I am an Illustration graduate who specialises in character design, and comic creation. My style is cartoon-like, however, I have recently started developing a more realistic style. My biggest inspirations are comics, video games, stories, and real life. I’m confident in working both digitally, and traditionally. Digitally, I’m confident in Clip Studio Paint, and know the basics of editing on Photoshop. Traditionally I’m confident with pens, pencils, fine liners, collage, and mask-sculpting.

Illustrated work by Sophia Kemp showing cartoon characters in a town.

While studying at Norwich University of the Arts, I’ve learned a lot about the processes of illustration; such as making varied thumbnails to develop a final image, and the importance of perspective. I’ve incorporated these teachings into my work, creating a noticeable improvement over the four years I have studied here. The collaboration brief we worked on taught me how to handle and communicate with clients, and I’ve remained in contact with other group members to this day.

Illustrated work by Sophia Kemp showing cartoon characters in a bath washing hair.
Illustrated work by Sophia Kemp showing a woman browsing the internet on her computer while a masked man stands outside her window.
Illustrated work by Sophia Kemp showing a group of four characters posing. Each character is drawn from three different angles.
Illustrated work by Sophia Kemp showing the design stages of a gas mask. From type to colouration, then finally the finished product on the character.