Rachel is an illustrator, designer, blogger and trend hunter. This is her online portfolio and blog, with musings on illustration, design, fashion, advertising, branding, marketing, music, cakey-bakey goodness, culture and all things cool.
food illustration
New Work: Food Illustrations for SingleGirlDinner.com

New Work: Food Illustrations for SingleGirlDinner.com

I’ve recently done some new work for the amazing Single Girl Dinner – one of those really great, simple ideas; what are we cooking when we’re cooking for one? “Maybe this was all you had in the fridge. Maybe this was the best dinner idea you could come up with. Ever wonder what another girl...
Sneak Peek of They Draw And Cook - The Book!

Sneak Peek of They Draw And Cook – The Book!

You might remember that a while back I announced I am to be published in the They Draw and Cook Book later this year; well here’s a video of a sneak peek copy! You can see my recipe verrrry slightly at exactly 1:20. View the video on youtube here! It’s so exciting. I can’t wait...
My Packed Lunch Illustration for Anorak Magazine

My Packed Lunch Illustration for Anorak Magazine

Anorak Magazine, ‘The happy mag for kids‘ as it’s so aptly called, has been running this brilliant blog series called ‘My Packed Lunch‘, which has seen chefs, food organisations, and restaurant’s recipes teamed up with illustrators to bring them to life. I’m so happy to have been involved, as I love food illustration and haven’t...
Proud Kitchen Launch Night for Amelia's Magazine

Proud Kitchen Launch Night for Amelia’s Magazine

Last week I was commissioned by Amelia’s Magazine to produce a couple of illustrations for an article by Jessica Furseth about the launch of new Camden restaurant, Proud Kitchen. The article discusses last Thursday’s opening, and by the sounds of it, the venue and food on offer were pretty amazing. Above is my first illustration;...

Central Station ‘TwEATS’ Publication with NVA Harvest

You might remember a while back I submitted an illustrated recipe for a competition by Central Station and NVA Harvest to create images for recipes submitted by members, for publication in the newspaper which was to accompany their ‘twEATS’ event; an online mass-cookery class delivered through twitter. The prize was not only having your recipe...

New Work: Editorial Illustration

This was a piece I did for an article I found in The Times, written by Giles Coren called ‘You’ve never heard of Paddington Basin, the little sink from darkest Peru?’. The article has a few different tangents to it, but the one I focussed on was the trouble Giles is having with his new...

Guest Post on Domestic Sluttery!

Totally exciting news; today I’ve been featured on the awesome blog, domesticsluttery.com! :D For those of you who don’t know about the domestic sluts, where have you been? I’ve been following them for a good few months now, and they’ve been taking the home & lifestyle world by storm in their own stylish way. Their...

Cakey Bakey: Choc Chip Cupcakes with Fudge Frosting

It’s national chocolate week! So to celebrate I made the most chocolatey cupcakes in existence. Be warned – these are not for people who utter that insane phrase ‘Oh, it’s far too chocolatey for me…’ Personally I can’t understand that – I have never tasted anything that is ‘too’ chocolatey. There is no such thing!...

Recipe Look

I was told about this site aaages ago by Tom, the creator of Recipe Look, when he commented on an old post about my illustrated recipe book. I then went ‘that’s a really great idea for a site!’ in my head, and then… didn’t do a lot about it. But my illustration yesterday about the...