Welcome to Toots Design
- Home of Lorna's stories, animations and illustrations - Where magic is comforting and comfort is magical.
Come on in, the kettle's on.

Meet Lorna, the artist behind Toots Design

I believe that magic is comforting and comfort is magical...

Through stories, illustrations and animations, I love to celebrate the magic of the everyday and provide comfort for the trickier parts of life.

More About Lorna

Every dream needs a little encouragement

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Collections

Cards
Books
Prints
Comforting gifts

I wish I could pause time for you so that you could hold onto those magical days forever.

But I can help you treasure them for years to come by capturing them in an illustration.
Commissioned Illustrations

On The Shoulders Of Giants

A heartfelt collection of illustrated poems for adults providing comfort for paths you might have walked quietly and hope for a freer, more connected world to come, in which you are a gift.

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Comfort after loss

"That book understands"

A beautifully illustrated book about love and loss safe for any age. 

Love Never Dies

Blog posts

Seeds of hope 🌱✨

Seeds of hope 🌱✨

Often my thoughts of hope lie in tiny seeds making their way into something new...

— Lorna Gibson

Make your mark

I would love for everyone to believe that they are good at art - because I strongly believe that no one is bad at art. I believe that talent is your own beautiful way of seeing the world, and that your ability to channel that into something shareable is simply a skill to be learnt.

 

— Lorna Gibson
And this beautiful heart of yours will feel like home.

And this beautiful heart of yours will feel like home.

A love letter from you to you this Valentines Day.
Dear ........
I promise to love you in the gaps.
 
The gaps where your self worth crumbles and your mind forgets the truth that your value never lived in fleeting notions of success, or failure, but it believes - in those messy gaps - so strongly that it does. 

The gaps where it seems nothing is clicking into place… Where others overtake you in the invisible, human-invented race and you notice every single one jogging on by to a place out of reach, a place you dream of, while your feet feel glued to the spot.
— Lorna Gibson