Arena Welcomes New Illustrator: Matthew Land
We are thrilled to welcome amazing new illustrative talent Matthew Land to the Arena family.
Jonny Duddle’s GIGANTOSAURUS Coming Soon to TV
We're very excited that Jonny Duddle's GIGANTOSAURUS will soon be leaping off the pages of his best-selling book and onto our TV screens. This brand-new preschool series from Cyber Group Studios for Disney Junior had its World Premiere TV Screening this month in Cannes, France at MIPJunior, the World's leading kids entertainment industry event.
Time to Snuggle Up with Kristyna Litten
The latest DFS TV ad features some wonderful new character designs by Kristyna Litten, the ninth advert in the Aardman-designed campaign for the sofa manufacturer. Time to Snuggle Up welcomes in “the Cosy Season” with DFS’s Autumn & Winter collection starring Pumpkin, the little cat and connoisseur of comfort. As burnt orange leaves fall and swirl about her, she peeks through the windows of a terraced street watching people curl up with their family on DFS sofas. This spurs her on to get out of the cold and back into her home to curl up on her very own comfy spot on the sofa.
Kristyna created nine new characters for Time to Snuggle Up but there were many more variations created before the final line-up was decided upon.
Kristyna Litten is represented by Arena Illustration.
Levi Pinfold Illustrates The Dam by David Almond
This month sees the publication of a breath-taking picture book collaboration by a multi-award winning pairing - author David Almond with illustrator Levi Pinfold.
Alex T. Smith: Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets
The adventure seeking, fish finger sandwich eating Mr Penguin is back with the second book in the series by Alex T. Smith, the international bestselling creator of Claude.
All Aboard the School Bus of Horrors Illustrated by Euan Cook
From dawn to dusk, the School Bus of Horrors rumbles along city streets and down country roads, searching for another passenger. It looks like any other bus - yellow, black marking, and dirty windows. But BEWARE! Step aboard and experience the ride of your life, or the last ride you’ll ever take!
PRESS START! It’s Blast Off with Thomas Flintham
This action packed series of books created by Thomas Flintham will be sure to entice even the most addicted screen fiends away from their electronic devices and into a crazy inter galactic world of Super Rabbit Boy. These handy bite sized adventures for newly emerging readers are generously illustrated in full colour throughout and perfectly tap into the world of computer games and high octane adventure.
An Interview With Emerging Young Illustrator – Joe Lillington
Arena have represented Joe Lillington for two years and in that time he has emerged as a go-to illustrator for historical non-fiction books for children. With his forthcoming book Ancient Warriors written by Iris Volant and published by Flying Eye Books hitting the shelves in August, Joe takes some time out to discuss his process and where he finds inspiration over on Arena’s blog here. The interview includes time-lapse videos of some of the work in progress he did on the spreads from Ancient Warriors.
Frances Castle Illustrates Journeys of Discovery for Wide Eyed Editions
Frances Castle returns with a second fun and fact-packed non-fiction book in the Spot the Mistake series published by Wide Eyed Editions this month. Journeys of Discover is a lavish and large format, fully illustrated hardback which provides readers with an immersive, puzzle solving experience with a variety of red herrings, misplaced props and out of context objects cleverly hidden within each spread.
Football Crazy With Spike Gerrell
Time to dust off your football boots and prepare for the 2018 Fifa World Cup.