Ebony Marie Gibbs

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My name is Ebony (Marie) Gibbs and I am an illustrator based in London who works in both 2D and 3D, transcending imaginations into reality.

About

My name is Ebony (Marie) Gibbs and I am an illustrator based in London who works in both 2D and 3D, transcending imaginations into reality.

I illustrate my artworks digitally or traditionally and sometimes animating or creating thrilling comics.

I am currently focused on editorials and narrative illustrations, presenting the key moments and ideas with vibrant colours and bold textures.

When it comes to my traditional works, I use wood canvases, acrylic paint and ink - I am open to using different traditional mediums to further explore my practice. For my digital artworks, I mainly use Adobe creative suite such as photoshop, Illustrator and lightroom as well as Procreate.

I have been inspired by many things in my life such as music, anime, great artists like Jean Mitchell Basquiat and so many other different types of media. Many of these influences has played a big part in my art journey and I am so grateful to have been influenced by them.

I am also inspired to become a multidisciplinary artist as I love photography, animation, editing and graphic design, I wish to implement them into my works.

All my works have the goal of storytelling to inspire and to show them just how exhilarating the human mind can be.

  • Joined November 2026

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • JapaneseIntermediate
  • Spanish; CastilianBeginner
  • KoreanBeginner

Industry experience

  • Retail
  • Media & Entertainment

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Projects · 6

The Scaffolding Girl

The scaffolding girl is an editorial academic project based on an article called “social media isn’t driving the plastic surgery boom. Who doesn’t want to look better?" by Martha Gill. This article talks about the youth and plastic surgery, and it is suggesting that social media is heavily influencing young people to get plastic surgery to feel beautiful. For my final design, I Illustrated a young teenage girl on her phone who is looking at social media. Her phone is a portal that allows plastic gremlin surgeons to come out from her phone and start to build around her, getting ready to start a surgery; symbolising social media influence on her. Tools: Photoshop | Procreate

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Hello Old Bean

Hello old bean is an academic editorial project that I had worked on with Pit magazine and I had the amazing opportunity of meeting and working with their art director, Holly Catford. For this project, I was tasked with choosing two articles and creating three different illustrations for them. One being the front cover for the magazine, the second being a full-page illustration and the third being a spot illustration. The articles I chose were "Hello Old Bean" written by Toni Olukiran and the other called "Spilling the beans: a story of idioms and their origins" by Gemma Boothroyd. Both articles talked about beans across the world and their history which was so intriguing to read and learn about. The articles are very comedic to me which is why I decided to create these types of illustrations in a playful manner as I wanted them to meet the same vibe. Tools: Photoshop | Procreate | Blender

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Sea Air Foods

Sea Air Foods is based on a food and drink academic project that I had the opportunity to make with Handsome Frank. I was able to meet and present my work to Tom and Jon who are the founders of the illustration agency. For this project, I was tasked with creating designs for an already existing food company or my own made up one. I needed to submit eight illustrations in a similar style/technique with four mock up examples. I had decided to create my very own food company called "Sea Air" which was inspired by the town my mother grew up in, in Jamaica. Focusing on Jamaican cuisine and culture, I created Mascots, food packaging designs and brand merch like T-shirts and collectible cards for this project. Tools: Adobe Creative Suite | Procreate

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Rave Frame

At University, I was part of Rave Frame issue 3. I was tasked to create an illustration with panels, the theme for this project was Myths and Legends. I chose to create an illustration of the Legendary King Arthur who has a fierce and victorious battle against the mythical demon dog, known as the Barghest. However, I created a fun twist with the setting by creating it in modern day London, on regent street during an autumns evening. Tools: Adobe Photoshop | Procreate

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Abstract Parade

Abstract Parade is a series of traditional artworks that I had created for my A-levels independent project in 2021. These artworks were created to focus on the themes of colour and movement. These abstract works and colourful visuals are a testament to my dedication and skilful work in bringing my visions and expressions to life but also for the start of my art career. This painting is called "The Smiling Girl", to view the other artworks for this collection, please visit my website called EMG MAKES - https://www.twine.net/signin The Smiling Girl is my most proudest self-portrait but also my final piece for my independent investigation. This artwork is not just about it being a self-portrait of me but a form of inspiration to myself and hopefully to others as well as this shows that art is one of the most powerful things about being human. Tools: Wood Canvas | Acrylic Paint | Ink | Newspaper

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Art Cadets

During one of my modules in University, I had the opportunity to collaborate with the graphic design course and some external companies. My team chose a brief that was for us to create an idea for a marketing pack as part of an outreach programme, aimed at getting young people from variety of backgrounds, interested in planetary sciences and astronomy as a future career. For this project it was also a competition and as a group of five, we named ourselves Art cadets, where there were two illustrators (including myself) and three graphic designers. The outcome was required to involve paper engineering that was supported by the external companies who were Foilco, Baddeley brothers and G. F. Smith. We came up with a workshop idea which we called "Illustrate constellations". The workshop was about students aged between 11 to 15 who would come into the university to make a creative artwork of their vision of space, astornomy and of course consetllations. They would not only have fun drawing but they will also learn facts about space they never knew about and could find possibly interesting and inspiring as a future career. Our aim for this workshop was for participants to demonstrate their artistic abilities as well as increasing their knowledge on planetary science and constellations. After many meetings on Microsoft Teams, researching, prototyping and budgeting the costs. We came to a conclusion of only creating a puzzle set which we have successfully created and this was a 3D tessellation puzzle with constellations printed on them in gold foil which was inspired by the James Webb Telescope. We were the runner ups to first place which was such a huge achievement to all of us and I was very proud of myself and my team. Tools: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

  • Illustrator

Work experience

Production Runner and creative workshop assistant · TRIBEAST (Hypebeast x NB… Ballroom event)Feb 2026 – Feb 2026

Supported high-energy event production by running errands and assisting executive production, the production lead, set designer, and creative workshop facilitator. Helped with overall organisation, problem solving, adaptability, and time management in a busy schedule. Worked collaboratively and communicated clearly across roles to keep event and workshop tasks moving smoothly.

Retail department team leader & Retail assistant · Wimbledon (AELTC)Jun 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

Led and coached an allocated team with strong product knowledge and customer service, highlighting the values and culture of Wimbledon. Maintained shop standards by tidying sections, keeping displays organised, and ensuring sections stayed clean and guest-ready. Managed stock replenishment with frequent restocking (approximately 20 boxes every 3–4 hours), keeping the stock room clean and tidy to reduce risks. Tracked admin and reporting needs such as time sheets and ensured team attendance and punctuality while managing break times.

Education

BA (Upper Second honours) - Illustration for communication · Ravensbourne University London2030 – 2025

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