https://astridjaekel.com Astrid Jaekel Illustration Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:18:22 +0000 https://astridjaekel.com en https://astridjaekel.com/About Sun, 23 Apr 2023 02:10:04 +0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/About Hello, and thanks for stopping by! I’m an Edinburgh-based award-winning project Illustrator with over 10 years of experience working for a broad range of clients. My work covers a variety of approaches, from illustration commissions for print and web to collaborative projects and site-specific installations. As an illustrator, I enjoy delving into new subject areas and working closely with clients to develop artworks that educate and communicate ideas, tell stories and evoke a sense of place. In my personal work, I enjoy experimenting with new materials and processes such as mixed media collage, animation, laser cutting, and printmaking. These things then find their way back into my commissioned projects so the two feel nicely connected.&nbsp; For enquiries and commissions or just to say hello contact me by email: astridjaekel@gmail.com Clients &amp; Collaborations includeBarrington Stoke, Birlinn Books, Borders Book Festival, Cambo Estate, City of Edinburgh Council, Creative Mornings, Creative Stirling, Dunbar Harbour Trust, Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature, English Heritage, Essential Edinburgh, Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust, Edinburgh World Heritage, Floris Books, Friends of the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links (FOMBL), Hodder Children's Books, The National Library of Scotland, The National Museum of Scotland, MADE in East Lothian, Mason Institute, NABU Germany (Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union), One Little Indian Records, Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust, Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust, Provost Skene's House Museum, Pushkin Press, Routledge Books, RSPB, Salisbury Museum, St Andrews Botanic Gardens, The Open University/BBC Partnership, The Prince's Foundation, Scottish Power, The University of Edinburgh, Upland, Wild South Esk, Wigtown Book Festival <img width="2688" height="2688" width_o="2688" height_o="2688" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36118606de1d4cf80d56f8672cc737838bb6acd82a5acdd94d6bddfd2e56eb1f/Astrid_Jaekel_profile.jpg" data-mid="234129912" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36118606de1d4cf80d56f8672cc737838bb6acd82a5acdd94d6bddfd2e56eb1f/Astrid_Jaekel_profile.jpg" /> https://astridjaekel.com/Union Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:02:57 +0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/Union In 2023 I worked with the Open University to create a set of illustrations for the 'Union' series, a joint venture with the BBC that aired in October 2023. ‘Union’ follows David Olusoga as he traces the events, the people and the forces that have transformed four separate nations into a single state, the United Kingdom. Leading OU academic experts from the Faculty of Arts &amp; Social Sciences supported the series. https://connect.open.ac.uk/society-psychology-and-criminology/union-with-david-olusoga/ <img width="1872" height="1462" width_o="1872" height_o="1462" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbbcf756f04eea1c1e507de3d530b503948fad67a1d73d863a71191156beeff8/5.png" data-mid="218249083" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbbcf756f04eea1c1e507de3d530b503948fad67a1d73d863a71191156beeff8/5.png" /><img width="1862" height="1464" width_o="1862" height_o="1464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2e5f0f2ab47f2f10232bc9f8f083f0cd613936de5f8015c14d50c8e411399cf/7.png" data-mid="218249085" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2e5f0f2ab47f2f10232bc9f8f083f0cd613936de5f8015c14d50c8e411399cf/7.png" /><img width="1866" height="1462" width_o="1866" height_o="1462" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/089c5ff713a2c0da3cd644b361aaf3a55486a278fd2c16fc7947f217d35ee37d/7.png" data-mid="218249087" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/089c5ff713a2c0da3cd644b361aaf3a55486a278fd2c16fc7947f217d35ee37d/7.png" /><img width="1872" height="1466" width_o="1872" height_o="1466" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91011397a5965a6763fd89924406ba500a162d7c904f8aaae139395862b86f03/4.png" data-mid="218249089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91011397a5965a6763fd89924406ba500a162d7c904f8aaae139395862b86f03/4.png" /><img width="1870" height="1468" width_o="1870" height_o="1468" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ebe37014073775d9b20c4a291fe900a4ffa413fcdcf4cc88dbd6787fdc96478/9.png" data-mid="218249102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ebe37014073775d9b20c4a291fe900a4ffa413fcdcf4cc88dbd6787fdc96478/9.png" /><img width="1866" height="1466" width_o="1866" height_o="1466" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4713b98f0df9a62bd08e60909d0392a2159cda9f5a431be66a293558cfbfe92/8.png" data-mid="218249105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4713b98f0df9a62bd08e60909d0392a2159cda9f5a431be66a293558cfbfe92/8.png" /><img width="2326" height="1450" width_o="2326" height_o="1450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30ba85ba4f4f7515613e117463417acde62ef2f80f63e5a8ae21e0eb0169c408/Screenshot-2024-03-11-at-16.11.31.png" data-mid="218249106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30ba85ba4f4f7515613e117463417acde62ef2f80f63e5a8ae21e0eb0169c408/Screenshot-2024-03-11-at-16.11.31.png" /> https://astridjaekel.com/Story-Harvest