Illustration · Reading
Illustration in Reading
Custom illustration for Reading businesses that want to look like nobody else. Stock imagery is cheap and everyone has it — the same handshake photograph appears on a hundred consultancy websites. Illustration is the practical way to look distinct and to show things photography cannot.
Why this comes up
The problem
Stock photography makes businesses interchangeable, and it cannot show abstract concepts, internal processes or products that do not exist yet. The result is generic imagery attached to a specific claim.
What you get
What we deliver
- A defined style, so illustrations added later still belong to the same family
- Artwork produced as vector where it must scale, raster where texture matters
- Spot illustrations, scene work or icon-adjacent pieces depending on the need
- Source files handed over, so the set can be extended without starting again
- Usage rights stated plainly, including whether you own it outright
- Variants for light and dark backgrounds, since websites now have both
Want this scoped for your business in Reading?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what illustration would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Reading
South East
Reading anchors the Thames Valley technology corridor, and local firms are often part of large enterprise supply chains where security review and integration standards are set by someone else.
Work here usually has to satisfy someone else's security and integration standards, because clients sit inside larger enterprise supply chains.
Sectors we work with in Reading
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Financial Services
- Professional Services
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- Adobe Illustrator
- Procreate
- Adobe Photoshop
- Figma
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- SaaS platforms
- Professional services
- Publishing and media
- Education
- Charities
Why us
Why Reading businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Illustration in Reading — common questions
- Is illustration not more expensive than stock photography?
- Per image, considerably. What you get is imagery nobody else can use and that shows exactly what you need shown. For a business whose competitors all use the same stock library, that difference is the point.
- Do we own the illustrations?
- On completion and settlement, yes, including source files — and it is written down rather than assumed. Illustration licensing varies widely in this industry, so it is worth confirming with any supplier rather than presuming outright ownership.
- Can you match a style we have seen elsewhere?
- We can work in a similar register, and we will not copy another illustrator's distinctive style closely. Beyond the ethics, a house style that is visibly borrowed undermines the reason for commissioning illustration at all.
- What about AI-generated images?
- They are fast and cheap, and they carry unresolved questions about rights and originality that matter for commercial use. Where a client wants that route we will discuss it openly, including what cannot be guaranteed about it.
- Do you work with businesses across Berkshire?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout South East, including Reading and the surrounding Berkshire area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Reading businesses do you usually work with?
- Work here usually has to satisfy someone else's security and integration standards, because clients sit inside larger enterprise supply chains. Beyond that we work across Technology, Telecommunications, Financial Services and Professional Services.
- Do you cover the areas around Reading?
- Yes — we work throughout South East, including Oxford, London, Milton Keynes, Southampton. Reading is an urban area of roughly 340,000+, and we take on work across the wider Berkshire region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Illustration in Reading
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise