HCX recently caught up with second year student and illustrator, Hannah Peck! Check out her recent designs and keep up to date with all her exciting projects here:
Name: Hannah Peck
Year: 2nd
Subject: English Literature
Where are you from? Winchester
Tell us a little about your illustrations, what is it you do?
Essentially draw things with a variety of black pens, which sometimes end up on postcards, t-shirts, websites, or people’s walls. Somehow I’ve managed to end up doing a few logos / bits of stash for societies on campus too.
What are you most proud of with your work?
The fact that people actually like it? The way I’ve been able to use it at university too – for some reason I was under the false impression that you couldn’t study and do anything else with your time, but it’s actually one of the easiest places to get something stared. Also getting to work with No Guts No Glory on a few stash t-shirts has been fun.
How long have you been doing it?
Thinking about it it’s nearing on exactly a year now, I remember setting up the Facebook page in November of first year. But in more broad terms I like to think I’ve always been a little bit creative.
How did you get into it?
I was nagged for months by a friend who also happened to come to Exeter with me. We’d been on a terrible holiday to the Isle of Wight in the summer where we soon found entertainment was something we had to create. After unsuccessfully trying to start a novel together, I started scribbling scenes of the local pubs and seagulls.
Have you got anything exciting in store?
Fingers crossed my first batch of iPhone cases will be ready to purchase in the near future, currently in the prototype phase and continually changing my mind as to what design to settle with.
What advice would you give to any other girls who are interested in pursuing their own passion?
I know it sounds cliche, but just go for it. There’s not much to lose (other than your reputation… I joke) and you’ll always wonder what could have been. Also, don’t expect success and dollar bills straight away – it takes time to develop and build contacts, but stick with it. I also found it useful to get a couple of friends on board with the more practical side of things as this tends to get neglected with me!
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Photo Credits – Emily Rose-Rolf