Blog archive: 2016
Happy Christmas from Arena
With all our good wishes for your winter festivities and our most hearty thanks to all of our clients, artists and suppliers....
Santa Claude by Alex T. Smith
Who will deliver the presents to the children on Christmas Eve? - well Claude of course and his faithful companion, Sir Bobblysock....
Christmas 2016 Calendar- Harry Potter by Jonny Duddle
This month we're rounding off Arena's 2016 calendar with a classic, Jonny Duddle's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows illustration,...
Dear Santa, I'd like a book for Christmas
We'd love to see those words on every child's Christmas wish. Books are an inexpensive present that can change a child's life, expanding...
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed Wins Sheffield Children's Book Award 2016
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed, written by Michael Rosen with riotous illustrations by Neal Layton was the overall winner of the Sheffield...
Neal Layton: Danny McGee Drinks the Sea
Neal Layton has teamed up with Andy Stanton, author of Mr Gum, for this hilarious new book, Danny McGee Drinks The Sea, published by...
Kristyna Litten's Character Design for DFS
Kristyna Litten was asked to create character designs based on real DFS employees by Aardman Animations...
Chris Garbutt: Extraordinary X by StoryBots
Extraordinary X is a kids music video that illustrator, Chris Garbutt, designed and art directed for JibJab’s StoryBots project...
Alex T. Smith: 'Let's Lose The Labels' for Gingerbread
Alex T. Smith worked closely with advertising agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, to create a picture book to be used in an animated viral...
The Song from Somewhere Else
Levi Pinfold has created stunning illustrations for A.F. Harold's new book The Song from Somewhere Else published by Bloomsbury....
Aleksei Bitskoff's Character Designs for NatWest's Pigby & Friends
Aardman commissioned Aleksei Bitskoff to develop these charming characters, Pigby and his friends for NatWest's junior savings account...
Tomislav Tomic's Character Design for Yara 'The Toughest Job'
Tomislav Tomic was commissioned by Aardman Animations to create the character designs for Yara's The Toughest Job commercial...