About us
Pin It Creatives Inc. was founded in 2007. Our first products were for the stationery industry, working with artists from London and LA. Today we work with new and established artists from across the UK, US and Central Europe. We are expanding into fashion, retail and product design, publishing and designing bespoke ranges for retail organisations. Today’s retail world is a difficult one, and the pressure to create beautiful & individual... Read More
How to present Artwork to Creatives Inc: A quick guide!
Pin It In order for us to get the best out of your collection, here is a basic outline of how you can make our clients stop & take notice! Think about what it is that will make your designs sell. 1: Be prepared to wear 2 hats…one for your artistic output, and one for commercial purposes. Try not to send us just a link to your website, often, artwork is dispersed over many pages and it is difficult to make an initial assessment. If your... Read More
Artist Profile: Belinda Chen
Pin It Belinda Chen is a freelance illustrator and printmaker based in London. Her passion for drawing and art began from a very early age. Growing up in a small family run ceramic factory in Taiwan. Belinda imagined the factory as a giant playground. It has inspired her to create from childhood striving to create dream-like utopia to be enjoyed by both children and adults of all ages. She is particularly fond of character design, collage, narrative... Read More
Artist Profile: Tracy McGuinness-Kelly
Pin It Tracy graduated from Salford College with a B.A in Graphic Design & Illustration in 1983. She went on to work as a freelance illustrator working with clients such as: Oxford University Press, Missoni Fashion, POPrint Cards, & City Life Magazine amongst others. She continued her career as an illustrator by accepting a position at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri, in the U.S, where she designed award winning giftwrap, greeting... Read More
Artist Profile: Ed J Brown
Pin It Ed J Brown is a freelance illustrator from the Midlands but is now based in Manchester, England. He is very passionate about drawing and exploring. Ed’s work takes its aesthetic cue from screen printing, he likes to create eye catching images using bold, limited colour palettes and adding lots of hand made texture. He works both digitally and also paints using acrylic. Always available for all work, editorial, commissions, exhibitions... Read More
Artist Profile: Emmeline Pidgen
Pin It The Garden By Emmeline Emmeline is a young freelance illustrator based in the UK, who graduated in 2010 from University College Falmouth. Her work focuses on character and emotion whilst paying great attention to colour and shape in her illustrations. Emmeline is never without a sketchbook and pencil, ready to draw when inspiration strikes. Other Notes: Was shortlisted for a ‘Mythic Coastline’ children’s book illustration... Read More
Artist Profile: Alison Fairbairn
Pin It Illustrator Alison Fairbairn creates quirky and cute images with a sense of fun and whimsical feel. She is from London but her half-Japanese background has been an influence on her style of work, growing up with manga and being inspired by the colours and lines of Japanese art and cartoons. She is a largely self-taught artist so loves to experiment with different techniques including digital and watercolour. However, she is always drawn... Read More
Artist Profile: Sarah Anne Fielding
Pin It I’m an Illustrator/Designer who wants to fill this grumpy world with a bit more HAPPY. My artwork is available for licensing and I’m available for Freelance Work and Commissions! I’m lucky enough to have worked with a wide variety of clients from lovely individuals wanting a special illustration to designing for PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Transport for London. Send me an email with details of what you have in mind and... Read More
Artist Profile: Ria Dastidar
Pin It Ria Dastidar – aka Uberpup makes playful, surreal colorful illustrations often featuring her own character creations. The illustrations produced are chaotic in style and unrestrained. Influences include, satirical comedy, Indian textiles, and day-glo cartoon shows. Ria lives and works in London, producing illustrations for animation, textiles, print and licensing. Recent clients include British Airways, Aerial 7, Wikia, and The NHS. ... Read More
Artist Profile: Ashley Percival
Pin It My name is Ashley Percival and I’m a freelance illustrator from the UK. Since graduating from Falmouth University I have had my designs licensed by Urban Outfitters and Forever 21 for T-shirts. I have had my work licensed by other companies such as Iphone and been featured in magazines including Uppercase and Lamono. My artwork is suitable for all ages it has been described as unique, fun, whimsical, and quirky. I get most of my... Read More
Artist Profile: Emma Rees
Pin It I am an Illustrator currently residing in the city of Derby. I love and live for illustration and like to challenge the way in which illustration can be made. I love creating textile pieces, painting, drawing, experimenting. I like to create a sense of place and a menagerie of characters. ... Read More
Artist Profile: Calico Melton
Pin It Since graduating in 2010, Calico has gained a commercial awareness whilst still balancing a creative and sensitive approach to her intricate illustrations. Inspired by childrens books, in composition as well as image, Calico builds images in a way that combines analogue and digital techniques. But in short: Colour, compostition, and cuteness is what really counts. ... Read More
Artist Profile: Helen Marsden
Pin It Helen Marsden is a freelance Illustrator/designer who lives by the sea in the wonderful Hastings’ old town. Her youthful style, often inspired by childhood and the garden, features cute, stylised, character motifs and surface patterns. She loves to explore current design trends and experiment with new ideas. Helen creates vector graphic images with adobe illustrator that are ideal for cards, gift wrap, stationery and textiles. ... Read More
