Neil McLeish

My Smarties dinosaur egg for Nestle, is back in the shops again this year. Fours years on the run! 🦖🦕🌿 Have a lovely weekend! 🌞 #easteregg #dinosaurs #childrensillustrator #freelanceillustrator #kidlitartist #NESTLE #Easter #illustrator #nonfictionillustrator #kidlitillustrator

Throwback Thursday when I produced this sealife pattern for a childrenswear brand, Petite Monettes. I love that I can apply my designs to lots of different products 🐠🐟🐡 #ThrowbackThursday #fish #illustrator #freelanceillustrator #oceanlife #marinelife #kidsapparel #sealife #licensingartist

New logo design for a client, World Animal Day 🐠🐋🪼Loved working on this one! #illustration #illustrator #childrensillustrator #nonfictionillustrator #kidlitartist #freelanceillustrator

Happy 2026 ✨Year of the Horse 🧧🐴🎊 #ChineseNewYear2026 #yearofthehorse #illustrator #freelanceillustrator #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator #lunanewyear #childrensillustrator #nonficitionillustrator #picturebookillustrator #boardbookillustrator

Your portfolio looks wonderful! You are such a talented illustrator.

Today's horse drawing 🐎 #horses #drawing #illustrator #nonfictionillustrator

Happy Friday! I have reworked my Frida Kahlo illustration, giving it a more updated look. Here is a snippet 🌺 #fridakahlo #kidlitartist #portraitart #nonfictionillustrator #illustrator #illustrationartist #childrensillustrator

It's #PortfolioDay 🌞🦆🐞 I'm Emma Jayne and I'm looking for nonfiction picture/ board books projects. I'm sharing some of my older designs as well as a new one. I love drawing animals and nature. Please email me if you have a project in mind emma@emmajayne-designs.co.uk #illustrator #kidlitartist

I now have wrapping paper to coordinate with my birthday cards. These are for Earlybird Designs - Suns and Typo Birthday🌞🎂✨ Do you have a favourite? #giftwrap #stationery #illustrator #carddesigner

Happy Friday! I made a book cover with my animal and children icons (from the other day). I think it has a slight whimsical feel! The design shows fantastic ways in which young children can play 🥎⛷️🎨 #kidlitartist #illustrator #childrensbooks #picturebookillustrator #boardbookillustrator

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! The 1st one for 2026. I'm Emma Jayne, a children's illustrator. I'm looking for picture/ board books, editorial and magazine projects for nonfiction. See my work at portfolio.emmajayne-designs.co.uk or email me at emma@emmajayne-designs.co.uk #kidlitartist

Hi everyone! 👋I'm Emma Jayne and I'd like to welcome you to my BlueSky account. I'm a freelance illustrator with over 10 years experience. I create illustrations for a wide range of products, including kids books, stationery, puzzles and patterns for apparel. Come say hi! #kidlit #kidlitartist

Happy New Year! To a new year and new adventures 🎉 #HappyNewYear #newyear2026comingsoon #Illustrator #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator #freelanceillustrator

Thank you, Jody! 😊

As we come to the end of the year, I want to share some of my favourite pieces from 2025. These are a mix of personal and client projects. #ArtWork2025 #illustrator #kidlitartist #childrensillustrator #freelanceillustrator #childrensbooks #roundup2025 #nonfictionillustrator

Hope you've had a lovely Christmas! Continuing with the Christmas theme.... Gingerbread House 🏩🎄 #illustrator #kidlitartist #kidlitillustration #childrensillustration #childrensillustrator #licensingartist #picturebookillustrator #boardbookillustrator #nonfictionillustrator #christmas #holidays

More Christmas designs which are available for licensing 🎅🎄✨ #christmasiscoming2025 #licensingartist #kidlitartist #childrensillustrator #freelanceillustrator #nonfictionillustrator #holidaysarecoming #illustrator #christmasartwork #christmas

Christmas Day is less than a week away! Inspired by Grimmes Fairytales, here's a snowy Candyland scene (section of) 🐭🍭🎄It's still a working progress. #snowscene #artillustration #kidlitartist #christmas #holidays #childrensillustrator #workinprogress #christmasiscoming #freelanceillustrator

The latest offering from Emma Jayne

It's Christmas Eve, Eve! 🐭🎄🍭 #christmaseveeve #kidlitartist #happyholidays #kidlitillustrator #freelanceillustrator #nonfictionillustrator #childrensillustrator #happyholidays #merrychristmas

Another offering from Emma Jayne

Happy Summer Solstice! The longest day of the year🌞 #summersolstice #illustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #freelanceillustrator #nonfictionillustrator #illustrator

Another offering from Emma Jayne

Summer vibes 🌞 #summervibes #summerseason #illustrator #freelanceillustrator #kidlitartist #icecream #sweettreats #summertime #licensingartist

Today's warm up drawings of colourful birds 🐦🦜These are day 12 of my 30 day drawing challenge (yep I know, it's been a while since my last one!) #drawings #birds #illustrator #kidlitartist #freelanceillustrator #nonfictionillustrator #illustrationartist #licensingartist

It's always great to see people wearing your designs! My Amazon Rainforest pattern for Yiume. #surfacedesigner #illustrator #freelanceillustrator #patterndesigner #licensingartist #apparel #fabricdesigner

Let's write a poem, one line at a time. I'll start. The morning broke, like a glass dropped,

This is beautiful!

... And they clearly are a bunch of scam merchants, as their Trust pilot reviews show uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.p...

Tut tut, this company are stealing artist's work and printing their designs onto tees, sweatshirts etc... 😡 #illustrators #designers

Artists be aware. Print Cool . store are stealing artwork and selling it on printed t-shirts. Buyers please think before buying from them, as you will be encouraging theft of artists' hard work and damaging their livelihoods #illustrators #designers #illustratorsoninstagram #t-shirts #tshirts #tees

Oh, this makes me happy! The imagination of kids knows no bounds. We growed ups can learn a lot from kids.

I came across this cover image and it reminded me of the excitement I used to feel when buying a new novel. I love the cyberpunk genre and this was my entry point. What science fiction subgenres do you enjoy the most? #scifi #literature #cyberpunk

This is my kind of picnic!!