Digital Illustration Portfolio | Gina Shord Illustration

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Queen of hearts

Personal piece based around the Queen of hearts playing card. 2024

Category: Editorial Illustration

Top 10 swimming pools in the UK

Piece based around 10 ten best pools in the UK. I wanted to use the pools and make them look like a column chart. 2024

Category: Website Editorial

Editorial illustration in a inky brush pen line style of a female drinking alcohol which are labeled with various emotions while crying. Illustration is done in the British flag colours as the association between expressive drinking and the UK.

The complex relationship between alcohol and sadness.

Single page illustration based around a written piece about the link between alcohol and sadness. 2024

Category: Editorial magazine illustration

Don't Touch My Skin

Personal Project about respecting boundaries. Narrative behind the design is of tattooed people commenting on being groped by strangers because of their body art.
2022
Category: Online Editorial

Digital illustration of Egyptian inspired nude females with snakes and cheetahs forming a pattern to wrap around ceramic pottery. Drawn with a limited colour pallet of yellow, pink, green and red. illustrated by female illustrator Gina Shord.

Ladies and Snakes

Piece for a wrap around pattern on homeware. Inspired by Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. 2024
Category: 3D Surface pattern design

Crocodile Tears

T-shirt designed for We are Print Social which is about crocodile tears the idea of fake crying. 2024

Category: Illustrated apparel

Overwhelm and over thinking

Personal editorial illustration about the emotional strain of overworking leading to over whelm. 2024

Category: Editorial Illustration

Giving Thanks

Greeting card for thanks giving "Giving thanks to you my love" With a thanks giving feast spread out across the card. Card available for licensing. 2022

Category: Greeting Card Design

motor bike ride or die everyday greeting card for birthdays. Aimed at bikers and rock and rollers! Illustrated by london illustrator gina shord.

Lets make some noise

Greeting Card Design inspired by motorcycle lovers. "It's your birthday... Lets make some noise". This design is available for licensing. 2023

Category: Greeting Card Design

Photograph of a pair of custom illustrated vans with a halloween theme as part of the vans commission. Each shoe has a different design one of a pumpkin man and one of a vampire clown. The idea behind the design was real monsters trick or treating. Illustrated with Posca pens on slip on Vans.

Halloween Vans

Running a halloween themed creative workshop for Vans, customising merchandise and teaching embroidery & t-shirt transfers. 2023

Category: Hosting a Creative Workshop

betty davis

Betty Davis Queen of funk illustrated with the feel of her funk music in mind. 2022
Category: Editorial illustration.

Lets get weird

Personal project of maximalist home decor wall art inspired by 60's pop culture and The Beatles. 2023

Category: Home decor / Product Design

Breakfast eggs benadict

Personal Project of editorial illustration for a food magazine about breakfast recipes. 2023

Category: Food Editorial illustration

Edmonia Lewis

Illustration of Edmonia Lewis famous black female sculptor. 2022

Category: Book narrative publishing

illustration of a wine bottle paackaging design on the right with a summery looking female in a leafy dress and a vibrant pencil like plum pattern in the background. On the right is a close up of the plum jam pattern with splodges of jam and colourful plums dotted around.

Wine bottle Packaging

A Personal project designing a wine bottle label. Based around Cornwall. I wanted to include subtle hint of the coast such as the sea breeze flower. 2022

Category: Product / Packaging Design

illustration is of a pregnant lady sat with friends and family having a picnic in early autumn. In the middle is a baby playing with a small dog. A little girl reading at the bottom, a female lying on her belly chatting and others relaxing.

Positive surrounding pregnancy

Single page editorial illustration about how to have a positive pregnancy one of which is surrounding yourself with your favourite supportive people. 2022

Category: Editorial Illustration

Illustration of a fish monger stall selling lots of different types of fish. Woman with blonde hair on the left shopping for local fish. Illustration based in Cornwall food market. Illustrated by Gina Shord. Lettering on the fish signs.

Fish Monger Market

Editorial spot illustration of shopping on a fish monger food stall. 2022

Category: Magazine Editorial

Malala Yousafzai

Book cover illustration of Peace Prize winner who fought for female education Mala Yousafzai. 2022

Category: Publishing

Jalapeño Packaging

Sliced Jalapeño peppers Product packaging design inspired by Mexican wrestlers masks, sugar skulls and tuscan lettering. 2022

Category: Product design/ Packaging

Illustration for editorial mag covent gardener, illustration of many different types of hats from history royal crown, top hat, beret, mother of the bride hat etc & of the many hats sold by lairds hatters. in the bottom right a hand is pointing to a large red hat with a buckle on it and a speech bubble with a exclamation mark in it. within the illustration is also very small excalmation marks. illustrated by Gina Shord.

Gina Shord illustration for covent gardener mag hats

Editorial about hats & Lairds Hatters. "the hat is the dot in the exclamation mark that completes your outfit"
Written by Al Farquar. (issue 25) 2022

Category: Magazine editorial