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Alex T. Smith’s Claude TV & New Picture Book: Claude All at Sea

Alex T. Smith’s Claude TV & New Picture Book: Claude All at Sea (Animation/Motion Graphics, Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)

This month we're celebrating all things CLAUDE!

We're very excited to announce that Alex T. Smith's Claude will be adapted into an animated series by BAFTA-winning Belfast-based animation studio, Sixteen South, for Disney Junior EMEA. The new series has just gone into production and is due to air in 2017 - there will be 52 episodes for boys and girls aged 4 to 6 and Sixteen South are keen to evoke the unique visual style of Alex's original pictures.

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Sarah Maycock – Spring time at William & Son

Sarah Maycock – Spring time at William & Son (Advertising Campaigns, Editorial Commissions, illustrator, Licensing)
With Spring upon us William & Son wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate it’s arrival through some beautiful artwork and animation for their website and social channels. With a little help from Material Organisation, Sarah Maycock and a friend of Frank’s we were able to make this request a reality by transforming their flagship store in London into a visual epitome of the season.

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Chris Labrooy – Sushi Shop London

Chris Labrooy – Sushi Shop London (Advertising Campaigns, Animation/Motion Graphics, Debut Art, Design Projects, illustrator)

Chris Labrooy has illustrated the packaging for Sushi Shop London’s latest offering, London Box. In his trademark humorous style, Chris created 6 lively anthromporphic letters to form the branding ‘London’ on the box’s exterior.

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Adam Stower’s Troll and the Oliver at Cartoon Forum 2015

Adam Stower’s Troll and the Oliver at Cartoon Forum 2015 (Animation/Motion Graphics, Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Arena is very excited that another of our talented artist's, Adam Stower, was also at this year's Cartoon Forum. The trailer forTroll and the Oliver, based on Adam's picture book was pitched to the group of broadcasters as a special, one-off 26 minute animation by Grid Animation in Belgium, in collaboration with Zooper Film and Tinker Labs. Aimed at 6 to 8 year old children, the TV special will be a 3D computer animation.

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Jean-Pierre Le Roux Character Series for Coca-Cola

Jean-Pierre Le Roux Character Series for Coca-Cola (Advertising Campaigns, Animation/Motion Graphics, illustrator, Meiklejohn)

Jean-Pierre Le Roux was commissioned by 360i to create a series of cool characters for Coca-Cola Freestyle. Jean-Pierre illustrated and produced six animations for this exciting social media and web campaign, which is live now.

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Jonny Duddle & Cyber Group Studios Present Gigantosaurus at Cartoon Forum

Jonny Duddle & Cyber Group Studios Present Gigantosaurus at Cartoon Forum (Animation/Motion Graphics, Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Bestselling author/illustrator, Jonny Duddle and Cyber Group Studios, presented the Gigantosaurus trailer based on Jonny's picture book at Cartoon Forum 2015 in Toulouse this month. The forum is an event where all the great and the good of the European animation world gather together to pitch their projects to broadcasters and investors.

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