Designer and illustrator
Nicole Hénusse
I create visual identities and illustrations from Lasne, Belgium.
An eye trained through drawing
My practice brings together graphic design, illustration and observational drawing. Training in design, followed by visual anthropology and political science, taught me to understand a subject in context before giving it visual form.
For both identities and illustrations, I look for what truly belongs to the project: a proportion, gesture, material, place or story. I can then work in gouache, watercolour, charcoal, digital painting or vector, according to what the image requires.
Education and experience
Today
Independent designer and illustrator
Brand identity, editorial illustration and live illustration in Belgium.
2020–2021
Master’s degree in Political Science
Université libre de Bruxelles.
2019–2020
MA Social Anthropology and Visual Ethnography
University of Kent, Canterbury.
2012–2015
BA Design
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design (PolyU Design).
2013–2014
Art direction and publishing
PolyU Student Press Committee.
Areas of practice
Brand identity
Identities rooted in observation and drawing, designed to remain recognisable across media.
Editorial illustration
Narrative images shaped through drawing, composition, light and atmosphere.
Live illustration
Portraits and drawings created on site at private or professional events.
Drawing and mixed media
Gouache, watercolour, pastel, charcoal, ink, digital painting and vector work.
Languages
English, Cantonese, Chinese, French and Japanese.