Sarah Grace
Graphic Communication and Illustration
My work is primarily focused on illustration and animation, with a strong narrative thread running through all my projects. My illustrative style is bold and playful, using eccentric and quirky characters to achieve a humorous or sensitive tone, depending on the subject.To create shape, colour, and texture in my illustrations, I use a combination of traditional and digital processes.
Final year project
Pronto
Pronto Login screen
Created as part of a group project 'Pronto' is a digital pen pal app created in response to how Covid has affected young children's developmental and cognitive abilities in primary schools. To contextualise language learning, the app employs fun vocabulary games and digital letters, bringing together social interaction and education. When students receive letters, they translate the text by matching the foreign word to its corresponding icon, revealing a message that can be converted into their native language. The app also allows teachers and parents to view their child's progress as they complete each activity and topic.
'My Mother's Mind is Like a Garden' animation
‘My Mother’s Mind is Like a Garden’ is a short animation created for the Alzheimer’s Society website. The video follows the story of a young woman caring for her mother who has a form of dementia. She compares the changes she has observed in her mother to that of a garden, with its changing seasons and plants. The animation is aimed at anyone who provides informal care to a loved one with dementia; the message at the end of the video directs the viewer to the official Alzheimer's Society support page, where they can explore and utilise the website's information and knowledge. By encouraging informal caregivers to explore their emotions, we can hopefully reduce the guilt that most caregivers unfortunately experience.
Click the link to watch!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RN37ksVqqg
Horrible Herstories Cover
Horrible Herstories is an educational zine predominantly aimed at young girls with an emerging interest in history. The aim of this publication is to nurture their interest in history while telling it from a feminist viewpoint, free from historical inaccuracy and social judgement. The zine reveals the truth about these famous historical women and the horrible (and false) portrayals that are still commonly circulated.
Pronto- Animation Preview
Pronto's personality is inclusive, welcoming and exciting. The app is filled with energetic characters and animations that create an exciting and engaging learning environment making learning easy and enjoyable.
Letter Selection
The characters will be introduced to the children throughout the app, explaining that they should look out for them and offering help and guidance on how to navigate the app. The characters are designed to be friendly and recognisable, standing out from the backgrounds.
Animail
Students are notified when they have received a letter from their pen pal. Once they complete writing their letters, they can select and choose from a range of stamps. New stamps containing the characters from the app are unlocked the further the child progresses through the app. Other learning incentives include personalised avatars.
Broken branches- Animation Still
All the elements in the garden represent the different types of memories that the mother has remaining. The oak tree represents her strongest and oldest memories. As she ages and her dementia progresses, the branches begin to fall from the tree. The tone of the animation speaks to the viewer using a common understanding of the emotional strain that dementia places on their shoulders.
Marie Antoinette inside illustration
Each week, Horrible Herstories introduces a new historical woman, introducing their backstory and early life, looking at common myths and then debunking them. Each page contains information that is accompanied by quirky and informative illustrations to help describe and make the facts memorable.
Sarah Grace
Final year project
Pronto
Awards
Work included in an art exhibition displayed in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in London.