Julia Chetwood is a freelance illustrator, animator and designer. She has been translating inner worlds, creating characters and shaping ideas into visual forms professionally for almost 10 years.

Working across digital designs, motion graphics and physical media to tell stories and feel feelings, their distinctive style is playful, joyous, thoughtful and accessible – even (and especially) when tackling serious subject matters.


Living in Porto, Portugal
Originally from Naarm (Melbourne) Australia

It’s  in Porto right now

To work together, collaborate + have a chat:
juliachetwood@gmail.com




Clients :

– Google: Australia/SE Asia
– YouTube: Australia
– Hyundai Australia
– Child & Young People with Disabilities (CYDA)
– Blackbird Ventures
– Our Watch
– Envato Tuts+
– Equality institute
+ more



Agencies :

– Entropico
– Bolster
– Today Design
– SOMA
– Play on Play
– Going North
– Monster & Bear
– Con-Sol
+ more



Exhibitions :

Moonscreen (2026)
Waking Life Festival 

‘People like us‘ exhibition (2024)
Other Goods

‘O que faz uma casa?’ exhibition (2023)
Casa das Artes

Women* Now exhibition (2023)
QVWC 

‘Small-ish Art Prize’ exhibition (2023)
The Nabe Gallery

‘I think I’ve been here before’ exhibition (2022)
Honey Bones Gallery

MSI Creator Awards (2021)
Best Short Film

Gallery Night (2019)
Greener House

Graduate exhibition (2017)
Monash Art, Design and Architecture - MADA





Media :

Envato interview – How to become a freelance motion graphic designer

Motion Graphics Trends Predictions 2024



Education :

Bachelor of Communication Design (2017)
Monash University

The Wurundjeri People of the Kulin nation are the Traditional Owners of the land on which I work. I pay my respects to elders past, present and future. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.