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Adam Stower's Just William

Adam Stower illustrates the cover of Richmal Crompton's 'William Again', for Macmillan's new edition of the children's classic Just...

Teresa Murfin Portfolio

Teresa Murfin graduated from Falmouth College of Art in 2001 and she now lives and works in Wales. She likes to work with a variety...

Alex T Smith Illustrates The Hundred and One Dalmations

Alex T Smith's wonderful illustrations adorn Egmont's sumptuous new 60th anniversary edition of the Dodie Smith beloved classic, The...

Emily Fox illustrates Fox Investigates

Fox Investigates: A Brush With Danger, has just been published by Stripes and sees the hero investigator, Wily Fox solving crimes with...

How to Draw a Troll by Adam Stower

A step by step guide to drawing a troll by Adam Stower and Oliver...

New Work: Simon Bartram Illustrates Oliver Twist

These dark and atmospheric drawings of some of Charles Dickens' characters from the classic tale, Oliver Twist, are re-imagined by...

Arena Illustration Spring Brochure 2015: Inspirational Ideas

Spring has sprung and we unveil our Spring Brochure 2015 showcasing a portfolio of new work and inspirational ideas from our very talented...

Aleksei Bitskoff: Updated Portfolio

It's been a very busy year for Aleksei Bitskoff so we thought it was about time we showed you some of his lovely new work on his updated...

Q&A Artist Profile Steve May

Steve May's illustrations have a canny resemblance to the man himself - they're anarchic, mischievous, animated and quite often wear...

Arena Showreel Character Design and Concept Art

We are very proud to announce the launch of our new video section on our website, showcasing the talents of our artists in the world...

Arena Showreel

A showreel of character design, concept art and animation for TV commercials and feature films....

Q&A Artist Profile Adam Stower

As an artist I am constantly looking ahead so it's hard to look back and pick a career highlight. My greatest achievement has been...

Q&A Emily Fox Artist Profile

Emily Fox is busy illustrating her first picture book but she spared us some time to answer a few questions about her top tips on drawing...

Q&A Chris Garbutt Artist Profile

Chris Garbutt's love affair with doodling has taken him on a creative journey that has explored a diverse range of roles in illustration...

Q&A Aleksei Bitskoff Artist Profile

Aleksei Bitskoff is an avid doodler and creates dream like worlds inhabited by a cast of little monsters and patterns that come from...

Jonny Duddle Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Bloomsbury have revealed the cover design for the second book in the famous Harry Potter series by J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the...

Kristyna Litten: Character Designs: Aardman Ad for Iglü Mouth Ulcer Gel

Kristyn Litten's delightful penguin character features in Aardman's recent animated ad for iglü mouth ulcer gel...

Aleksei Bitskoff: Introducing Pigby and Friends for NatWest

Aleksei Bitskoff was commissioned by Aardman Animations to develop NatWest's characters Pigby and Friends...

New Arena Illustrator: Emily Fox

We're delighted to introduce you to the wonderful work of Emily Fox, a keen observer of life, who is inspired by the people she meets...

Chris Garbutt: The Bear and The Hare Character Designs

Chris Garbutt was asked by Passion Pictures to develop some bear and hare character designs for their pitch for this year's John Lewis...

Susan Hellard: Updated Portfolio

When it comes to characterisation, Susan Hellard is second to none...

Alex T Smith Sketchbooks

Alex T Smith is Addicted To Drawing....

Thomas Flintham: Character Designs for Bonkers World Magazine

Welcome to Bonkers World, the new kids' magazine for Best Western Hotels Kids Club...

Just Published: The King of Space by Jonny Duddle

Rex may seem to be your average mini galactic citizen but he hatches an evil plan to become KING OF SPACE and conquer the known universe...