Rosanna Tasker

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Rosanna Tasker artwork showing the Cold book cover in a snowy forest

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Rosanna Tasker illustration of a woman in a white dress amid blue-green foliage

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Rosanna Tasker's blue-toned artwork featuring a Reader's Digest magazine on a winding path

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Rosanna Tasker illustration of women, tropical plants, and glowing lamps.

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Painting the Light book cover by Rosanna Tasker, showing a woman painting indoors.

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The cave painting of today

Her archaic and ornamental style in subtle color palette makes her style so distinctive.

As well as drawing and painting, Rosanna loves greenery and her studio is full of potted plants. “Most recently I fell in love with tropical Araucaria trees and Dragon Blood trees while in Gran Canaria,” she says. Rosanna received First Class Honours when she studied Illustration at the University of the West of England, in Bristol.

Approach

There are two main elements to Rosanna’s approach. The first stages of her work are created using natural media – pencils for the line work, and gouache paints, created on separate layers using a light box. With the rich papers she uses, it gives her work its individual, handcrafted feel. Images are completed digitally, using Photoshop to clean them up and add the finishing touches.

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Photoshop

Style

Delicate lines and gentle textures are woven together to depict elegant, elongated figures and forms. Rosanna loves to experiment with scale, and nature usually plays a big role in her art. She uses a limited palette for each piece, sometimes punchy, sometimes subtle, but always in keeping with the brief.

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What led you to become an illustrator?How could I miss the opportunity to continue inventing worlds, getting lost in narratives, thinking sideways and exploring the outskirts of reality as a grown-up?Did you study illustration at college?University of the West of England, Bristol.Where did you grow up?Shropshire, England, in the middle of nowhere, with rolling hills, rivers and hay-bales.Do you have a childhood memory relating to drawing/art that you hold dear?My best friend and I wrote a story called "Spooky" about venturing into the basement of my house. My dad scaring away a monster with a tennis racket took up the majority of the plot. We wrote it up on a typewriter, illustrated every page, and made it into a book which we still have today.Where do you live now and what drew you there?After studying illustration at Bristol UWE, I stayed in the city for its buzzing atmosphere and creative charm. It may be time to uproot though!Describe your studio for us.I have a beautiful studio in the iconic Hamilton House in Stokes Croft. I share a cosy, sunlit room with four illustrators who I massively admire and love to bits. The whole building is full to the brim with art, music, dance, food & drink, and events.Describe the view from your window.There have been two magpies building a nest in the tree outside, who have provided hours of entertainment due to their incompetence/ unyielding determination.How do you get your ideas?I find maintaining a balance between being in touch with the world and getting lost in thought is important to stay inspired.Why is illustration such a powerful medium?It can immediately illuminate, clarify and augment an entire block of text or concept.What makes a really good client brief?A good balance of being specific enough to spark ideas, whilst allowing lots of space for creative freedom.How much of your work is hand drawn?Every element is hand drawn or painted, then put together digitally to allow for any required modification.Who is your art hero?Golden Age children's book illustrators; Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham.What's the best advice you've ever been given?Don't let reality ruin your day.If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?Plitvice Lakes in Croatia, with a swim in the Korana River.If you could travel back in time, who would be the one person you would want to meet and why?Zelda Fitzgerald – I adore her way with words, and I'd hope she'd take me on a wild night out dancing the Charleston!

Favourites

Café: The Bristolian, Bristol Gallery: Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice Art Equipment/Tool : My grandpa's mechanical pencil, 0.5mm Shop: Giannino Stoppani Libreria, Bologna Podcast: Invisibilia

Rosanna Tasker illustration of two people overlooking a hillside city

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Moonlit snowy forest path by Rosanna Tasker

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Local Living magazine cover with gardening illustrations by Rosanna Tasker

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Rosanna Tasker artwork featuring framed botanical and nature-inspired images

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Protecting forest plants illustration by Rosanna Tasker

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map, maps, buildings, city, city map, country, line

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climate change, climate, global warming, refugee, refugees, refugee shelter, refugee camp, science,

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Misty The Mouse Catcher from children's book

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willow, tree, picnic, food, drink, summer, spring, calendar, season, sun, sunshine, warm, dress

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gorse, bush, hill, hills, walk, walking, hike, hiking, sun, nature, countryside, winter, season, sno

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daffodil, daffodils, flowers, flower, spring, yellow, read, reading, book, books

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editorial, notre dame, paris, france, church, cathedral, building

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Rosanna Tasker artwork showing figures in a colorful floral garden

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Portada de El Arte de la Guerra de Sun Tzu, ilustrada por Rosanna Tasker.

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Therapy Today cover with fragmented faces and paper planes by Rosanna Tasker

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Jungle plants painting for 2021 Calendar

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fireworks, firework, bonfire, bonfire night, night time, magic, stars, planets

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xmas, winter, snowing, cold, coat, cat, branch, decoration, holiday, season, festive

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camping, camp, summer, spring, nature, wild, wilderness, owl, moonight, night, dark, campfire

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girl, woman, beauty, makeup, make up, skincare, product, flowers, sunflowers, wellbeing, self care

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editorial, cover, cook, cooking, fresh food, food

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Rosanna Tasker illustration of a woman in white walking through a flowering garden

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Rosanna Tasker illustration of a woman in white surrounded by colorful birds

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Rosanna Tasker's pastel landscape with a small bird over a sunlit meadow

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Illustration by Rosanna Tasker showing a colorful living room with two striped figures

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Rosanna Tasker illustration of an ornate gate opening to a flower-filled garden

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Rosanna Tasker illustration of a flower-filled cottage garden with a yellow arched door.

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Rosanna Tasker's colorful dining room with flowers, table settings, and blue chairs

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Colorful midcentury living room illustration by Rosanna Tasker

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Book cover artwork by Rosanna Tasker for Self-Care for Winter

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Stylish women embracing in colorful patterned cloaks with a steaming teapot by their side by Rosanna

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Two women near tall cypress trees with reflections in water

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Person on ladder catching birds near a tree in a grassy field

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Stylized African savanna scene with wildebeest and abstract suns by Rosanna Tasker

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Geometric abstract urban interior with light and shadow by Rosanna Tasker

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The Dinner Table cookbook cover illustrated by Rosanna Tasker

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Rosanna Tasker illustration of a figure surrounded by tropical plants

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Rosanna Tasker's red-coated figure and dog walking through an arched hedge tunnel.

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Rosanna Tasker book cover showing animals over a leafy botanical background

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Whimsical garden scene with people planting and watering plants by Rosanna Tasker

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greenhouse, grow, growing, gardening, gardener, community

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orchard, trees, woods, foraging, countryside, apples

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food, fruit and veg, market, italy, italian, shop, shopping

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cable car, sky, air, high, hill, hills, mountains, trees, autumn, seasons, tourism

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Selected Clients

The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Wendy's, Lenny Letter, Tangent Books, The Bristol Cable, Pizza Workshop, Moon Design & Build, Yurtel