Tom Woolley
Freelance illustrator and map-maker. Living in Birmingham, UK.
tomwoolley.com
- New illustrated map for Birmingham Light Festival 2026. Due to light up the city in February.
- New map of Birmingham City Centre for Style Birmingham magazine. The map is featured in the new Style City Guide and divides Birmingham into 8 colour-coded areas. #birmingham
- Some character illustration for Skylight in the US. Skylight manage unique venues such as the Domino Sugar Refinery in New York and ROW in Los Angeles. These lifestyle illustrations accompanied a set of venue maps & add a slice of character to brochures, reports and presentations. #illustration
- In the past month I've had 2 different clients show me how they've fed my illustrations into AI to make changes. I've then been asked to make those changes. I joked it's like having another member of the team and sighed silently.
- Excited to welcome illustrator Maz Leyden to our Autumn Social next week! If you're interested in illustration, design & running multiple freelance businesses it's sure to be an enlightening event. Come and meet other illustrators and like-minded creative souls: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autumn-soc...
- If you're a Birmingham/West Midlands-based illustrator we're hosting a meet-up next week in Digbeth. Come along for a chat and a draw with fellow friendly creatives. Tickets can be booked here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-sti... #illustration #Birmingham
- I've been working with Wojtek and Witch Pleas publishing on some new maps to accompany a new RPG game, Campfire. The game is currently crowdfunding and it sounds like a fantastic introduction to role playing games.
- I've written a new article for @creativeboom.com about how illustrators can avoid being replaced by AI: www.creativeboom.com/insight/rise... #illustration
- Had the pleasure of creating a new map for the Birmingham Light Festival. It's a new event for Birmingham and looks set to be a fantastic annual event that illuminates the City every February. Full programme available at www.birminghamlightfestival.co.uk
- Voice of Paddington, Ben Whishaw, playing an ice-cold hired assassin was not the ending to 2024 I was expecting
- This is epic news! ⚡⚡⚡ www.aardman.com/latest-news/...
- Interesting use of AI by Pentagram to create a funky clip art library
- I'm at MAC Christmas Arts Market today until 5pm. Selling prints and Christmas cards. Lots of fantastic artists selling their wares #Birmingham
- Finally wrote up a few notes from the talk I presented at Birmingham Design Festival all the way back in June: tomwoolley.com/birmingham-d... Great pics by @thombartley.bsky.social and fantastic illustrated notes by Pheeb Robinson.
- New map of Brum City Centre now at Snow Hill Station #birmingham #illustration
- Last four on Letterboxd. Currently rinsing my Mubi subscription boxd.it/2tCwh
- Here's a map I illustrated a few years ago for the Northumberland National Park. Really enjoyed drawing all the wildlife and landmarks on this. #northumberland #illustration #illustratedmap
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- Post your most popular art from Twitter. This map was once retweeted by @laurenlaverne.bsky.social and my mentions blew up!
- One of the nice things about this platform is I find myself humming ELO when using it
- Reposted by Tom WoolleyI've put together a #starterpack of illustrators based in, or focused on, UK publishing bsky.app/starter-pack... Do let me know if your name should be there :) #kidlit #kidlitUK #UKkidlit #kidliART #illustrator #illustrators
