Emily is best known for her work with Manchester Dubstep label Infernal Sounds, providing the beautiful and much loved artwork for their releases.
Being huge fans of her work, we reached out to Emily to be the the debut designer for our ‘What does music mean to you?‘ series where we ask the artist to visually answer that question through their art.
We had a chat with Emily to get her thoughts on the design and some insight into designing.
Tell us about how you got into design work.
I have loved drawing for as long as I can remember and have always wanted to turn it into some kind of career. I went on to study Illustration at Uni, which felt like a natural path for me. Since then I’ve been working on my own projects as well as taking on commissions in my spare time.
What valuable advice would you give to designers just starting out?
After graduating, I decided to work on personal projects, which really helped my style to flourish and improve. This made me more confident in myself and in my work so that I could build up my portfolio and put out more content on Social Media. As a freelancer, I think it’s really important to use tools such as Instagram to find inspiration, build networks and promote yourself. Aside from dedicating your spare time to creating artwork, a huge part of being a Freelance Illustrator or Designer is actually creating your own brand and running a business, so It’s important to clue yourself up in these areas. I’m certainly nowhere near being able to do it as my full time job, but it’s something that I will continue to keep pushing and working at in my spare time, and hopefully it will pay off eventually!