Artist Profile: Amy Bradley
Pin It Amy offers illustrations and design work for greeting cards, children’s books and general publishing. Her work is hand drawn making use of digital techniques to create colourful illustrations. She loves to add spots, dots, strips and patterns to her work and you will often find the use of collage and ink. Amy’s signature style is quirky, fun, decorative and energetic mixed with a unique and sophisticated colour palette. Amy’s... Read More
Artist Profile: Carmen Mok
Pin It My name is Carmen Mok, a self-taught illustrator currently live in Niagara Falls, Canada. I landed my first commissioned assignment in 2008 and became a full-time illustrator in 2010. Since then my works have been published in different magazines across Canada and USA, and have published and sold over 100 of my designs as greetings cards to retailers from USA, Canada and UK . On top of my creative skill, my other skill such as Day Dreaming Meeting... Read More
Artist profile: Rachel Gresham
Pin It I am based in Nashville, Tennessee, and create patterns for homewares, stationery, and interiors. I have a background in Fine art, my experience is in painting and printmaking. In 2011, I shifted my focus to design, and am now happily creating new work into the wee hours of most any morning. I love to create bold, vibrant images inspired by the great outdoors, old children’s books, and a good cup of coffee. I love collaborating and... Read More
Artist Profile: Marcia Copeland
Pin It I am a San Francisco graphic designer, textile designer and illustrator with a love for creating colorful designs and patterns that pop! My styles range from retro modern, cutesy, floral, exotic and trendy. After many years of working as a graphic designer for a mostly corporate client base, I started designing retro modern greeting cards as a creative outlet. In 2003 I began selling my collection to Los Angeles and San Francisco boutiques.... Read More
Artist Profile: Emma Barratt
Pin It Curently working in London as a graphic designer/illustrator. Emma’s Outlook: I like veggie sushi, Russian dolls, samurai types, olives (esp the black ones), hot spicy foods, the smell of tar, old cars, flossing, my hands, tattoos, teapots, daydreaming, impulsiveness, felt, escaping London, snow, my own company, potato cakes, cheese and beans, jelly belly beans, mountains, Austria, imagination, kitsch and kawaii, milky tea, Japanese... Read More
Artist Profile: Yenty Jap
Pin It Yenty Jap is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator that currently based in Indonesia, loves to travel and took her education with Advance Diploma in Malaysia and graduated with Bachelor of Graphic Design in New Zealand. Although she still works in the graphic industry, she puts more focus on her illustration work. Her greatest influences are Hayao Miyazaki and Norman Rockwell. Her works now are range from pattern design, card design, wall... Read More
Artist profile: Sarah Gooch
Pin It Sarah is a freelance illustrator who loves to draw and daydream. Her work is inspired by life in London – the streets, architecture, music, fashion and people. Current obsessions include afternoon tea, handbags and old cinema buildings that have been converted into gig venues (currently mourning the loss of The Astoria, Tottenham Court Road). Sarah likes to work with collage and line drawing, building up images in a maze of... Read More
Artist profile: Tanya St Leger
Pin It I produce mixed-media work, which consists of free machine-stitched drawings on discarded rubbish which is cut through to expose a photo beneath. My work is strongly based on the idea that we are so conditioned to seeing rubbish on streets and in our cities that we don’t even notice it anymore. I see myself continuing to work with this theme and creating more pieces for exhibitons. Although my work has a strong message, it has the potential... Read More
Artist profile: Marie Perkins
Pin It Marie Perkins studied Graphic Design and Illustration before going into hand painted ceramics, and then later textile design. In 2006 Marie created the blog ‘Print & Pattern’ and has since published a book of the same name. It was this success and a love of greetings cards, stationery, and paper goods that led her to leave her full-time textile design job and take the plunge to go freelance under the name ‘inkjet designs’. She... Read More
Artist profile: Tamara Csengeri
Pin It I am Illustrator based in Amsterdam. I graduated from “Shenkar” school of design in 2002 and took additional courses in textile design and art at Parson Paris Beaux Art. Since then, I’ve been working as a graphic and textile designer with a strong focus on newborn and children’s clothing as well as stationery, greeting cards and paper goods. Recently I have setup a small business specializing in wall decorations... Read More
CREATIVES INC: DIAL@PG LIVE 29-30 MAY 2012
Pin It Progressive Greetings Live, the only trade show dedicated to greeting cards will, for the first time at its 2012 show, incorporate ‘DIAL@PG Live’ – a section for Design, Image & Art Licensing companies. In addition, debuting at this fourth PG Live will be an Artists’ Quarter, where individual artists and designers will be able to showcase their work. CREATIVES INC will be showcasing their collective of artists work and invite... Read More
Ye Olde English eShoppe
Pin It Mr Bird by Snufflette Due to suprising success at the New Designers show, Creatives Inc will now be creating a retail eStore to support the interest from the general public. Since we were there primarily to recruit new talent and showcase what we are about, we will be developing ranges of cushions, cards, tees & babygrows. We will still be working with our clients & designers to bring you the best in product development Bear with... Read More
