Allison Harvey ✿ Graphic design & illustration
Thoughtful design, grown by hand.
Chicory is the studio of designer & illustrator Allison Harvey — brand identities, book covers, stream & game graphics, posters, and paintings.
Featured ✿ Book design
The Jane Austen Trio
A collectible three-book series designed cover to cover, including jackets, spines, and full interior layouts. Each novel has hand-drawn botanical borders, its own fruit motif, and a tea pairing printed on the back cover.
- Emma — pairs with blueberry Lady Grey
- Pride & Prejudice — pairs with strawberry tea
- Sense & Sensibility — pairs with peach & vanilla green
Selected work
From the flat files
Brand systems, cover art, posters, and paintings, both digital and traditional.
Not shown here: custom game UI themes, stream overlay packages, and some client work. Ask and I’m happy to send examples.
Services
What the studio makes
Four main services, and custom commissions are always open if your project doesn’t fit one of them. Every project gets a quote and a timeline before work starts.
Brand identity & logos
A logo that feels like you, plus guidelines for using it consistently. Every identity comes with a full brand guide and a one-page quick guide.
- Logo suites & monograms
- Full brand guides & manuals
- One-page quick guide
- Packaging & collateral
- Stationery & apparel
Good fit forBusinesses, teams, and studios that need a consistent look everywhere they show up.
Book & print design
Covers, jackets, spines, and full interior typesetting, set up at the real trim size with bleed and a spine width calculated from the page count.
- Cover art, jackets & interiors
- Full interior typesetting
- Posters & gig art
- Menus, calendars & editorial
- Print-ready PDF/X output
Good fit forAuthors, small presses, restaurants, and anyone who needs print-ready files.
Game & stream graphics
Custom game interface themes and stream overlays, drawn from scratch with their own ornaments and type, and made to stay readable on a busy screen.
- Custom game-UI themes
- Stream overlays, panels & scenes
- Emotes, badges & banners
- Alert and transition art
Good fit forStreamers, indie game teams, and anyone who wants something other than a premade pack.
Illustration & fine art
Digital paintings and acrylics, from cozy to dramatic. Everything starts with sketches and studies, and the color palettes come from real fruit and flowers.
- Editorial & cover illustration
- Still life & commissioned paintings
- Hand-drawn motifs & borders
- Botanical frames & ornament sets
Good fit forPublishers, art directors, and anyone who wants an original painting.
How it works
How a commission works
Every project follows four steps, so you always know where things stand.
Say hello
Tell me what you have in mind: the mood, any references, and your deadline. I’ll reply with a quote and timeline.
You bring: a short description, references you like, and your deadline.
Sketch
Rough concepts to react to. We pick a direction together before anything gets polished.
You bring: your honest first reactions.
Refine
The chosen concept gets polished, with two rounds of revisions included.
You bring: one combined list of feedback from everyone involved.
Deliver
Final files in every format you need, ready for print and web.
You bring: a safe place to back up your files.
The name ✿ the flower
Why Chicory
New Orleans has been mixing roasted chicory root into its coffee since the 1800s. It started as a way to stretch the coffee supply, and it became what the city’s coffee is known for.
It’s a flower, too. In 1751 Linnaeus published the Horologium Florae, a clock made of plants that open and close at set times, so you could tell the hour by looking at a flowerbed. Chicory is one of the earliest: it opens around four in the morning and closes by midday.
My drawing here opens and closes on the real flower’s schedule, in full bloom over your morning coffee and a tight bud by the afternoon.
Chicory hours
Open 5 am to 10 am, shut by noon
- 4:00 – 5:00 amOpening
- 5:00 – 10:00 amOpen
- 10:00 am – noonClosing
- noon – 4:00 amShut
About
Hi, I’m Allison
I’m a graphic designer and illustrator, and Chicory is my studio. I work across the whole table - brand manuals and logo suites, book covers with matching interiors, gig posters, menus, custom game-interface themes, stream packages, and paintings in both pixels and acrylic.
Everything starts analog: sketches, studies, and mood-boards. Then it gets built properly and packaged for you. I supply crisp clean vectors, print-ready files, and everything you’ll need for your projects. If you want design that feels grown rather than generated, you’re in the right place.
Questions
Before you email
Answers to the questions people ask most.
What do you actually make?
Mostly brand identities and logos, book and print design (including full interiors), game and stream graphics, and illustration, both digital and acrylic. If your idea doesn’t fit one of those, ask anyway. Custom commissions are always open.
How much does a project cost?
Every project is quoted individually, since a simple logo and a full identity system are very different amounts of work. Send me a description and your deadline and I’ll get back to you with a price.
How long does it take?
It depends on the project. You’ll get a timeline along with your quote before any work starts. I usually reply to new inquiries within one to two days.
How many revisions do I get?
Every project includes two rounds of revisions, after we’ve picked a direction together at the sketch stage.
What files do I get at the end?
Every format your project needs, ready for print and web. Brand identity projects also come with a full brand guide and a one-page quick guide.
Do you work remotely?
Yes, I work remotely with clients anywhere. We can talk over video calls and share files online.
Can you do game UI or stream packages? I don’t see any here.
Yes, it’s one of my four main services. I just haven’t added examples to the site yet, so ask and I’ll send you some.
Do you take on concept and passion projects?
Yes. Some of the work on this site started as student or personal projects, including the Folgers rebrand.
Why the name Chicory?
It’s a coffee ingredient and a flower that keeps its own hours. There’s more in the Why Chicory section above.
Commissions open
Let’s make something beautiful
Tell me about your project, even if all you have so far is a feeling and a favorite color.
Typical reply: 1–2 days ✿ remote-friendly, worldwide