Hello!

My name is Helena and I am a professional graphic designer and illustrator with more than 20 years’ experience. I have worked extensively in permanent positions in the publishing and performing arts industries, as well as several stints of freelancing in advertising agencies and design studios, and working with my own B2B clients.

In my ‘spare’ time I also work at my own fine arts practice, and have in the past produced two blogs – So Not a Princess style journal and the Scrapbook journal (formerly Sketchbook) – both of which you can access on this site, for which I produced all the imagery. After a long hiatus, and as I am now back to self-employment full-time, I am even contemplating picking up that pen again.

I live in my hometown of Melbourne, the city of four-seasons-in-one-day fame, with my feisty ginger cat Mimi (rhymes with Timmy) and call the Royal Botanic Gardens of Victoria my backyard – although I do have a lovely balcony garden of my own.

If you’re looking for a graphic designer or illustrator who is comfortable wearing other hats as well (literally and figuratively), I would love to meet with you and have a chat about your needs. Over coffee of course – I am a Melburnian after all!