GARETH LUCAS / ABRAMS APPLESEED
Odd Birds is a wonderful new board book written by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Gareth Lucas. Featuring some of the most unique birds in the world; the oilbird, the burrowing owl and a fascinating array of others.
Dino-Doodle mayhem with Duddle
Time to sharpen those pencils and get your best crayons out as we get a unique insight into how Jonny Duddle doodles the incredible dinosaurs as featured in his best-selling picture book Gigantosaurus published by Templar Publishing.
Jess Moorhouse
Our new signing this year is Jess Moorhouse and we welcome her to the Artist Partners agency, we are very delighted to add Jess to the agency list of our fabulous artists.
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.
Laura Barrett’s enchanting new backdrop Illustrations for The Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh
Last year, Laura Barrett had the pleasure of working with the lovely design team at Studioarc on the refurbishment of Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood.
Alex T. Smith Animated Claude TV Series on Disney Junior UK
Drum roll please… Disney Junior will be bringing a new animated TV series to UK screens, based on the much-loved books about a beret-clad dog by Alex T. Smith - Claude will air on 4th June.
Lucy Truman – Unicorn School
Lucy Truman worked with the design team at Nosy Crow on their amazing new Unicorn Academy series, written by Julie Sykes.
Kristyna Litten: Ziggy and the Moonlight Show
Kristyna Litten is back with her third picture book creation for Simon & Schuster and she doesn’t disappoint. Ziggy and the Moonlight Show is a touching interactive game of hide-and-seek - exploring the world of animals, colours, patterns and shapes.
Behind the Book with Daniel Duncan
Fresh, new author/illustrator, Daniel Duncan’s debut picture book, SOUTH, was warmly received at the recent book launch with US based children’s publishing house, Abrams — held at The Bright Emporium. The story is calm and gentle, the illustrations full of depth and emotion. Already proving to be a hit, and with fantastic reviews, we thought it might be an idea to ask Dan to join us for a Storytime Sunday. So before the event, which will be on Sunday 2nd July, here’s a little more about the talented Daniel Duncan…
Bill Sanderson’s Atticus Icon
Phosphor Art's scraperboard artist Bill Sanderson has created an illustration for the Atticus column in the new look SundayTimes (which was recently redesigned by Simon Esterson, Mark Porter and their team). Atticus is a political gossip column mostly focusing on Westminster. Bill was asked to create an image combining a snake with a pen - you'll find it every week in the Sunday Times.