Illustration by Sarah J. Coleman

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Monday, November 21, 2022

Payment for freelancers: it needs to evolve. It really, really does.

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I got quite upset the other day when I got the call to collect a repaired car.  It was my sister’s; I’d organised the repair in her absence,...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Thank you Marcia Willett: all those books, and all those titles.

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I might do all sorts of fancy stuff as part of this job, but I've always done simple lettering for book covers - hundreds of them, many ...
Wednesday, October 05, 2022

You’re too expensive, Sarah.

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I've done LOADS of book covers - here are a few! Here’s how a conversation went last week about a new book cover.  I’m posting it becaus...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Snowtrees: A collaboration with Dr. Ed Garland

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Our friend and long-term Inkymole collaborator  Ed Garland  is finally on Instagram, after moving away years ago and becoming Dr. Ed. This i...
Wednesday, May 04, 2022

“…but how long did it take you get your STYLE’?”

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Created in paper and polystyrene for Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers, about 1997/8. I do a lot of talks and seminars for schools and colleges, and ...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Sleep gone to the devil? It’s horrible, but this is what’s been helping me.

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  From ‘Only If You Dare’ - illustration by me, for Josh Allen’s book. I know just how this poor little lad feels! ©Sarah J. Coleman Oh no.....
Wednesday, March 02, 2022

If you're not driving a BMW by the time you're 24...

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~ Visual Communcation BA (Hons.) Class of  1993; BIAD's Gosta Green site ~ My university tutor, colleague and leader of the degree cours...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

To My Insurance Company.

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I've been engaged in a battle to renew my business insurance lately. It's gone on for an unbelievably long time, because I can't...
Thursday, July 08, 2021

Why you should always pre-order a book you fancy.

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When I’ve totally invested in a book via my illustrations, I want that book to do well. Not only for myself, because of course I’ll be earni...
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Sarah J Coleman
Omnimole, EVERYWHERE, United Kingdom
Recognised as an early pioneer of hand-drawn type and lettering as image, I've spent my life creating words and pictures for an international client base, with hundreds of book projects to my name (I've stopped counting!) With solo exhibitions both side of the Atlantic, I've expanded into murals, installations, music, gallery shows, chocolate and pirate radio, with a bewildering series of adventures along the way. Clients include: Playboy, Radio Times, Tiffany, Coca Cola, TWBA, Leo Burnett, Macy’s, Starbucks, Toyota, Crayola, Kelloggs, Co-op, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Crabtree & Evelyn, Cadbury's, Unilever, Sage Francis, Saatchi & Saatchi, Folio Society, The Natural History Museum and all major US and UK publishing houses.
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