April 2023 Newsletter

Starting the week with a spring in our step, bursting to share these latest updates with all of you!

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Website

Animation Hub

?We've completely redesigned the Animation section?of?our website, building?an exciting new base for our in-house production studio?Folio Lab, along with the individual portfolios of?Arcade Studio, JVG, Chu-Chieh Lee, Peter Henderson, and Batch.

Covering a huge range of styles?and formats, from 3D ad campaigns to vector explainer videos,?we're here to?help with all your animation needs.?

User-friendly portfolios and case studies, all in one place. Come and see!

New Artist

Ella Ginn

We're excited?to announce that?Ella Ginn has joined the?Folio roster!

Starting out as an in-house illustrator for a packaging design company, Ella was able to hone her skills and gain plenty of experience?before moving into freelance. She now works on many different projects, crafting beautiful?designs for a whole?range of brands and publishing clients.??

On top of that, Ella's?training?at?London Print Studio?shines through. With expertise in?lino cut, screen?prints,?and etching, she's able to remould?these techniques in digital form, giving her portfolio a lovely?hand-made quality.?

Explore Ella's exciting new portfolio here!

Film Poster?

Karolis Strautniekas

In this theatrical poster for?the?Criterion Collection,?Karolis?expertly captures the drama and intrigue of H?tel du Nord, an iconic French film.?

"Anguished young lovers, fallen women, wanted criminals, and all manner of social castoffs: these are the disreputable denizens of the H?tel du Nord, an atmospherically seedy boardinghouse on the bustling banks of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, whose lives collide in Marcel Carné’s bittersweet rhapsody?of romance, betrayal, revelry, and violence."

Immediately striking, yet filled with narrative clues,?Karolis builds an incredible amount of depth in his work.?Click here to discover?more.

Web Design

Nick Radford

We love this?joyful series of illustrations from Nick Radford for the Kids section of Carnegie Hall's website, encouraging children to learn about the history of music, explore quizzes and play games that broaden their musical knowledge.??

Nick's playful style is ideally suited to explaining complex ideas in a simple and engaging way for younger audiences.

Dive deeper into this project on our blog and discover the fun of Nick's work live on the Carnegie Hall website here!

Digital Marketing?

Alexander Wells

In celebration of the newly released?"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania"? film,?Disney?hand-picked a selection of artists to illustrate posters for this Marvel?Studios blockbuster. Alexander's cinematic style was a perfect fit to capture the?mind-blowing visuals of the Quantum Realm.

Adventure into Alexander Wells' portfolio here.

Editorial

Ollanski

Known for combining fresh ideas with incredible skills in paper engineering, this project was no different for Ollanski!

Sculpting and staging a "Scandinavian planet" for the cover of PEAB's climate and sustainability magazine V?gsk?l, the intricacies of his work shine through. Designed in zones to reflect the chapters?within, these were photographed more closely for section openers?—?Develop, Build, and Live.

See more of?his paper creations?here.

Blog Post

Animation for Advertising

Animation can bring?ad campaigns to life while providing the brand with?an extra boost of personality. From TV?Commercials?to VOD?and Digital OOH, it's an incredible tool?for connecting to a?wider audience.?A case in point?—these delightful?animations?by?Arcade Studio!

To explore this topic in more?detail and discover?the?benefits of different approaches, you can read more in?our latest?blog post.

Portfolio Update

Sarah Maxwell

Layering soft textures with?delicate?line?drawings,?Sarah is?deftly?able to capture a specific moment or feeling. This has incredibly broad appeal, from book covers to portraits, narrative advertising to complex editorials.?See for yourself, in her newly updated?portfolio.

Editorial

Sam Kalda

In this illustration for Stanford Business magazine, we see the palm-lined courtyards, roof decks, and colourful meeting spaces that draw students together?on campus. Combining geometric?lines with soft textures, Sam Kalda was able to combine various locations into one lively and inviting?scene.

When asked for a touch of animation,?our Folio Lab?team were delighted?to help.?Check it out.

If you have an?illustration or animation project in mind,?let's chat!