With a background in Fashion and Multimedia design it wasn't until Innocent lived in Japan that she found her true creative love in illustration.
It was during this time in the early 2000's, while exploring the backstreets of Tokyo, she sought to document her adventures and uncovered lots of other unexpected stories to illustrate. Influenced in part by Ukiyo-e and Japanese folklore as well as Japanese character design and fine artists such as Yoshitomo Nara and Murakami. Innocent mixes these with her early love of Miffy and Richard Scarry books and a childhood exploring the Australian bush. She combines these diverse references to create her totally unique characters that are loaded with humour, charm and the Innocent trademark of oval faces and big expressive eyes. Either digital or analogue, her worlds are adored by adults and children alike.
In the past 15 years since she has worked as an illustrator and character designer for various clients on a wide range of projects and ad campaigns. Innocent also regularly exhibits her work in art galleries and often speaks at conferences or workshops regarding her practice and working in the illustration industry. Innocent is a proud member of The Jacky Winter Group.
Innocent juggles parenthood alongside co-owning indie fashion brand Chiba Ghosts with her partner, lecturing on illustration, personal exhibitions and commercial illustration projects. When she’s not drawing you will find exploring her forest garden with her young son and snappy Corgi’s Pickles McGerkin and Penny Sauce.
Rolling Stone Magazine / Microsoft Global / ACMI / Cadbury Australia / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Twinings Australia / The Australian / The Age Newspaper / Seek Learning / Child Magazine / Cambridge University Press / Pan MacMillan Australia / Open Universities Australia / Pearson Publishing / BMF / Publicis Mojo / Real Estate Australia / Malvern Star / Tiger Airways / Thames and Hudson / In The Black Magazine / Headspace Australia /
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Illustration/Animation/Character Design
Books, Book covers
Branding
Logotype
Hand drawn type
Posters
Murals
Looping Gifs
Character creation
Content creation for websites and videos
Textile Design
Workshops and Speaking