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New Signings ® Great Available Art from Great Available Artists About Advocate Art Amanda Hendon Alexina Thielemans Bhavisha Vadgama Harry Bloom Sam Groff William Drayson Atlanta Japp Adolfo Sánchez Natalie Hou Summer Kim Advocate Art was founded in 1992, with a group of illustrators who liked the idea of having an agent but not the other things that often came with that. We call our ethos four “F.A.C.T.s”: Fairness, Ability, Creativity and Trust. It’s about doing the right thing and being with the right people. We think our principles set us apart from conventional agencies, sticking to them has meant we have attracted the most creative illustrators and artists who in turn attract (with a little help) the best clients. The people we represent are perfectly able to conduct their own affairs but like working with Advocate Art because we offer value to them in the services we provide. Clients are assured that we represent artists that are like-minded professionals, ® pre-vetted and able not only to get the job done without fuss, but also to surpass expectations. It’s their choice to be with us, we have a high retention rate - with the most popular NEW SIGNINGS artists in our group being with us from the start! We were one of the first Agencies to give direct client contact with our illustrators, allowing creativity to flow without being diluted in translation. We were one of the first to offer re-sales as an important secondary income to artists. Now we have gone beyond that too, with the development of an on-line portal - ARTicle which enables artists to have transparency into the back office functions of the business, such as royalty management and credit control, amongst other things. Business is all about relationships, which is why we have a very high artist to agent ratio, clients often use us as artistic advisors, project managers as well a trend forward resource for pre-qualified talent. It is for these reasons that Advocate Art has become the largest illustration agency around and I’d like to think one of the most respected but- we understand we didn’t get that way by acting like the biggest. Come and find out for yourself… ® ® ® LIMITED EDITION PORTFOLIO PRINT / UK/ROW EU/ES US/CAN 01 ALEX FOSTER Alex Foster is an illustrator based in sunny Margate, UK. He specialises in map illustration and works across a variety of projects from children’s work to editorial and print. In 2015 he won a World Illustration Award, and has worked with clients such as Roald Dahl, English Heritage, American Express, Airbnb, Air Canada, and more. 02 ANGELA WONG Her real name is Angela but everyone knows her as Bluebean. She lives in Malaysia where the sun and rain are constant extremes. Angela worked as a concept designer before she found her love for illustrations and stories. Drawing nature and creatures with tiny paws using vibrant and fun colours always brings her comfort. She is mostly influenced by her surroundings and loves to get lost in nature every now and then. Angela has worked for books, fashion, music albums, games and advertisements. While she spends most of her time creating she also enjoys to go out to eat and attend social events. Angela loves good movies, music and is a huge book lover! She used to be scared of cats but she conquered her fear and now lives with 3 fur balls. 03 CAROLINA COROA Carolina was born in Belém, north of Brazil, a city well-known for its exuberating nature and strong native culture. She graduated two times, in Communication and in Fashion. After finishing her master at Istituto Europeo di Design in São Paulo, she worked for 6 years creating prints and patterns for fashion companies, running her own design studio and studying drawing. In 2016 she moved to Berlin and decided to become a full-time illustrator. In the middle of the way she became a mom, a Pictoplasma Academy alumna, discovered her love for characters and children illustration, enriched her work with the aesthetics from her homeland and the other places she traveled around, and learned how to cook a little bit. Her work is mainly digital with a “hand-drawn touch”. Her characters, scenarios and motives can easily live in books, magazines, board games, clothes, animation movies and much more. She thinks it’s never too late to learn things, try something new and make friends. 04 CHLOE DIJON I am an Illustrator, graphic designer and artistic animator. I live in Bruxelles. I was born in 1990 and lived my childhood in a small village lost in the countryside of Belgium. I grew up surrounded by nature and that influenced my artistic work a lot. After my studies I chose the school Saint-Luc and decided to do a bachelor degree in Illustration, because the thing I love the most since I was a kid is drawing characters. I graduated in 2012. I also hold a teaching certification as well as a graphic design degree. In my work I love mixing up textures, trying new color schemes and drawing everything with the theme of nature, fairy tales, magic creatures and funny characters. When I’m not designing, I enjoy movies, books, the outdoors and traveling. 05 DIAN WANG I was born in Changsha, a mid city in China in 1987, where I still lives with my family. I don’t have any relatives who do engaged in the art industry so it’s great to be the first! Even though I started my career not early, I still got lots of inspiration from life itself. I graduated from Communication University of China & Tongji University, and got the Master degree for Animation in 2012. After graduated, I travelled to Europe for 1 year from 2012~2013, then back to China. I worked as character designer, and then turned to be professional illustrator, focus on story-book & m agazine illustration for children. I also has a job in Hunan Women University as an art teacher. I now have a harmony family with my husband, my son and a cat. 06 ERIN HUNTING Erin Hunting is an Australian illustrator who has drawn for most of her adult life, starting when she was just a little girl growing up in her hometown of Melbourne. For the past decade her work has appeared in children’s books and comics and she is known for her fun and quirky style. Starting out illustrating educational books recently she has worked with Little Brown and Co (Hachette, USA) on Ron Bates ‘The Unflushables’ as well as a two book series with Penguin Workshop (Penguin Random House, USA) ‘The Tooth Fairy vs Santa’ and ‘The Tooth Fairy vs The Easter Bunny’ She also created the official Grumpy Cat logo which appeared numerous times onscreen in Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever tv movie and an array of merchandise which included toys, shoes and clothes. Her artwork has appeared on the front covers of Jughead, Grumpy Cat, Rick and Morty and Adventure Time comics as well as in a 10 page Garfield comic strip that she both wrote and drew for BOOM! comics. As well as the publishing world, she has worked with Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon in visual development with her Abby CaDabby and Rudy character designs being shown on Sesame Street via Abby’s Amazing Adventures. Still residing in Melbourne and when she’s not working she enjoys movies, writing, collecting vinyl toys and playing with her cat Louis.’ 07 FELICIA WHALEY Felicia was born in Chicago, IL in 1987, where she grew up and now lives in Oak park, IL with her teenage daughter Harmo- nie. Drawing cartoons from cereal boxes and toy packaging at a young age; there was no doubt she would become an artist. As an adult she still enjoyed the whimsie and color of book illustrations. With her love for illustration, she enrolled in The Illinois Art Institute in 2013. One thing she noticed growing up, there was never really a character that she could relate to. While attending Art school she found out that she could be the one to create characters that children could relate to, especially children of color. She graduated in 2017 with a BFA in Illustration and design. She has been freelancing as a Children’s book illustrator since then. Fun facts: She collects dolls,chil- dren’s books; and is a gym addict. 08 KAJA KAJFEZ I was born in a small but charming city of Varaždin, Croatia in 1992. I developed my love towards drawing as I child - my mum used to draw with me for hours which really sparked my interest in illustration early on. What first started as experimentation in different traditional mediums led me to eventually invest in my first graphics tablet that steered my work into the digital realm. Since then I’m working completely digitally but love to add organic textures and brush strokes to my works that I still develop manually. My artistic passion together with my interest in computer technologies led me to get a degree by finishing ‘Multimedia, Design and Application’ study at University North in Croatia where I oriented towards visual communication. During my college years, I started getting freelance work thanks to which I was able to establish my own Illustration Studio that mainly focuses on illustration, lettering and surface pattern design. Besides doing my dream job, I love to take long walks in nature, explore different historical periods, scroll through old picture books, listen to online concerts and spend time with my dog.