hel covell₊‧.°.⋆🫧•˚₊‧⋆.

i’m a freelance illustrator, from yorkshire, now london based

my work- inspired by childhood video games, early corners of the internet and the nature around me in the uk- focuses on characters and imagined worlds

get in touch for: animation, visual identities, advertising, concept art, character design, editorial, video games, packaging, clothing designs +

e: hel@helcovell.com
newsletter: wuu2 hel?
i: @helcovell

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upcoming exhibitions:

• solo show with pinky’s, melbourne, october 2026

• solo show with tortoise books&gallery, tokyo, may 2028

selected clients:
🍎️ / nike / adidas / vans / lost in cult / it’s nice that / easy delivery co / baycrews japan / concrete / cards against humanity / kiblind magazine / the v&a / 1999 beauty / slowdown studio / jd sports / bloomberg / camden town brewery / pictoplasma / amazon / primark

noteables:

• IF illustration festival, artist talk + exhibition, lyon 2025

• pictoplasma london, character design conference, artist talk, london 2025

• ‘quiet’ by booooooom, works published, 2022

• seoul illustration fair, group exhibition, 2019

• the world illustration awards, shortlisted artist, ‘children’s book’ category, 2019

• the pictoplasma academy character design exhibition, berlin 2019

• the v&a london, ‘videogames: design, play, disrupt’, group exhibition, london 2018

• character design fellowship, pictoplasma, 2018

• ‘jumble wood’, children’s book, published by nobrow, 2018

• lazy oaf, ‘take a break’, group exhibition, london 2018

prints:
kiblind

features:
booooooom
creative lives in progress
the aoi
jd sports x vans