ficklepickled

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Illustrator from the North East of England.
I love doodling silly little things! 🍎🐛
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Who is FicklePickled?

FicklePickled aka Em is an Illustrator based in the North East of England who works primarily with digital techniques to create vibrant & cute illustrations.She specialises in illustration for comic books and children’s books. Em enjoys creating pieces that are cute from both fictional media and real-life. She seeks inspiration from her personal interests and implements these into her illustrations.She graduated with a 2:1 BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application in 2025.

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"Jamie" - Uni 3rd Year Final Major Project

"Jamie" is a comic book that I designed, wrote and had produced for my uni FMP. The story follows Jamie, an 18 year old girl with autism, who is set on a path of independence on her 18th birthday.
Can she overcome her fears and doubts to pursue her newfound dream?Alongside my comic, I also produced keychains, prints and posters to sell at our University's Degree Show.

"Don't be scared, Squish!" - Uni 2nd Year Final Project

"Don't be scared, Squish!" is a children's book concept that was submitted to the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2024. The book was based on the themes "Courage and Bravery" where a small alien named Squish lands on Earth and is shown what Earth has to offer by a bright, extroverted young girl called Lily.

2nd Year Church Christmas Projection

For this project, a group consisting of me and a few of my classmates worked alongside our local council to create illustrations and animations for the Christmas Light Switch-On. Our animations were then projected onto the church for the public to see.

"Bot & Sprout" - Uni 1st Year Final Project

"Bot & Sprout" is the name of a zine I created for my First Year Final Project. These were then sold at a Zine fair held by the university. Bot & Sprout is a story where a robot escapes from a facility in the woods. He explores the forest and notices that the nature is slowly dying. He comes across a small creature named Sprout, who he eventually befriends. With their friendship, the forests' plants begins to bloom and thrive again.

3rd Year Original Concept

My 3rd year original concept was going to follow game design. The story would revolve around a young farmer girl who goes on an adventure to save her crops from an ongoing zombie plague, where fruit & veg start rotting and infecting other crops. She fights a variety of different enemies in a turn-based system alongside her crops, such as worms, crows and fungi.