Commissioning

“ Lizzie is a joy to work with - straightforward, trustworthy and always delivers as promised. And her illustrations are exquisite. ”

Penguin Books

Ruby throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris in flight, feedin with tis long beak from a pink convolvulus like flower and showing its bright green featehrs and scarlet thoat patch

Ruby throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Lizzie is a free-lance illustrator, and is always open to new projects

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with your ideas, ball-park budget, licensing requirements, deadline, and illustration needs…

or just get in touch!

You can commission fresh illustrations, or browse and reuse her

Image Library of existing illustrations

Use the search function if you’re after a specific animal or plant

Most of these images are ready for licensed immediate re-use. Let’s chat.

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Scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula on birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculata plant

Scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Clients

Iris in gravel with blue petals

Iris growing in gravel path natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Some of Lizzie’s clients

Wetland landscape with a water rail emerging from the fringing vegetation and a cross section of the stream shows fish, aquatic invertebrates, and a blue dragonfly; a frog rests below an orchid and pond skater sit on the water surface

Wetland landscape with water rail and stream cross section natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

“ I can't say enough great things about Lizzie. I would recommend her in a heartbeat to anyone and hope to work with her again in the future! ”

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“ Lizzie is professional, smart and so creative, and a delight to work with ”

Serbin Creative

Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi male in side view cut to white

Vegetable trug showing garden produce and a trowl, including leeks, raddichio, raspberries, radish, potatoes, tomatoes, chives, basil, kale, lettuce, raddichio, fennel, peas, carrots, and beans. A good day in the garden!

Vegetable trug natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium tuft, shoot, clump pf shoots, fasicle, stem leaf and branch leaf

Red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium ssp rubellum natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

“ She has an incredible style and her attention to detail is beyond words. ”

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How to Commission Illustration: A Guide from The Association of Illustrators

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Sketchbook study of the Cornflower Centaura cyanus showing its rich blue colour and details of individual florets as well as of the thin leaves and flowering head, some details in colour and some in tonal pencil

Cornflower Centaura cyanus botanical illustration sketchbook style natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Morning glory Ipomoea purpurea flowers twining and growing up a bamboo cane pyramid

Morning glory Ipomoea purpurea natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Common blue Polymmatus icarus male in field, with background landscape and ladies smock, knapweed, scabious, and buttercups in meadowland

Common blue Polymmatus icarus natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

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Autumn leaf study of an Acer showing bright vivid red and yellow colours, leaf has damage and minor holes

Autumn leaf natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

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Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper