Overview

Established in 2009, Hand Drawn Creative is a creative studio based in Bangor, County Down. Founder/Designer/Illustrator Neal McCullough has worked in the creative industries since the 1990s creating bold colourful, vivid and memorable illustration, graphic design and corporate identity. Hand Drawn Creative works with some of the world’s most recognisable brands adding fun, flavour and colour through Neal’s signature design and illustrative style. Neal initially set up HDC with a vision to establish a friendly, approachable creative design studio that should help demystify the design and illustration process and dispel the caricature of the frosty, pretentious graphic designer (no black polonecks in this office!) Using colour, humour and an unabashed love of mid 20th century design and illustration as his starting point, Neal was soon connecting with clients all over the world with his mod, atomic, retro americana illustrations! Neal’s Wife Julie has always been part of Hand Drawn Creative story, acting as model, muse and helping with elements of studio business. In 2021, Julie officially came onboard as Studio Manager, bringing years of organisational, budget and management skills to our company after working extensively in the UK Health Sector and Industry. Julie organises studio workflow and deals with finances and client onboarding. Finally; someone else in the studio to manage this flakey creative!