Our second artist today is WYPW member Gillian Tyler, a Freelance Illustrator and Printmaker!
#discovercreativecareers.
Who are you and what do you do?
I’m Gillian Tyler and I am a freelance Artist Illustrator & Printmaker
Did you study a creative subject? If so, what and where?
After taking A levels in Art, Art history & Painting at Barnsley College I did a foundation course at Barnsley Art College followed by a degree in Illustration at Manchester Polytechnic

What printmaking techniques do you work with?
What inspires you?
I’m inspired by the natural world and by the people and places that are about me.

Name 3 great things about your job?
The ability to work in a creative way most days and connect with other artists and fellow enthusiasts in all thingscreative and in print.
The development of ideas and new ways of working in order to communicate with others.
It’s a wonderfully rewarding feeling when you are contacted by people who say that your work has moved them and hasmean’ta lot to them in some way.
What top tip would you have for a young creative?