Sun, 25 Feb 2024 22:11:11 +0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/Story-Harvest <img width="1600" height="2560" width_o="1600" height_o="2560" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59591a1a535714464e47f46e47a186c2eb31a1500aa4a65ef3a3924957a1bf85/AmazonKPD-ebook.jpg" data-mid="205443507" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59591a1a535714464e47f46e47a186c2eb31a1500aa4a65ef3a3924957a1bf85/AmazonKPD-ebook.jpg" /> https://astridjaekel.com/HMY-Iolaire Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:14:08 +0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/HMY-Iolaire This project was commissioned by the National Library of Scotland to raise awareness of the Iolaire disaster that took place on 1 January 1919 when 238 servicemen returning from WWI drowned on their way home to the Western Isles after their ship sank just off the coast of Stornoway. The illustrations are used as part of a website to draw attention both to the tragedy and to highlight related collections at the National Library and in the Library / Museum in Stornoway. <img width="1575" height="795" width_o="1575" height_o="795" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da3b3a74bd9454f23ee31ab6f39ab12e8519b2f9ae21a7d9d40b0e836ddd0b27/IllustrationTimeline2-Twitter-a.jpg" data-mid="176306989" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da3b3a74bd9454f23ee31ab6f39ab12e8519b2f9ae21a7d9d40b0e836ddd0b27/IllustrationTimeline2-Twitter-a.jpg" /> <img width="1575" height="795" width_o="1575" height_o="795" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2763312a198e0a71888c129f0959704d67c96207e4b53e0baedfadc5bb7a55a/IllustrationBanner-Twitter-a.jpg" data-mid="176306988" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2763312a198e0a71888c129f0959704d67c96207e4b53e0baedfadc5bb7a55a/IllustrationBanner-Twitter-a.jpg" /> <img width="624" height="859" 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+0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/East-Linton-Flower-Show-Poster Poster for the East Linton Flower Show <img width="827" height="1169" width_o="827" height_o="1169" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bf1087995567895ead8e541548610fac1e40e4a5be6999f8018e2c46fb196d6/low-res_SM.jpg" data-mid="241862093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/827/i/7bf1087995567895ead8e541548610fac1e40e4a5be6999f8018e2c46fb196d6/low-res_SM.jpg" /> https://astridjaekel.com/The-Leith-Annual Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:13:10 +0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/The-Leith-Annual My contribution to the Leith Annual, edition-1 2024 https://www.leithannual.com/ <img width="2520" height="1624" width_o="2520" height_o="1624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a5029fe314ccccd5454253dff77677ba3df4501857ecf4600ca4290fadfa855/Edinburgh-Water-of-Leith.jpg" data-mid="237189239" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a5029fe314ccccd5454253dff77677ba3df4501857ecf4600ca4290fadfa855/Edinburgh-Water-of-Leith.jpg" /> https://astridjaekel.com/Ideas Wed, 13 Feb 2019 22:53:55 +0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/Ideas <img width="798" height="997" width_o="798" height_o="997" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36c654b5cc98cc1b99a97412bbee73305822933d49da5e045206c03d76883fac/lamps-animation.gif" data-mid="176306958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/798/i/36c654b5cc98cc1b99a97412bbee73305822933d49da5e045206c03d76883fac/lamps-animation.gif" /> https://astridjaekel.com/Dunbar-Harbour-Festival Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:28:43 +0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/Dunbar-Harbour-Festival <img width="1071" height="1208" width_o="1071" height_o="1208" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29e8b5022b90ee9f4fcaadf9ebe7a7904f2edabddf07870bc2887062cb6ed1f3/FINAL_screen.jpg" data-mid="208034902" border="0" 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height="1214" width_o="1212" height_o="1214" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/835a9dfba6f83bc0230252c642179f216cca93ba121d25d256a1c54a75c741dc/4.jpg" data-mid="176306836" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/835a9dfba6f83bc0230252c642179f216cca93ba121d25d256a1c54a75c741dc/4.jpg" /> <img width="1213" height="1214" width_o="1213" height_o="1214" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ce3f80b2192b27ffae10e6d42df148de91b111a74a0926d31d06849e50c66c9/3.jpg" data-mid="176306835" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ce3f80b2192b27ffae10e6d42df148de91b111a74a0926d31d06849e50c66c9/3.jpg" /> https://astridjaekel.com/Backstreet-view Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:12:09 +0000 Astrid Jaekel Illustration https://astridjaekel.com/Backstreet-view The view from a flat in Dunbar, Scotland, where I used to live. This print is avaiable in my shop. <img width="841" height="843" width_o="841" height_o="843" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d3313d455fa27f3ddaa50052e91243c6eec89aaf6868085d2580ab78527644d/back-view.jpg" data-mid="176306904" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/841/i/6d3313d455fa27f3ddaa50052e91243c6eec89aaf6868085d2580ab78527644d/back-view.jpg" />