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Jess Macadam is a Melbourne-based freelance designer-illustrator crafting thoughtful and long-lasting identities and experiences.

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Hospital arts residency & workshops
Boosting wellbeing through creative play
Throughout April 2025, I collaborated with Airedale Hospital & Community Charity to launch and facilitate Airedale General Hospital's very first arts programme, which aimed to boost staff and hospital community wellbeing, to amplify staff voices, and to ultimately provide the AHCC charity with versatile assets to aid in future fundraising efforts.

Live event illustration
Capture your function from a unique perspective
Live portrait illustration makes for the perfect fun, interactive addition to your next brand event, product launch or community fundraiser, allowing you the opportunity to connect with guests - whether it's gathering informal feedback, or a filling out a questionnaire - and providing your guests with a beautiful, bespoke freebie to take home. What’s not to like?
Workshops & reportage artwork
Boosting wellbeing through creative play
A month-long hospital arts program facilitated in conjunction with Airedale Hospital and Community Charity - the first of its kind at Airedale General Hospital. Comprising a series of free printmaking workshops which aimed to provide respite from the clinical setting, and an on-site reportage and portraits project.

Services
Booked per hour or per day, live illustration offers a unique chance to chat to and connect with guests, and makes for the perfect opportunity to have a quick chat about your questionnaire, product launch or charity fundraiser.
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Live portraits offer your guests the chance to go home with a beautiful, bespoke memento from the day.
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Live drawings of your event make for fantastic branded assets for your socials, site or printed collateral.
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Creative workshops make a great team building opportunity or low stakes creative activity for corporate away days. I can come to your office and tailor a session to suit your needs and preferences. Workshop themes could look like:
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Lino printing / stamp making
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Outdoors reportage drawing
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Still life drawing
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Collage
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Portrait drawing
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Let's talk.
Whether it's spot illustrations for your new website, to organise a creative workshop, or to book me for live illustration, I'd love to have a chat about your ideas. Get in touch to book a free discovery call.

Let's talk.
Whether it's spot illustrations for your new website, to organise a creative workshop, or to book me for live illustration, I'd love to have a chat about your ideas. Get in touch to book a free discovery call.
