Live event sketching
Live illustration and sketching for your event.

Based in Birmingham, UK
A neurodiverse freelance illustrator with more than a decade of experience across illustration styles.
JowyB is a Birmingham-based freelance illustrator with over a decade of professional experience creating artwork across a wide range of styles and genres, drawing inspiration from both manga and Western art.
He currently runs two freelance art brands, JW Sketches and JowyB, creating bespoke illustrations for authors, musicians, businesses, and private clients. Since 2012, he has also exhibited and sold his work at conventions across the UK, including AnimeCon UK and UK PonyCon, Europe's largest My Little Pony convention.
Known for his reliability and ability to manage multiple projects, JowyB is passionate about creating high-quality illustrations featuring expressive characters, detailed narrative scenes, and imaginative worlds. He takes pride in delivering original artwork that not only meets but exceeds client expectations.
Looking ahead, he hopes to work internationally as a manga artist and illustrator, collaborating with clients and publishers across both Eastern and Western markets while continuing to develop his own distinctive artistic voice.
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JowyB’s portfolio moves between detailed illustrations, character sketches and original merchandise. Convention posts show live manga-style commissions as well as prints, charms, stickers and one-off canvases.
The work also includes convention artwork, with JowyB documenting a UK PonyCon programme-cover commission. This mix of finished illustration and live sketching gives organisers a way to include both displayed artwork and an activity visitors can watch or take part in.
JowyB’s official shop carries his illustration work under JowyB Designs. His convention portfolio includes prints, stickers, charms, one-off canvases and original drawings, alongside manga-style commissions made at his event table.
His published work includes UK PonyCon convention-book artwork. Japan Fest’s programme also documents his manga character workshop, introducing drawing tips and techniques for participants of different abilities.
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