Jessica Beesly
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Food Illustration

Breakfast · Painted · Bold backdrops

Painted food illustration, all of it breakfast. Each dish is shaded and highlighted by hand, then set on a flat backdrop that has no business working next to it. It's the kind of drawing that earns its keep on a menu or a recipe page.

Painted illustration of a golden croissant on a bright lime yellow backgroundView larger

Four plates

A golden croissant on lime yellow. Fried egg and bacon on toast against green. A pancake stack under a slow drizzle of syrup on lilac pink, and two waffles piled with cream and blueberries on cyan.

Painted illustration of a fried egg and two bacon rashers on toast against greenView largerPainted illustration of a syrup-drizzled pancake stack topped with butter, on lilacView larger

Clashing on purpose

The backgrounds are picked to fight with the food sitting in front of them. Lime behind a croissant shouldn't work. It does, and the pastry reads warmer and more appetising than it ever would on a tasteful cream.

Painted illustration of two waffles with cream and blueberries on a cyan backgroundView larger

Something for the menu

Painted food travels well onto menus, packaging and café walls. If you're putting a list of dishes together, tell me what's on it.

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