How I accidentally built my brand...
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Have we met yet? π I'm Hannah Wilson. Graphic designer and illustrator based in the leafy green English countryside π
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Quoted Visually started, back in 2020, as doodles in the margins of the non-fiction books I was slowly reading... π
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As someone who is dyslexic, it was an effort to understand and remember what I was reading. A project for my portfolio π§
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In 2021, I took a random Graphic Visualisation course. I was immediately hooked on visualising abstract ideas!
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My first visuals were 'homework' for the course. I had my mum, boyfriend and um... Greg McKeown seeing my posts π±
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By chance, I came across the work of Janis Ozolins, Liz Fosslien, and Jack Butcher. They literally paved the path for me πͺ
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Day 1... on a whim, I'd made my private Instagram public, published 3x a week, and things escalated pretty fast π₯
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I went from studying Fine Art to working in Graphic Design, to quitting my 9-5 to say YES to opportunities coming my way!
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I blinked, and 10 months later, there were 100,000 of you following me. One post even reached 17 million people π€―
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People I once looked up to became friends and cheerleaders. I learnt quickly that building a brand is not a solo pursuit π«Άπ»
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Influential people came knocking at my door. It's the stuff out of dreams... all because I made myself visible π€
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That was 3.5 years ago! Now, my work has been seen by millions, and I've designed a new life for myself thanks to visuals π
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I've illustrated for the New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling books and the book shelf is only growing π
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Along the way, I've experimented with Quoted Visually products, like calendars and prints, shipping orders myself π¦
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I even launched a community-powered course in 2024, teaching the meta-skill of visualsing ideas to 80+ students βπ»
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Today, I'm a founding member of the Creator Leaders community, and regularly attend book launch events in London π
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I've met my heroes, and they've already known me by name. I never expected this from sharing my 'silly little doodles'...
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I even walked into an airport and saw 'one of my books' with Penguin in the flesh for the first time, by surprise π
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If you're a soon-to-be author, would you like me to visualise ideas inside your book? Let's chat and see what's possible π¬
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My mission? Get more visuals in non-fiction books to make them more accessible for people with learning disabilities πͺ
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...and LinkedIn is the place to keep up to date with me in 2026. I'm sharing my story and seeing what happens π
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You'll find me living my best life in the countryside. It's my year of "doing things that I donβt normally do" π