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Zoë Ellison
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Illustrator of picture books, food and travel. Lover of Sheffield United, Bruce Springsteen, and teal.

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Had the best day at Barnes Kid Lit festival yesterday! I’m here again all day today, so come say hi if you’re around 🌞
June 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Hello #KidLitArtPostcard 👋🏼

I’m a London based illustrator looking for all the picture book and food projects.

🌿 hello@zoeellison.com
🍂 www.zoeellison.com
A dark blue background with lots of olive, orange, red, teal, blue, and pale blue coloured sea life and plants.
June 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Some great things that have happened this week:

• made tea towels and sold way more than I expected
• my first big signage job was installed at Le Swine
• my cat initiated contact!!!
• ate some great asparagus

Wishing everyone a great rest of the week 🌞
Me holding up my tea towel featuring illustrations of nice food packaging The light box sign up in the cafe, featuring all the menu items in my handwriting My black and white cat reaching his paw out to touch my hand Asparagus with aioli
June 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I made tea towels! They’re available to pre order now, and I’ll be selling some at my stall at Barnes Kid Lit Fest in June 🧡 one for all the food packaging nerds such as myself 🥫🫒🍅🍜🌶️
An illustration selection of lots of bright and colourful food packaging
May 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Some of my favourite packaging and top produce from recent weeks 🍊

#illustration #foodillustration
A selection of hand drawn illustrations of a chocolate bar, soy sauce, tinned tomatoes, Spicy aioli, lime chutney, peanut sauce, mint, asparagus and an orange
May 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Today marks 3 months since we adopted Rocky - he is the funniest cat I’ve ever met, his meow has been described as ‘psychotic’ and ‘unhinged’, and every time I come home he head bumps me and purrs with happiness 🤍 #cats #rescuecat
My black and white cat looking angry My black and white cat posing and looking cute My cat cuddling on the sofa with his toy fish My cat looking up at the camera with big eyes and giant white whiskers
May 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Hi I’m Zoë and I’m an illustrator from London on the lookout for new picture book projects 🌞

www.zoeellison.com
hello@zoeellison.com

#kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #illustration
An illustration of 2 young girls walking in through the lush colourful forest to spot ladybirds
May 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Did some sign writing for my friends at Le Swine last week - can you think of anything sexier than a hot cross bacon butty? I’m not sure I can.
A photo of me from above, writing with a chalk pen on a blackboard A blackboard outside a cafe that says ‘HOT CROSS BACONBUN A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE SERVED FROM GOODFRIDAY - EASTERMONDAY HOT CROSS BUNS OL FASHIONED MIDDLE BACON BACON BUTTER DATE ROAST FENNEL AND ALEPPO CHILLI KETCHUP. AMEN’
April 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Another spread from my new zine, celebrating the joy of moments around the table. Just restocked it for all my fellow food lovers

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A double page spread - left hand is a family baking around a table, and the right hand side is drawings of tinned fish, tea, pickles, tomatoes, kombucha, roasted peppers, as well as limes and chilli’s. Lots of bright colours and mostly drawn using coloured pencils and paint
April 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Because of Bubble, we’ve since adopted Rocky. It feels like a pretty good legacy to know that many abandoned cats will now have a home because of Bub. #cats #tabbycat #tuxedocat
A black and white cat loading with his paws in front of him
April 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Today marks six months since we lost our cat Bubble. I really disliked cats before he came into my life in 2021, and it took about 24 hours for me to fall head over heels in love. I’m currently drafting a story idea about him because he was so funny and so full of personality 🤍
A tabby tuxedo cat sitting on the sofa like a human
April 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Today is an EXCELLENT day.

#brucespringsteen
The new Bruce Springsteen single
April 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Celebrating the start of spring by bringing out a fully autumnal illustration… I’m currently open for children’s book and food illustration projects 🌞

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A big portrait size illustration showing an autumnal woodland walk, with trees, orange leaves, pumpkins, children and adults walking, hiking, jumping in leaves, picnicking etc. Lots of green, oranges and blues
April 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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My newest zine is out now! ‘Dinner’ is a 16 page full colour zine featuring some of my favourite recent food illustrations, celebrating precious moments around the table as well as some much loved meals and ingredients.

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#illustration #food
Front cover of an A5 zine titled Dinner showing a colourful shelf of tinned and canned fish A double page spread, the left hand side shows an illustration of two girls ready to eat a giant stack of fluffy pancakes, and the right hand side is spot illustrations of various food products such as hot sauce, salt, garlic and olives
March 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Just had the most needed beer of my life after setting up my work at Culver + Nelson and Le Swine ahead of Sheen Art Trail. All the details here - a must visit if you’re in London! sheenartists.com/sheen-art-tr...
Me wearing all black stood in a cafe/deli with two big food illustrations behind me My face in the mirror of a cafe with the drawing of a cafe below me The whole deli featuring my work on the walls Two food illustrations of pencil drawings of different products and fresh produce
March 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The last few weeks have involved drawing 27 local businesses for Sheen Art Trail. It’s been fun, and it’s been painful. But worth it!
Hand drawn illustrations of 27 shops, cafes and businesses.
March 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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The previous four years of pancake art 🍋🍯🥛 #pancakeday #illustration
Top left - an illustration of a dad whisking pancake mix for his two daughters who are sat at the dining table Top right - a mum flipping a pancake and her kids in the foreground sat at a pink dining table play fighting with condiments Bottom left - two girls admiring a giant stack of fluffy pancakes topped with cream, berries and syrup Bottom right- an outdoor woodland pancake race between a group of kids, with their parents watching in the background. All illustrations are hand drawn and colourful with lots of teal, blue, pink, orange and olive green
March 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Happy pancake day! Celebrating with my fifth annual pancake day illustration 🥞
A group of people around a dining table, cooking, making and eating pancakes
March 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Our rescue cat has finally let me cuddle him after 9 days with us 🥂
Me holding and kissing my black and white cat
February 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Had a very low key but amazing week of cooking good food, working on lots of new illustrations, and getting to know our silly little cat. Happy Friday 🍻
An illustration of a pale blue and grey sky, a woods in the background, snowflakes, snowy ground, and two girls building a Snowman Patatas bravas Our black and white cow cat Rocky, in his tunnel playing with his toy fish Salmon, avocado, cucumber, rice, sriracha mayo
February 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Introducing our newest family member, our rescue cat Rocky. It took him about 10 seconds to settle in, and I think he’s already changed the contracts so the house is in his name. We love him.
Four photos of a black and white car with a white mouth and black ears and eyes
February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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We are currently trying to adopt a cat and finding it impossible to get approved unless we never leave the house, live nowhere near a road, and have a garden the size of a forest. Anyone know how/where we can find cats in need of a loving home?
A very cute tabby tuxedo cat
February 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Hello #KidLitArtPostcard!

I’m Zoë Ellison, a London based illustrator represented by @stormliterary.bsky.social 🐠🐙🐋🦞

www.zoeellison.com
hello@zoeellison.com
A colourful illustration of lots of fish, an octopus, some sea turtles and plants in the deep sea
February 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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A collection of cats 🐈‍⬛

#illustration #cats
Black and white illustrations of cat characters
February 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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My commission slots are open for both personal and commercial work. I’m excited for some new projects this year, so message me or email at hello@zoeellison.com to say hi!
A framed illustration of the deep sea
January 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM