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Animal Babies – Thomas Flintham’s New Picture Book for Toddlers

Animal Babies – Thomas Flintham’s New Picture Book for Toddlers (Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Learn the names for baby animals and their parents in this new picture book by the acclaimed Thomas Flintham. Animal Babies is the newest title in an early-concept toddler series from Scholastic.

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Meet Chloe Bonfield – on the terror and joy of illustrating her own words!

Meet Chloe Bonfield – on the terror and joy of illustrating her own words! (Agency Interviews, Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)
We caught up with Bright artist Chloe Bonfield, author and illustrator of The Perfect Tree published by Running Press, Perseus Books, and illustrator of many other beautiful books. Here are some interesting insights into what makes Chloe tick and how she came up with those all  important ideas…

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Blue & Bertie – Kristyna Litten’s New Picture Book

Blue & Bertie – Kristyna Litten’s New Picture Book (Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Watch out for Kristyna Litten's delightful new picture book, Blue & Bertie (Simon & Schuster) which hits the book shelves this month and is already attracting some lovely reviews. Kristyna's tale is about Bertie, a lost giraffe who unexpectedly finds a new friend called Blue, who makes him look at the world with a different perspective and shows him how to embrace differences.

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Alexander Baidin’s bold, graphic style

Alexander Baidin’s bold, graphic style (Advertising Campaigns, illustrator, Phosphor Art, Publishing Jobs)
Phosphor Art are really pleased to be representing the St. Petersburg based artist Alexander Baidin. Due to the popularity of Alexander’s work at portfolio reviews we thought we’d share some more of his work with you today.

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Meet Jarvis – en route to rock stardom

Meet Jarvis – en route to rock stardom (Agency Interviews, Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)

We took some time to catch up with Jarvis, Author and Illustrator of  ‘Alan’s Big Scary Teeth’   – a beautifully illustrated, heart-warming tale with a twist and a good moral at it’s core (published by Walker Books and available from 6th February 2016). Although writing and illustrating is his full time job, Jarvis hopes one day that Coldplay will need him to play guitar for them. Whilst waiting for the call, he’s been busy making books for kids and answering some very important questions…

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Benji Davies wins Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award

Benji Davies’ Grandad’s Island (Simon & Schuster) has done the double at this years Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards winning both the best picture book prize and being crowned overall children’s book of the year, beating off competition from three other category winners.

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Hot Off The Press!

Hot Off The Press! (Artist Partners Ltd, Children’s Books, Design Projects, illustrator, Publishing Jobs)
Artist Partners are delighted to welcome to their agency the wonderful talents of Tom Duxbury illustrator and designer - Tom's work is a mixture of hand drawn art and digital, which he uses in order to create a  unique and lovely vintage lino and woodcut /wood blocking effect style.

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Bright Artist of the Month – Julia Patton!

Bright Artist of the Month – Julia Patton! (Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)

The Bright Group was built on the belief that there is more to illustration than artists just turning over a profit from pretty pictures. It is important for us that our artists engage their love of art on both a professional and creative level – understanding that it is necessary for a good creative attitude and rooted love of illustration to carry great artwork and a truly pleasurable and happy career.

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