Linda Scott

Membership of external committees

• Scientific Committee CONFIA conference . A board responsible for reviewing research papers submitted for the conference

Research interests and expertise

Research interests include climate change , bird conservation , misuses of surveillance and adaptations of classic novels.

Participating in a field trip to Malta as part of the 'Ghosts of Gone Birds' creative army in 2014 to monitor the annual bird hunt, became the catalyst for an active interest in conservation, ecology and issue based research .

Linda has presented papers at conference internationally in Northern Portugal and been published in conference publications at Illustration and animation conferences at CONFIA 15,16,17,18 ,19 and in 2020 she participated in the online event.

Further outputs include presenting papers at conferences at the University of Lorraine in 2017 and in Dijon in 2019.

Research topics

• Climate change and the role of illustration
• Exploring the impact of Outsider Art on contemporary Illustration
• Ghosts Of Gone Birds: Raising awareness of the potential extinction of endangered species of birds
• Illustration and Adaptation
• Jungian Shadow Theory and Illustrated Narratives
• Philosophy for children using illustrated narratives to teach critical inquiry

Areas of teaching

• dissertation
• Editing
• Illustration.
• narrative design
• Publishing
• theory
• Visual Communication

Courses taught

• BA(Hons) Illustration

Engagement with organisations which contribute to the development of educational, cultural or socio-economic policies in Cornwal

Exchange Gallery, Penzance/Newlyn Gallery

Intellectual property

Illustration spanning more than twenty years.

Business start ups

Linda Scott Illustration

Business engagement case studies

The Bristol Collaboration project, 2017
Collaboration with Dave Bain / Falmouth University Alumni

Dave Bain is a graduate of Falmouth, living and working in Bristol. Dave practises as an Illustrator and has also set up Illustration studios in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol and is responsible for setting up Illustration collectives in Bristol. In 2017, myself and Natalie Hayes collaborated with Dave to develop a study trip for Level 2 students to visit Bristol. Dave acted as Co-Ordinator and together we developed an itinerary of student visits to Illustrator / Artist studios including Hamilton House , Jamaica Street Studios and Space Gallery, where Dave currently has a studio. A brief was devised, related to the theme of 'Regeneration' and work produced in response to this was exhibited on the final day of the trip in the gallery area of Space studio.

A workshop was delivered by Tom Newell of Limbic Cinema ( in which drawings made by students were converted digitally and projected onto both 3D and 2D formats. One of the primary purposes of the project was to introduce students to the concept of locating as a professional in Bristol as an alternative to London. We have a large alumni presence in Bristol and the trip was conceived to strengthen these connected communities of practitioners with our students.

Independent professional practice

Linda's illustration career spans almost thirty years ,mainly within the editorial field for publications including Times Educational Supplement, Elle Magazine (UK and France), The Independent Newspaper, Jamie Magazine (UK and Holland), Resurgence And Ecologist Magazine, Radio Times and several BBC titles. Music industry commissions have come from BMG, Virgin Records and World Circuit Records. Commissions within the areas of advertising include Pret A Manger and United Emirates Airlines, design for Southwark Council and Abbey National, publishing for Heinemann, Scholastic and The Ivy Press and public art projects, including Jack's Cows in Cornwall and creating media workshops for videos used to train teachers for DCA Libya.

Social, community and cultural engagement

Linda has exhibited at venues including the ICA, London Transport Museum, Wiliam Morris Museum, House of Illustration and Rochelle Gallery in London, The Museum in the Park, Stroud and Manchest Metropolitan University.

Engagement with professional associations and societies

During 2019 and 2020, Linda was invited to join the Scientific Committee at CONFIA conference. Her role includes blind reviewing conference papers.