Con McHugh

Visual artist with a passion for hand-drawn
illustration and animation.

Con first made a name for himself working at award-winning design studios in London & Bristol. In 2023, his annual poster series for Bristol Jazz festival soon earned him significant exposure online, helping him build a reputation for his clever looping drawings, and rhythmic analog animations.

Alongside imbuing his artwork with rich textures and hand-crafted imperfections, at the heart of Con’s work is usually a big idea, simply told, and easily remembered.

To learn more about Con, visit his about page.

Clients

News & Features

Creative Boom | Con McHugh Artist Spotlight The UK-based illustrator and animator shares how he developed his unique style, embraced the art of letting go and offers some top advice for emerging artists.

Join me on Adobe Live | Tuesday 13th August
‘Join Con McHugh live as he showcases his expertise with Adobe Creative Cloud
to craft clever looping drawings and rhythmic analog animations.
Con shares his process, portfolio, and invaluable tips and tricks.’

Creative Boom | Read about about my collaboration with Adrian Cox ‘The illustrator worked closely with the well-known musician to create
a truly innovative EP design.’.

Makin runs | Presave Adrians new albumWant to be hear the new Jazz EP from legendary clarinetist Adrian Cox?
add it to your playlist today so you can hear it the moment it’s released...

BrandNewSee Gather Rounds feature in BrandNew

Creative Boom | Freelancer tips I shared some advice with Creative Boom, for their article on ‘Freelancers best kept secrets’

Creative Bloq | Social Media tipsI featured in Creative Bloq, sharing advice on how to make the most of social media as an artist

Kind words

Con's work completely changed our public impression from unnoticed to bold and unforgettable. His characterful illustrations and energetic, enchanting motion work injected a new wave of artistry into the images and promotion for both our festival lead-up as well as the weekend itself. Without being overly dramatic, it's truly fair to say Con's work made Bristol Jazz Festival the talk of the Bristol visual arts & musical community, which introduced us to so many new fans and an entire new generation of Jazz lovers.

Chris Befeld | Festival Producer | Bristol Jazz Festival

His passion and for storytelling, and enthusiasm for his craft make him the perfect illustration partner. Combined with a smooth creative process, we couldn’t imagine a better partner for this kind of collaboration.

Ramon Aemmer | Experience Designer & Co-founder | Unknown Digital

I could not be happier. This has been the first time I have collaborated like this and it’s the best move I could have made. This collaboration has levelled up my new project,

Adrian Cox | Jazz Clarinetist

He ticks absolutely every box on my list of what makes the perfect creative - working with him was an absolute joy and I hope we'll be collaborators for a long time to come.

Torsten Power| Founder & Creative Director | Studio Morfar

It was nothing less than a pleasure commissioning and working with Con on our recent illustration brief for Gather Round. Aside from being an all-round nice guy, Con delivered high quality concepts, creative design thinking and final artwork. On top of this, Con was really communicative, timely and accommodating throughout the whole project. Fiasco and Gather Round were super happy with the final artwork and I would recommend Con to anyone looking to commission his work

Marj Newnham | Partner & Senior Project Manager | Fiasco Design

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