Jill Howarth is a graphic designer turned illustrator, hand-letterer, and digital artist. She enjoys all things colorful and whimsical and infuses her work with a playful mid-century design aesthetic. Around these parts, she’s known as a Christmas queen.
Jill Howarth earned her degree in graphic design. After graduating from Penn State University, she took a design job at a large toy company and eventually became an art director in their preschool toys division. Somewhere along the way, she started drawing cute stuff and soon realized that she liked illustration more than straight design work. She loves working with hand lettering, color and fun characters.
Jill’s clients include American Greetings, Cottage Door Press, Design House Greetings, Hallmark, Hasbro, Klutz, Macmillan Publishers, Peaceable Kingdom, Penguin Random House, Psikhouvanjou, Quarto, Running Press Kids, Scholastic Press, Sellers Publishing, Shannonbridge Pottery, TJX, World Market, 180 Degrees and more!
