Illustration

Charlie Oberhuemer

Book cover titled "The Foragers Friend" by Charlie Oberhuemer, featuring illustrated arms holding various foraged plants and mushrooms.

Book cover for my recipe book project “The Foragers Friend – A Guide and Recipe Book”. The book is inspired by my experience of foraging and includes family recipes.

Heya! My name is Charlie and I’m an illustrator based in Cambridge, UK, and Vienna, Austria.

When I came to the UK I was already confident working digitally but studying here has led me to fall back in love with analogue materials. As I have a background in graphic design, I like to combine my knowledge with illustration and incorporate hand drawn typography wherever I can.


Within my illustration work I primarily focus on nature and the human body. I like to explore the beneficial relationship between the two using differing analogue mediums.

Because of this colour takes an important role in my art as I like to show the brightness of the things around us. I also enjoy working with line and a monotone palette and make sure to pay attention to every little detail within my work.

Open book with elderflower illustrations, a hand reaching for flowers, and elderflower syrup recipe. Text and images on a light green background.
Open cookbook with illustrated pages showing chanterelle mushrooms and a pasta recipe. Hands picking mushrooms on the left page.
Illustration of a pink clover flower surrounded by tall grasses and green leaves against a dark background.
A woman with long hair sits beside a large, resting wolf in a grassy field, with a serene, cloudy sky in the background.
Illustration of a woman with long hair standing beside a person in a canopy bed in a vintage-style room, surrounded by framed pictures and a large mirror reflecting the scene.
Three tins of Poseidon Co. seafood: squid in olive oil, mackerel in olive oil, and mussels in brine, with artistic packaging designs.
Four herbal-themed illustrations labeled "Wander Lust": Arnica, Wild Thyme, Nettle, and Tormentil, each with corresponding plant designs.
A spread about elderflower from “The Foragers Friend”. It includes information on how to forage it as well as a recipe on how to make syrup from the flowers. A spread about chanterelles from “The Foragers Friend”. It includes information on how to forage them as well as a pasta sauce using the mushrooms. Speculative Spotify Canvas animation of the song Gemini by Haley Heynderick. Book Illustration based on the short story “Wolf Alice” by Angela Carter. Book Illustration based on the short story “Wolf Alice” by Angela Carter. Speculative packaging design for an imagined fish tin brand. Speculative tea sachet packaging design for an imagined tea brand which focuses on herbal remedies.