About me…

 
 

Hiya, I’m Jenna.

I am an illustrator based in Frome, Somerset - UK.

I’ve had a love for visual storytelling ever since I was a little girl - when I used to carry my sketchbook everywhere I went…

I was born in Stoke-on-Trent - a town known for it’s beautifully-patterned pottery. After school I studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art, and then went on to enjoy a career in magazine publishing.

Nowadays I combine my fine art background with playful and colourful design, by working as an illustrator!

My Style

I make all my illustrations digitally. My work is often created by layering pencil drawings with delicate textures which have been curated from sketches and close-up photographs (of bark, moss, metal, fabrics, rust, water reflections, anything...). I can’t go for a walk for long before stopping to catch the beauty of some light on a leaf!

Picture Books

I have illustrated four children’s picture books including the widely praised We Are Family by author Lucy Reynolds - you can find out more about them here.

Other illustration work…

Whether it be for a book, a billboard, a map, a booklet, website or animation… I love to illustrate and design for a variety of purposes. I’ve had wonderful feedback from The National Trust, Plastic-Free.Period, Green and Healthy Frome, The Kindness Connection, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and many more… you can find more information about my recent projects here.

Workshops

As well as illustrating and designing for a wide range of clients, I love to run art clubs and to work on independent art projects with schools and community groups too. I have a strong belief that exploring art and creativity is crucial to enriching a child’s experience at school, and so my projects are designed to help children explore new topics in a fun and creative way. You can find more about my school and community projects here.

Contact

If you would like to work with me, or have any questions, please contact me at hellojennadoodles@gmail.com

For all non-fiction and fiction picture book enquiries, please contact my wonderful agent Gill at the Bath Lit Agency: gill.mclay@btinternet.com

Instagram

Please follow my latest news on Instagram…
Happy Easter from myself @jennadoodles and all the team at @the_inkpot_collective & @bathlitagency 🐰🥚! I saw a hare lolloping over this field of daisies this morning which inspired me to take a photo, and recreate him jumping around… ho
The adorable @bathlitagency mascot is eyeing up this vase like I’m about to drink from it! 😆🥰 Notebook-ready for a meeting with my wonderful agent Gill and then a bonus quite spontaneous lunch with fellow Inkpot @beccyblakeartist ❤️❤️. So lov
Continuing the @the_inkpot_collective ‘s #cavalcadeofcharacters with my own interpretation of Hans Christian Anderson’s Princess 👑 and the Pea 💚 . At the @bathlitagency , we’re celebrating @londonbookfair and @bolognachildrensbook
Sharing these lovely photos from World Book Day at @cslcardiff - it was such a pleasure to be a part of their brilliant celebrations. @cslcardiff “To celebrate the power of books, poetry and storytelling, pupils across the School have been ins
@the_inkpot_collective is celebrating children’s books, with many of us Inkpotters illustrating our favourite book characters. Today, I present the Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. This is one from a selection of interpretations of
I love this view! With Cley Hill in the distance, silhouetted by the sunrise 😍. I’m not usually up early enough to see it empty… but this morning I was up before the kids, ready to meet @julia_seal_illustration @alice_tait_illustrates @
The London Book Fair 2025 is on💥 and our Illustrator Showcase is bringing the talented Inkpotters into the spotlight… next up is Jenna Herman @jennadoodles - a Somerset-based illustrator who loves to imagine the world through the curious eyes
I was in Exmouth for the beginning of World Book Week last week… which reminded me of this lush project I did for @nationaltrust @ntalaronde last year. Here are a few work-in-progress photos of some of the tiny details from a long landscape pa
HAPPY #WORLDBOOKDAY ! What a lush day celebrating our love for reading and picture books in sunny Cardiff at beautiful @csIcardiff in Llandaff (photos 2 & 3) . I spent a whole day in the school chapel, with groups from pre-nursery up to year 2 re
Spotted in this month’s @thefromelist 💥! I recently created this little superhero for the upcoming Kindness Festival in #frome . Each year this festival gets bigger and his March promises be really wonderful with a super hero fun run, toy swap
#makeitfair #handsoffourcopyright
If the @the_inkpot_collective did Come Dine With me, @alice_tait_illustrates has set the bar seriously high with this studio gathering and delicious meal 😋🦐. Lush to hang out with @alice_tait_illustrates @angiemorgan123 @nathaliegossdesigns today.
A few cute details from a very lovely project: creating a daily journal for parents and children to treasure 🥰. Building A Village by Laura Bassett is a book to document your own story - helping individuals connect with their own community. I loved

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