Eleanor Bannister

New piece for the Big Issue article,

‘𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆’.

Super fun concept and a quick turnaround!

Thank you to AD Mark Neil for the trust as always!!

New illustration for The Guardian’s heat or eat diaries!!

‘I moved to a well-off area to give my kids a better chance, but now we’re deep in debt’

New piece for the !

How the UK prison system ‘sets people up to fail’ by Isabella McRae.

New Piece for The Guardian’s heat or eat diaries!

The series consists of a collection of diary extracts written by those affected on the frontline of Britain’s cost of living crisis. The intent behind these illustrations is to shed light on the issues people are facing and bring them to the forefront of the public's attention.

New illustration for The Guardian’s heat or eat diaries!!

‘Rich people help themselves, poor people help each other – I saw a food bank user take in a homeless friend’

New work for the !

How to unlearn the mechanisms of hate - an essay based on the book ‘Everyday Hate’ by Dave Rich.

Huge thanks to AD on this one! Covering such a sensitive topic required a good amount of idea exploration to ensure the meaning behind the piece was correct.

Swipe to see some early concepts!👀

𝗜 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 – 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀.

Recent piece for the ’s Heat or Eat Diaries -

The series consists of a collection of diary extracts written by those affected on the frontline of Britain’s cost of living crisis. The intent behind these illustrations is to shed light on the issues people are facing and bring them to the forefront of the public's attention.

‘𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸…’

…I am very grateful to the people who volunteer their time to run it. Their friendliness, understanding and inclusivity are as valuable as the food; they give you the dignity that parts of the establishment don’t.’

New piece for The Guardian!

‘I’m so cold I live in my bed – like the grandparents in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, for the this week!

Super excited that an illustration I produced a few months back for the heat or eat diaries was able to be reused in the ’s journal section earlier this week!

Latest illustration with the , for the diary:

‘I work 50 hours a week and I’m still in arrears on my council tax. What more can I do?’

The article goes on to discuss how they have been stockpiling food, particularly tinned food, for some time. Purchasing items whilst they’re on offer has become a necessity for planning future meals.

Diary 20 for the !!

‘After a year of waiting, our asylum application has been refused – I will appeal, but still can’t work.’

Truly greatful to have been able to illustrate so many powerful stories for this series with the support from , and all those at the guardian i’ve worked!

A few closeups of people I’ve enjoyed drawing for the heat or eat series..

New piece for The Guardian!

Read Marin’s piece below…

‘I live in an affluent area, but I have a secret I can’t tell my neighbours: I don’t know how I’ll survive this winter | Marin’

https://lnkd.in/gf7MTztx

I live in an affluent area, but I have a secret I can’t tell my neighbours: I don’t know how I’ll survive this winter | Marin Rishi Sunak is super rich – how can he relate to anyone who can’t afford fruit for their kids, £9.35 for a presciption, or a tank of petrol to get to work

New for about how stable ESG laws are.

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and covers the sustainability of green "eco-friendly" initiatives and is what most modern buildings have to deal with and how things can change very quickly.

Wanting to focus on the "change" aspect of something happening to a commercial building, I was asked to come up with a few sketches based on one concept and how I might present this. Swipe for a few rejected ideas after the final!

Thanks to AD Jeff Cuyubamba for sending this my way!

New work for about green investments!

Thank you to the awesome for the crazy brief.

For today’s latest diary extract in the ’s heat or eat series!

‘I was so excited to be offered part-time work – then I tried to find out what universal credit I’d get’

𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟲, for the !

‘I’m worried my cancer is back – and that Liz Truss is about to slash my benefits’.

𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? 𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿: 𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰.

Diary 15 with The Guardian!

‘It’s been a year since my Home Office asylum interview. I’m not allowed to work so I’m studying’, illustration for The Guardian!

Back with a new illustration for the heat or eat diaries with the !

Thank you for the trust once again, !

‘I got a £350 cost of living payment. What happens after that? It’s hardly going to get me through the winter.’

Diary No. 12 for The Guardian heat or eat series!📔

New illustration for The Guardian’s heat or eat diaries!

‘I miss the simple things – having a drink or an ice-cream. You can’t do that on £41 a week’

𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗼.𝟭𝟬 for the heat or eat diaries with the !

‘Rent strikes and bill boycotts in the UK are great in principle - but I’d end up with no electricity and an eviction notice’

AD: 👏

‘I've cared for my autistic children all my life. How am I supposed to find a job in my 40S?’, for the !

Working with the awesome, !🤟🏻

Back in the with another illustration for the heat or eat diaries!

l produced the roughs for this piece whilst I was away in Cornwall for my graduation from . I didn’t have my laptop or scanner, and even had to make a late night trip to Sainsbury’s to buy a pencil, but we made it work!

Such a surreal feeling to be working on the roughs the morning of my graduation, but felt a very fitting way to celebrate!

AD: Huge thanks to the awesome for the trust!🙌

Excited to share that I was lucky enough to work on the poster design for the Film Festival premiere of “American Pain” - with the team at Pastcurfew!

‘American Pain’: A Gripping Documentary Portrait of Twin Kings of the Pill Mill Hill’ -

Directed by and produced by .media and !

It really is amazing being able to see what was one of my initial ideas transformed into such an awesome final outcome for the movie poster!🙌