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Donna Cross

I  graduated from Wellington School of Visual Communication and became a freelance illustrator in Sydney, Australia from 1979 to 1987 before returning to live in Breaker Bay, Wellington, N.Z.

I love illustrating and have made a living from it for thirty years, every day learning new and exciting developments, styles and illustrators and marvel  at the freshness of the illustrators who have been in the game even longer than me.

As an illustrator in such a small country I have become skilled in a range of media and styles from loose to tight, realistic to stylised. The media I use include acrylic, gouache, watercolour, pastel and colour pencil as well as computer applications including Photoshop, Freehand and Illustrator. I particularly enjoy combining the traditional 'hands on' techniques with digital  technology to create original images to suite a particular brief and that clearly reflect my personal style.

I have worked on many large successful projects that required consistency of characters and style. My experience has taught me to interpret scripts for editorials and detailed briefs from art directors for design and advertising. I like to think that I can add something more than is asked for, that indefinable 'rightness' of idea, composition, colour  and style that creates magic.

Donna CROSS

Donna CROSS - Retro, Poster, Art Deco - Mixed Media - People - adults, Logos, Labels, Icons
Donna CROSS - Retro, Poster, Art Deco - Mixed Media - Travel, Tourism, Arts, Entertainment
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - Acrylic - Travel, Tourism, Leisure, Recreation
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - Acrylic - Leisure, Recreation, Landscape - rural
Donna CROSS - Realistic - photo - CGI - computer only - People - adults
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Mixed Media - Travel, Tourism, People - adults, Environment, Nature
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Acrylic - Holidays, Leisure, Recreation
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - CGI - computer only - Accidents, Disasters, People - children
Donna CROSS - Graphic - simple - CGI - computer only - Leisure, Recreation, Logos, Labels, Icons, Travel, Tourism
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Acrylic - Holidays, Travel, Tourism, Leisure, Recreation
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Acrylic - Health - exercise, diet, Products, Packaging, Food, Cooking, Eating
Donna CROSS - Stylised - CGI - computer only - Leisure, Recreation, People - adults, Health - exercise, diet
Donna CROSS - Stylised - CGI - computer only - Sport - land, Logos, Labels, Icons, Travel, Tourism
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Acrylic - Transport - air
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Acrylic - Leisure, Recreation, Relationships, Emotion, Plants, Gardens
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Acrylic - Plants, Gardens, Still life, Decor, Objects
Donna CROSS - Cartoon - Acrylic - Animals - wild
Donna CROSS - Graphic - simple - Black & White Line - Logos, Labels, Icons, Transport - land, Sport - land
Donna CROSS - Retro, Poster, Art Deco - Mixed Media - People - adults, Political, Social Issues, Landscape - cities
Donna CROSS - Graphic - simple - CGI - computer only - Logos, Labels, Icons, Holidays, Travel, Tourism
Donna CROSS - Graphic - simple - CGI - computer only - Environment, Nature, Logos, Labels, Icons, Animals - wild
Donna CROSS - Retro, Poster, Art Deco - CGI - computer only - Leisure, Recreation, Transport - water, Holidays
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - Acrylic - Relationships, Emotion, People - adults
Donna CROSS - Whimsical - Acrylic - Holidays, Travel, Tourism, Leisure, Recreation
Donna CROSS - Graphic - simple - Black & White Line - Animals - wild, Logos, Labels, Icons
Donna CROSS - Retro, Poster, Art Deco - Acrylic - Travel, Tourism, Food, Cooking, Eating, People - adults
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - Mixed Media - Plants, Gardens, Still life, Decor, Objects
Donna CROSS - Retro, Poster, Art Deco - Acrylic - Sport - water, Holidays, Leisure, Recreation
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - Acrylic - Still life, Decor, Objects, Food, Cooking, Eating
Donna CROSS - Graphic - simple - Black & White Line - Animals - wild, Logos, Labels, Icons
Donna CROSS - Graphic - complex - CGI - computer only - Political, Social Issues, Business, Corporate, Education
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - Mixed Media - Health - exercise, diet, Instructions, Diagrams, Anatomy
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - Mixed Media - Instructions, Diagrams, Anatomy, Health - exercise, diet
Donna CROSS - Graphic - simple - CGI - computer only - Science, Technology, Communication, Leisure, Recreation
Donna CROSS - Graphic - simple - CGI - computer only - Still life, Decor, Objects, Food, Cooking, Eating, Drink -  non alcoholic
Donna CROSS - Realistic - loose - Acrylic - Still life, Decor, Objects, Holidays, Leisure, Recreation
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Mixed Media - Animals - wild, People - working, Food, Cooking, Eating
Donna CROSS - Painterly - Acrylic - Animals - wild
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Mixed Media - People - adults, Fashion
Donna CROSS - Stylised - Gouache - People - adults