Andy Catling - Designer

Item: Andy Catling
Rating: 5.0
Author: Ian McCartney

Brighton, United Kingdom

UK based international illustrator of children's books.

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Reedsy profile URL https://reedsy.com/andy-catling

Overview

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My name is Andy Catling (BA hons) and I am a professional illustrator with more than 50 illustrated titles under my belt. I work in traditional mediums and digital wot-nots to make artwork for book illustration, editorial projects, websites and advertising. I have worked for many different publishing houses such as Usborne, Oxford University Press, Little Tiger press, Parragon, QED, Franklin Watts and many others.

In a typical book illustration project I will design characters, story scenes and generally visualise the words of a story to work with and around the text on a page. With many projects I have designed the cover and internal pages before illustrating. I do this with a view to creating a harmony and flow with text and image.

In past employments I have also produced storyboards and 3D modelling and animation as well as 2D animation for video game publishers such as Microsoft.

Services

Cover Design

Illustration

Book Interior Design

Languages

English

Fiction

Adventure

Children's Picture Books

Fantasy

Humor & Comedy

Young Adult & Teen

Non-Fiction

Children's Books (Non-Fiction)

Certifications

BA (hons) Graphic design

Awards

Tir-na n-og shortlisted 2016
TERF Finalist 2008

Work experience

Illustrator

Self-employed

September, 2006 – Present (over 12 years)

Children's book Illustrator. Book design, character design, concept artist, 2D animation

Artist and animator

Beyond Reality Games

August, 2005 – August, 2012 (about 7 years)

Working as an artist and animator in video game production. 3D modelling, 3D animation, character design.

Game artist

Climax

November, 2001 – November, 2003 (about 2 years)

Working as an artist and animator in main stream video game production (Microsoft). Concept artist, Storyboards, 2D animation, character design.

Artist and animator

Artworld

February, 2001 – November, 2001 (9 months)

Working as an artist and animator in video game production. Concept artist, 3D modelling, 3D animation, storyboards, character design, level design.

Artist and animator

Minds eye productions

December, 1997 – February, 2001 (about 3 years)

Working as an artist and animator in main stream video game production. Concept artist, 3D modelling, Storyboards, 3D animation, 2D animation, character design.