Kate Osmond

Illustration - MA

School of Design

kateosmondillustration@outlook.com

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A bird's eye view of a drawing of a garden covered with the shadows of trees. There is someone sitting in the garden reading a newspaper surrounded by lots of plant pots.

Bio

Kate is an Illustrator based in Edinburgh who makes detailed and colourful images using an array of different paints, pencils and crayons. She creates atmosphere in her work by playing with light, shadows and perspective. The themes Kate likes to explore include current social and political events as well as the captivating mundanity of everyday life.

During her MA Kate designed book covers, made a short graphic novel and a zine, and also produced a collection of other stand-alone illustrations. Her reimagined cover of 'The Salt Path', a book by Raynor Winn, has been longlisted for the World Illustration Awards, and some of her other illustrations have been published by The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, and as part of the Royal Anthropological Institute's exhibition, 'Illustrating Anthropology'.

Kate is looking forward to creating more narratives for a range of audiences, including children, and developing her skills in editorial illustration.

A blue window on a blue building. A cup of steaming coffee rests on the windowsill.

A hand holds an open book with a bright green image of a garden.

A drawing of a street viewed through a window. A woman walks along a path outside the window.

A drawing of a family meal time seen through a window frame. The scene is very blue.

At the Open Window - A short Graphic Novel

Kate created a short graphic novel exploring how windows have framed our experience of the pandemic. Investigating the juxtaposition of solitude and shared experience, the narrative follows a character as she attempts to reconnect with the outside world. Kate hopes that the novel prompts readers to reflect upon their own experiences of spending vast amounts of time inside and the creative lengths we had to go to in order to socialise.

Two hands hold a copy of a slim A5 sized book above a field of flowers. The book is blue with a tree and a window on it.

Someone holds an open book showing images of a window. Someone is emerging from it.

A woman stands in the window of her bedroom looking outside. She watches another woman in the window opposite. The room is dark and blue and the light outside is bright.

A drawing of a rooftop with three chimneys and lots of clouds.

A woman hangs washing on a washing line in her garden. The grass is dark green and the trees are yellow.

A drawing of a small window in a vortex of dark blues and greys.

A drawing of a chimney in a wide sky punctuated by clouds and small birds flying around.

A building with lights in the windows at night. The sky is dark and the moon is up.

A man looks out his window. He holds the curtains up to his face, ready to close them.

Someone holds an open book showing images of a woman reading in a window.

A reimagined cover of the Salt Path by Raynor Winn

After reading Winn's memoir Kate was inspired to redesign the book's cover. Her illustration pulls together imagery conjured by the author's description of the landscape she encountered whilst walking the South West Coast Path.