Tin Roof Drawing Office

Pictures that make your label the one people pick up.

We’re two illustrators in North Hobart, drawing for wine, food and books in two inks.

Send a briefSee the work
Our studio, a corner shop with a corrugated tin roof under a big mint moon: rain coming in from the left, the front window lit under a striped awning, and through the side window two illustrators bent over their drawing desks.

Recent commissions

Labels for a Coal River Valley vineyard.

Three varieties, one set of hills, printed on textured stock.
A pademelon crouched on the ground, drawn in blue dots that grow larger away from the light, with its shadow printed in mint.

A pademelon for a wildlife magazine.

About 2,400 dots, placed one at a time by a script we wrote.
Picture book cover for The Lighthouse Cat: a blue and mint striped lighthouse, a beam of mint dots and a large cat in a mint collar sitting on the rail.

The Lighthouse Cat.

A picture book cover for a small Hobart publisher.

See all the work

What people ask us to draw

  • Labels and packaging

    Wine, gin, tea, chocolate. Anything that sits on a shelf next to the competition.

  • Book covers

    Picture books, novels, poetry, cookbooks.

  • Maps

    Walking maps, venue maps, the inside cover of a guidebook.

  • Editorial spots

    Small drawings for magazine columns and newsletters, usually on a deadline.

  • Patterns

    Wrapping paper, tins, tissue paper, the inside of a box.

Prices start at A$450.

  • Editorial spotfrom A$450

  • Book coverfrom A$2,400

  • Label series (three labels)from A$3,200

  • Illustrated mapfrom A$2,800

  • Pattern for packagingfrom A$1,800

Prices include artwork and the licence for your use. GST is added. Sample prices for this demo.

  1. Brief.

    You tell us what it’s for and when you need it. We reply within two business days with a price and a start date.

  2. Sketch.

    Two rounds of pencil sketches, so you can change your mind cheaply.

  3. Draw.

    Final artwork in two or three inks, prepared for your printer.

  4. Hand over.

    Print-ready files, plus web versions. Most jobs take four to eight weeks from brief.

Sample review for this demo.

“Our riesling sold out in a month. The cellar door staff say people pick it up for the label.”

Cellar door manager, Coal River Valley vineyard

Have a label, a cover or a map in mind?

We work in an old corner shop in North Hobart, under a tin roof loud enough to stop a phone call when it rains. Send us a rough brief. A few lines is enough to start.

Send a brief