Albert Einstein once said “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new”.

It’s from our mistakes that we find new ways of approaching problems, the real talent is recognising we are making mistakes and learning from them. I’ve always been the type of person who is constantly questioning, experimenting and tweaking my work, this can often lead to taking an idea too far and breaking it If you aways play it safe, you’ll never know how far you can push it… and that’s where all the fresh and original ideas lie waiting to be discovered.

Steve Simpson, 2013

Freelance Illustrative Designer

Studied: Technical illustration/graphics at Mid-Cheshire/Portsmouth, UK 

With over 30 years experience, Steve Simpson’s whimsical approach to his work has earned him top international awards for illustration, packaging design and his art for children’s books. Steve has regularly had work exhibited in London, LA & New York along with many publications across the world. Steve is originally from the UK with a background in animation and comics but has made Ireland his home and Illustration his passion for the last 20 plus years. 

Steve was a main stage speaker at the 2012 OFFSET creative conference in the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin and has won numerous international awards for both his packaging design and illustration inc. a gold & silver at the AOI’s Images; Best of British Illustration Awards and Gold, Silver and Bronze at the ICAD.ie awards 2013.

Steve has a cat named Buddy but they’re not very close…

Check out Steveʼs amazing work here: www.SteveSimpson.com

Steve’s Shop: www.Society6.com/SteveSimpson

Steve’s agent:   www.JellyLondon.com  

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