Zoë Ellison

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 🌞

A dark blue background with lots of olive, orange, red, teal, blue, and pale blue coloured sea life and plants.

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard 👋🏼

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

🌿 hello@zoeellison.com
🍂 www.zoeellison.com

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

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 🌞

An illustration selection of lots of bright and colourful food packaging

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 🥫🫒🍅🍜🌶️

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

Some of my favourite packaging and top produce from recent weeks 🍊

#illustration #foodillustration

I respect Bruce so much for speaking out and being political and angry. We need more like him in the world.

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

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

An illustration of 2 young girls walking in through the lush colourful forest to spot ladybirds

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

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’

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 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

Another spread from my new zine, celebrating the joy of moments around the table. Just restocked it for all my fellow food lovers

www.zoeellison.com/shop/0et12xc...

A black and white cat loading with his paws in front of him

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 tabby tuxedo cat sitting on the sofa like a human

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 🤍

I think this one is my favorite!

if you’re an artist who ever thought “what’s the point? The world is Hell and I should do something that matters instead”

even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.

Oh wonderful, thank you!

I definitely prefer this app over twitter, but I do miss the regular threads of people all sharing their favourite Simpsons clips

I need a safe space where I can discuss how annoyed I get when people call the Easter holidays half term

A dream commission is coming along very well, but Bruce Springsteen has announced a new album so that eclipses everything

Thanks Mark! Love your work

The new Bruce Springsteen single

Today is an EXCELLENT day.

#brucespringsteen

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

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 🌞

www.zoeellison.com
@stormliterary.bsky.social @essiewhite.bsky.social

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

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.

www.zoeellison.com/shop/0et12xc...

#illustration #food

Thank you 😊

Thanks so much. Yeah very cramp inducing!

Thank you!

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

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...

Happy #severance day to all that celebrate!

I’m just so grateful to be alive at the same time that Severance exists