Jessica May Underwood
Illustrator
Jessica May Underwood is a British fashion and editorial illustrator. working in pencil, watercolour and lithograph etching.
A graduate of Central Saint Martins, Underwood began her career hand-drawing at Alexander McQueen. Her pencil drawings were worked into the McQueen's famous skull scarves, hand-painted print, and embellishment, and continue to sell internationally. Underwood's next role was alongside stylists Katy England and Alister Mackie in London, drawing and designing narrative proposal for the curation of the duo's private collection.
2015 saw one of Underwood's largest projects: the Harrods Spring windows. Her hand-drawn displays formed the largest independently illustrated campaign ever undertaken by the luxury department store, amounting 35 painted florals made into large scale paper installations. The monumental project went on to show at HRH Chelsea Flower Show.
Working between studios in New York and London her illustrations have been collectively commissioned for newspaper titles, book publishing, reportage, portraiture and advertising including product design and architectural studies with collaborators to her work including print for fashion design in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and the UK.
Jessica May Underwood is a British fashion and editorial illustrator. working in pencil, watercolour and lithograph etching.
A graduate of Central Saint Martins, Underwood began her career hand-drawing at Alexander McQueen. Her pencil drawings were worked into the McQueen's famous skull scarves, hand-painted print, and embellishment, and continue to sell internationally. Underwood's next role was alongside stylists Katy England and Alister Mackie in London, drawing and designing narrative proposal for the curation of the duo's private collection.
2015 saw one of Underwood's largest projects: the Harrods Spring windows. Her hand-drawn displays formed the largest independently illustrated campaign ever undertaken by the luxury department store, amounting 35 painted florals made into large scale paper installations. The monumental project went on to show at HRH Chelsea Flower Show.
Working between studios in New York and London her illustrations have been collectively commissioned for newspaper titles, book publishing, reportage, portraiture and advertising including product design and architectural studies with collaborators to her work including print for fashion design in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and the UK.
