Pollinating Cheshire

Client: The Wildlife Trust

Botanical illustrations to guide landowners through the wildflower meadow planting and restoration process.


An overhead shot of artist Ed Harrison sitting in his studio at his desk with a selection of books and wildflowers around him.
Botanical illustrations of wildflowers created by Ed Harrison for the Wildlife Trust.
A colourful wildflower meadow information pack series designed by Ed Harrison for Pollinating Cheshire by The Wildlife Trust.

Dip Pen Swallows

Personal Work

Ink studies of barn swallows, drawn on antique sheet music.

Barn swallow illustrations by Ed Harrison on sheet music paper nect to an ink pot and dip pen.

Innovative Farmers Field Journal

Client: Soil Association

Design and illustrations for a print publication highlighting innovative and sustainable farming practices in the UK.

An illustration by Ed Harrison showing a circle with soil, wildflowers, insects and birds, created for Soil Association's Innovative Farmers Journal.
A greyscale grid showing a the illustration process behind artwork created by Ed Harrison for Soil Association's Innovative Farmers Journal.

Bird Studies

Personal Work

Sketches celebrating the beauty, behaviour, and diversity of British birdlife.


Illustrations of a bullfinch in an open sketchbook by Ed Harrison.
Pencil sketches of nut hatches on brown paper by created Ed Harrison.

Billion Oyster Project

Client commission

Illustrating the Billion Oyster Project, highlighting key aspects of their reef restoration and public education initiatives in New York Harbor.

An illustrated seascape by Ed Harrison of the Billion Oyster Project, with Broklyn Bridge in the background and an array of ocean creatures in the foreground
A wooden crate with a batch of printed Billion Oyster Project posters designed by Ed Harrison.

Remembering Kim

Personal work

Created in loving memory of my Dad. We handed out packs of runner beans (dad's favourite) at his funeral for family and friends to grow.

An illustartion of a large letter K designed by Ed Harrison, entwined with runner beans and flowers.

Scotland: The Big Picture

Client commission

Illustrating a resilient, wildlife-rich environment for Scotland: The Big Picture to support their rewilding mission.


An illustration by Ed Harrison of a wild, biodiverse scottish landscape with birds, pine martens and insect.
An A4 rewilding certificate in a white gallery setting, designed by Ed Harrison for Scotland: The Big Picture.

Gateway to the Ocean

Under the Skin x IOFF

A collaboration between Under the Skin and the International Ocean Film Festival, this interactive screenprint highlights the beauty and fragility of the Bay Area ecosystem.

Ed Harrison holding up an Under the Skin screenprint of an illustrated underwater scene of the Bay Area ocean ecosystem.
Ed Harrison in his art studio illuminating an ocean-inspired Under the Skin screenprint with a UV torch.

Keystone

Client: Keystone Environmental

Createing a brand illustration toolkit for Keystone, an ecology consultancy driven by social and environmental responsibility.


An illustration by Ed Harrison of a man and child walking in a rewilded landscape, created for Keystone Environmental.
An iMac desktop displaying  Keystone Environmental's website, featuring a banner illustration by Ed Harrison of a wild, nature rich landscape.

Whale Takes Flight

Personal Work

A snippet of one of my children's books about a whale who dreamed she could fly.

A children's illustration a whale in the sky being pulled up by a flock of puffins created by Ed Harrison.

Nature Friendly Farmers Network

Client commission

Banner artwork for the Nature Friendly Farmers Network (NFFN), an organisation dedicated to sustainable food and farming in the UK


A colourful illustration of a sustainable farming landscape created by Ed Harrison for the Nature Friendly Farming Network.
A computer on a wooden desk displaying the Nature Friendly Farmers Network website, with an illustrated banner designed by Ed Harrison.

Pelican t-shirt

Client: Penguin Books

I was one of four graphic artists chosen to design a t-shirt in celebration of the new Pelican Books rebrand in 2014.

A man wearing a screenprinted t-shirt with a pelican flying over the blue ocean designed by Ed Harrison.

Elephants & Bees

Under the Skin x Save the Elephants

Illustrating an innovative conservation project by Dr Lucy King at Save The Elephants which harnesses elephants' natural fear of bees to resolve conflict with farmers and help save their lives.


Ed Harrison's illustration of an African elephant walking through a swarm of bees.
Artist Ed Harrison holding a print with a graphic illustration of Under the Skin's african elephant and swarm of bees.

Wildscreen Festival

Client: Wildscreen

Illustrating seven conservation heroes and the corresponding species they are each working to protect.


Illustration by Ed Harrison of a conservationist with a headtorch shining on a flying bat.
An illustration by Ed Harrison of Jacques Cousteau watching a humpback diving under the sea.
A man walking past a row of Wildscreen festival paste-up posters of wildlife conservationists designed by Ed Harrison

Transparent Sea

Clients: WWF, RSPB & MSC

Working with RSPB, WWF and MSC to create a colourful, cutting-edge report that outlines why using cameras at sea is essential if we are to eliminate bycatch and overfishing.


Ed Harrison's colourful illustrated seascape of a fishing boat, lighthouse, fisherman and scientist, created for WWF, RSPB and MSC.

Rewilding Britain

Campaign illustrations

Artwork for Rewilding Britain's campaign to engage the public in the benefits of rewilding.


An illustrated scene by Ed Harrison of native wildlife with an egret, red squirrel, dragonfly and beaver, created for Rewilding Britain.
An open printed brochure designed and illustrated by Ed Harrison for Rewilding Britain's national climate campaign.

Alfred Wallace Collections

Under the Skin x Another Escape

An illustrated book celebrating the legendary Victorian naturalist, explorer, and environmentalist Alfred Russel Wallace.


An open magazine spread designed by Under the Skin, with graphic illustrations of an assortment of old victorian objects created by Ed Harrison.
A graphic illustration of an assortment of old victorian objects created by Ed Harrison.

Ebb & Flow

Personal work

An ongoing print series celebrating the beauty and fragility of the world's oceans.


A children's illustration a whale tail the ocean with a sunset backdrop created by Ed Harrison.
Eight colourful ocean-inspired art posters by Ed harrison hanging on a white brick wall above a brown sofa.
A rubber stamp with Ed Harrison's logo lying on a desk alongside a selection of his graphic art posters.

Animals of Amazonia

Under the Skin

Between the branches of the Amazon Rainforest; celebrating one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. This limited edition Under the Skin giclée print raises money for Amazon Watch.


A graphic illustration of a wild Amazon rainforest scene with a sloth, ant eater, butterfly, frog and tucan amongst the trees
A man holding a poster of a graphic illustration of a wild Amazon rainforest scene with a sloth, ant eater, butterfly, frog and tucan amongst the trees
A close up of a pair of hands emboss stamping a fine art poster of an Amazon rainforest

Biodiversity Loss report

Client: China Dialogue
Illustrations of a palm tree, cattle ranch, loggin truck, and fishing vessel created by Ed Harrison with environmental impact titles beneath each one.
Three graphic illustartions by Ed Harrison of a construction site, farm, and restaurant with stats about biodiversity loss beneath each one.
Illustrations of a frog, coral reef, shark, tiger and crane created by Ed Harrison with stats about biodiversity loss beneath.