaries, and the engaging imagery captures people's attention and imagination. They are a great vehicle for sharing stories, ideas, information and even memories, and the visual impact makes them more shareable, enabling the potential for their widespread consumption.

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Achievements and Publications:

- Have regularly collaborated with animation and video agency Bearded Fellows to produce character designs, style frames and storyboards for clients including Facebook, BBC Sounds, Equinix, Scottish Enterprise and Flow Hospitality.

- Created 50+ illustrations for Newcastle University & Civil War Centre for a children's educational website on the 17th Century English Civil War

- Created children's science illustrations for Frontiers For Young Minds online article "Vaccines, Shots That Protect You", as well as illustrated other articles on sports psychology and medicine/biology.

- Designed mascot and series of illustrations for children's stationery company Handy Spelling, that help with children's literacy skills. The stationery range was a selected Launchpad Winner 2019 and a Stationery Awards 2019 Finalist

- Produced a six-page short comic for pre-teen girls magazine, KOOKIE, (Issue 5, Dec 2018)

- Spent one month in Finland in April 2018 as part of Arteles' "Comic Blast" illustration and comic art residency.

- Writer and illustrator of children's educational book "Microbes" (Dec 2017), published by Thunderstone Books.

- Comic artist for positive conservation storytelling project "Lost & Found"

- I had my "Chin Ups" greeting card range represented by Star Editions and showcased at the 2016's "Progressive Greetings Live", the only greeting card convention in Europe.

- My "Speedy Santa on a Segway" Christmas card design won the over 18's category for the 2016's "Crafty Christmas Card Competition" hosted by the arts education charity "The Big Draw".

- I was one out of seven winners of the Powered by Nature competition (hosted by IUCN's Commission on Education and Communication and Alcoa Foundation). I travelled to the Netherlands to offer my illustration and animation skills to create a social media campaign, "Better in the Dark", to raise awareness of natural solutions for energy.

Skills

Cartooning, Character Design, children's illustration, comics, Crafts, Digital Art, drawing, greeting cards, Illustration, illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Social Media, Storyboarding

Sector Experience

Arts, Audio / Visual, Comics, Communications, Exhibitions, Galleries & Studios, greeting cards, Illustration, Magazines & Comics

Awards

Powered by Nature Award

Clients

Bearded Fellows, Bright Ideas Ltd, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, Cybercandy, Sweet Shop, Findacure, UK Charity, Frontiers For Young Minds, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication, KOOKIE Magazine, Lauren Baker, Artist, Lost & Found, Nelly Duff, Gallery & Print Edition Shop, Newcastle University, Noodoll Ltd, Pretty Nostalgic, Magazine, TBWA\LONDON, The Climbing Hangar, Thunderstone Books, We Are Alive