16 years since the duo’s last onscreen adventure, Wallace & Gromit will be back on our TVs this Christmas. Here, we speak to its creator and director Nick Park, co-director Merlin Crossingham and supervising animator Will Becher to take a look at the legacy of the adored animation.

Dec 4, 2024 · INT: Initially, how did you hope to convey the theme in the overall art direction for this year’s campaign? RW: The themes of reinvention, evolution and merging genres come to life in many different ways, beginning with an art direction that loops, transforms, and celebrates the energy of this unique moment in time. This includes …

Dec 16, 2024 · 35 years ago, a plasticine man donning a sweater vest and slippers, and his mute yet expressive plasticine dog walked onto our TV screens. Wallace & Gromit’s arrival struck a chord with audiences of the late 80s, with its handmade touch and careful blend of humour, charm and wit.It was novel yet nostalgic, posing new possibilities for the world of animation with a portrayal of Britishness ...

From comics to editorial spots, hand-drawn to digital, 2D to 3D, here we showcase fantastic illustrators and their inspiring work...

Dec 17, 2024 · Quite unsurprisingly, taking one of top spots this year is designer Sun Young Oh’s cat flow charts. While we know we have an animal-loving readership, we think it might have actually been the designer’s process that really captured you all, with his visual investigation of words in a careful crossover between art and typography.

Dec 9, 2024 · The hit multimedia puppet show Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (DHMIS) from Blinkink, and directors Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling has come full circle with a new website – published some 13 years after Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared was first launched on YouTube. “We wanted a place for people outside of the UK to see the Channel 4 show and for reasons we simply cannot talk about, Netflix were not ...

Oct 29, 2024 · Up until quite recently, Luca Bortolato hadn’t really given drawing too much thought. After completing his graphic design degree and following the commonly trodden path of working in-house at a studio, the artist eventually had a change of heart.

Nov 11, 2024 · Jessica Walsh, celebrated for her unapologetically bold approach at &Walsh, has long believed that a brand’s quirks are its greatest strengths. Through a process she calls “brand therapy”, Jessica helps her clients uncover the “weird” that sets them apart. “We believe every brand has something weird or different about them, and that’s their most valuable asset,” she tells It ...

Sep 25, 2024 · Using photography as a tool to process the challenges she faces day to day as a mother of three, and a way to reflect on her gendered roles as a parent, Olga is often accompanied by multiple versions of herself in one image.

Sep 23, 2024 · Drawn to the way the technique renders images legible from afar, but completely abstract up close, the photographer has found the kind of photographs that work with this inventive process are always the more simple compositions: …