Lydia Ripper is a full-time illustrator and writer. She studied graphic design at Nottingham Trent University and brings an inimitable sense of style to everything she does: from makeup artistry and face painting to fashion and hair modelling. Lydia works primarily in gouache, crayons, pen & ink and fine-liners, and her style is lively, colourful, fun, and plays to that childlike innocence that is in all of us, regardless of age. Lydia's dense and detailed illustrations tell stories and take you on a journey full of subtle surprises while her characters dance across the page with endless energy and movement.