Picture books and covers
Spreads, character sheets and covers, drawn in fineliner and filled with flat sun-yellow and blue. Priced by page count.
Illustrator for books, posters and labels
Pen lines, sunny colour, drawn by hand.
Marlo Hastings draws picture books, gig posters, jam labels and magazine spots. Every piece starts in a sketchbook and gets two rounds of changes before the final file.
two sketch rounds, always
Recent pieces
Books, posters and labels
What I draw
Three kinds of commission, from one spot illustration to a whole picture book. Prices below are starting points, and the brief sets the final figure.
Posters and gig art
One large image with room for the type. Print-ready at A3 and A2, with the lettering either drawn by hand or set in your font.
Labels and packaging
Jar labels, bottle wraps, stickers and sticker sheets. Sized to your die-cut and printed with proofs you approve before the run.
From scribble to print file
Four steps, no surprises
Scribble
You send the brief, references and a deadline. I reply with rough thumbnails in pencil.
Ink
Once the layout is agreed, the line art goes down in fineliner, scanned and sent for notes.
Colour
Flat sun-yellow and blue go in by hand, with a second round of changes on colour and detail.
Deliver
Final files as layered PNG, print PDF and web sizes, with a note on what each one is for.
What clients say
“The sketches came back in a week and the second round was the one that made the cover. We knew what we were getting by the time it was printed.”
Ruth Abernethy, publisher of a small picture book press
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commissions drawn since 2014, most of them printed
Got a story that needs pictures?
Send a sentence about it and a deadline. I will reply within two working days with whether it fits and a rough price.