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Ben Whitehouse

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Children's book illustrator & Character designer From Birmingham UK but based in Germany. Represented by Amy Fitzgerald at Bright Agency www.benwhitehouseillustration.com

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Five snowmen whizzing down hill doffing their hats while a Christmas school bus driven by Santa drives through a tunnel

Five snowmen whizzing down hill doffing their hats while a Christmas school bus driven by Santa drives through a tunnel

Merry Christmas all! Wishing everyone a very lovely festive time! #kidlit #childrensillustration

24.12.2024 19:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NOT 2001 πŸ˜‚ That should read 2021

05.12.2024 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh blimey! Good catch, Natasha! 2021 that should be!

05.12.2024 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tis the season! From β€˜Steve The Christmas Elf’ written by Billy Dunne and published by Michael O’Mara books in 2001

05.12.2024 12:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s #nationalillustrationday so here is one from a couple of years ago, I only really have old stuff I can post until new books are published πŸ˜€ have a great weekend all!

29.11.2024 19:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So flippin awesome, Sean!! I hope all is wellπŸ‘πŸ™

27.11.2024 23:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A whole load of beard from a few years ago. I always wanted to do something with this chap but never got around to it. Maybe one day #kidlit #kidlitart

23.11.2024 15:18 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is another spread from Shark Ahoy, written by the legendary Jeanne Willis. Published by Hachette.

This book really opened me up to mixing media and getting a lot more hand drawn elements and textures in there.

Wishing you all wonderful weekend!!

#kidlitart #kidlit

22.11.2024 20:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have a goodun, chaps!

22.11.2024 10:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That was a wise choice indeed! The sound makes it very comforting for me. I think it also reminds me of art Programms on the telly when I was small and the sound of card being cut βœ‚οΈ

22.11.2024 10:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Friday all!

This was a portfolio piece I did last year and was a small tribute to my son and his grandad.

I hope everyone has had a great week!

#kidlitart #kidlit

22.11.2024 10:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh this is incredible!
There is nothing better than the sound of a crisp pop up mechanism! β€οΈπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

22.11.2024 09:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Natasha!! 😊

22.11.2024 06:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so very much for the kind words, Alan. Wishing you an ace day!

21.11.2024 05:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh thanking you most kindly Tim! You are a true gent!

20.11.2024 18:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blimey, I log off for a few days and come back to a wonderful flurry of new followers! Thank you so much ☺️

This was the first spread I did from the book β€˜Shark Ahoy’. It was a big one to get done but a lot of fun! I thought you might like a peek at the rough for it too.

#kidlit #kidlitart

20.11.2024 18:14 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have no idea how to do social media any more. So I'm just over here, quietly waving and say "Hello"

This is something I worked on towards the end of summer. Being 100% honest, I just wanted to paint a puffin really :)

#childrensbookillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #puffin #brightagency

16.11.2024 23:18 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0