Vikki hesse - Illustration

'Circle Of Friends'

The Project: I created this illustration for my entry to Coffee by Tate's design competition. The brief was to create a square artwork that would fit on the coffee's packaging and represented Tate's core values, "Wellbeing, Fairness and Gender Equality"

‘Circle of friends’ represents the joining together of different personalities. An inclusive, diverse crowd combining as equal parts to form a perfect circle. I really wanted to create a celebratory, joyful image to reflect Tate’s core values.

I love using animals and mythology to tell stories and illustrate messages I want to share. I decided to combine this with my passion to strip down the typical representations of gender and use characters who are depicted using their personality rather than gender stereotyping.

Circle Of Friends

Throne of Lichen

Dusk

Gorillaz, "The Last Cult"

Shapeshifter

Witch

Robot

The Doctor

Medieval

'Anatomy Of A Beech Tree'

The Client: Majestical

The Project: An animated short illustrating the diversity and importance of an entire ecosystem in even just one tree. My passion for wildlife meant this project was a joy to work on! I was responsible for the main bulk of this project, creating the character designs, backgrounds, and then some After Effects animation.

Ant final design, BG and animation

Bird final design, BG and animation

'Nature Recovery Animation'

The Clients: Majestical, Cheshire Wildlife Trust

The Project: Majestical commissioned me to create the storyboard and visual assets for an animated short commissioned by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust. For this project I was responsible for drawing up the storyboard and then the final background designs and characters. The team at Majestical then animated all the assets I created.

I created the characters/ animals with a range of layers for the animation team at Majestical to animate them as a 2d "puppet". The backgrounds were also designed to work as a multi-plane.

This is a selection of the final animal designs and backgrounds (with a personal mockup of how the characters may look in situ).