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Illustrator | Printmaker
Sage Rose Butler
sagerosebutler@hotmail.com
07704 652278 | IG @whimsicalsageart
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Live briefs & commissions
Book
Illustration
Other
Illustration
A collection of my best commissioned and live work from clients
A collection of fiction and non fiction book illustration work
Other types of illustration such as editorial and posters
Sketches & development
Speculative Commissions
Created concepts for commissions (not formally commissioned)
Some of my best sketches and roughs to give insight into my process
Live briefs and commissions
 The EdgeThis is my work for Falmouth Illustrations published promotional magazine: The Edge. Here I drew detailed linework by hand, adding many layers of painted textures and colour in photoshop. |  Promise 1A live brief for the Authorial Practice MA team at Falmouth University |  Promise 2 |
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 Promise 3 and 4 |  St Austell Calendar ComissionThis was a live brief competiton for St Austell Printing Company. I was fortunate to be one of the 14 winners out of over 30. Made using lino printing and watercolour. |
Book Illustration
This is a flip through of my final 3rd year project, and my most ambitious project yet. A complete self authored and illustrated book on Cornish folklore!
 15-16 DRAGON FOLDOUTThis was the most ambitious part of my book, a large fold out illustration of Jan Tregeagle fighting a dragon on Bodmin Moor. Fineliner, watercolour and digital |
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 Water Dragon |  Dhragons |  Giants |
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 The Giant of St Michael |  Mermaids |  Piskies |
 Knockers |  Cornish Folklore Map |  Dissertation CoverA cover I illustrated for my dissertation on witches in Studio Ghibli films Hand drawn linework with digital colouring |
 Spirit DoorsA redesign of a book on folklore. Illustrated using fineliner, watercolour and ink |  Faerie FlowersA redesign of a book on folklore. Illustrated using fineliner, watercolour and ink |  Tree SpiritsA redesign of a book on folklore. Illustrated using fineliner, watercolour and ink, heavily inspired by Tolkien's Treebeard |
 Bug Book 1A spread from a self authored fiction activity book for children |  Bug Book 2 |  Witch's House Mini NarrativeA self authored narrative concept of a fantastical witch tower |
Other Illustration
 Values jacketThis is one of my most ambitious projects, I painted an entire jacket in under 6 weeks |  Weapons patchesThese are the 2 large weapons from the back of the jacket, inspired by God of War Handpainted acrylic on fabric |  Jacket 1This is the first of a pair of experimental protest fashion photography. I painted over 100 patches for the jacket and added all the drawings and text in photoshop |
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 Jacket 2This is the second of a pair of experimental protest fashion photography. I painted over 100 patches for the jacket and added all the drawings and text in photoshop |
Speculative Commissions
 "Caroline"This collection inspired by Coraline served as a conceptual commission. After this I was contacted by Laika Studios |  Concert PosterA digital mixed media poster using scanned watercolour and my photos for Tom Rosenthal |
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Sketches and Development
 Natural History Museum |  Natural History Museum 2 |  Hunterian Museum |
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 Hunterian Museum 2 |  Kingston University |  Spiderwick Sketches |
 Character Sketches |  Train Sketches |  Train Sketches 2 |
 London Trip Sketches |  London Trip Sketches 2 |  Ink Experiments |
 Ink Experiments |  Ink Experiments |  Ink Experiments |
 Ink Experiments |
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