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My name is Joshua Dau and I am a freelance illustrator based in Edinburgh, Scotland. I am adapt in a number of styles, from digital illustration to traditional art media. I have experience in editorial illustration, curation, comic illustration, logo and graphic design, apparel design, and flyers and poster design. My main focus, however is children’s book illustration, with my first book The Boy who Dreamt winning the Young Culture Prize Kiel in 2019, and my second There Are No Penguins in Africa being highly commended by the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2024.
Skills
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Experience Level
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Childrens Book Illustration
Expert
Freehand Digital Illustration
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Procreate
Expert
Narrative Illustration
Expert
Pencil Illustration
Expert
Pen and Ink Illustration
Expert
Character Design
Expert
Editorial Illustration
Expert
Book Illustration
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Comic Strip
Expert
Charcoal Illustration
Expert
Fantasy Illustration
Intermediate
Spot Illustration
Intermediate
Logo
Intermediate
Flyer
Intermediate
Greetings Card
Intermediate
Business Card
Intermediate
Language
English
Fluent
German
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Beginner
Education
Bachelor of Design at University of Dundee
September 21, 2020 - June 21, 2024First Class Honours in Illustration
Qualifications
Highly Commended by Macmillan Prize for Illustration
June 21, 2024 - June 21, 2024For the self-written and illustrated children's book 'There Are No Penguins In Africa'
George Duncan of Drumfork Scholarship
May 22, 2023 - May 22, 2023at University of Dundee
Danny Esposito Drawing Prize
June 17, 2021 - June 17, 2021Young Culture Prize Kiel
December 12, 2019 - December 12, 2019Hire a Children’s Book Illustrator
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