I’m Calvin Innes.

I’m a freelance illustrator, designer, cartoonist, artist and animator. I’m also a published children’s author/illustrator, with books available in the UK, USA and Europe. I’ve been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember, and now split my time between freelance illustration and running my animation/publishing company (My Little Big Town). I’m always looking for new projects to work on, so drop me an e-mail and I’ll get right back to you with a quote.

Over the years I’ve created illustrations and animations for clients across the world. I’ve created literally thousands of illustrations for books and merchandise in the UK, USA and Europe as well as further afield in Japan, Australia, India, South America and pretty much everywhere in between. My artwork and designs can also be seen on numerous websites, ranging from company mascots, to poster designs, promotional illustrations and web graphics.

My time is split pretty evenly between illustrating (and writing) childrens books and creating (illustrating, writing, colouring and editing) comic books and graphic novels. Some of my past clients include The Brownies, The UK Girl Guides,Rainbow Guides, Cadbury’s, Nestle, The Sea Life Centre, Bakkavor, Endsleigh Insurance, Monkey Kingdom,Sony, Scholastic, Grain Magazine, Twisted Winds Ltd, Ecobears, The Jam Cats, National Trust For Scotland, plus many many more business’ and individuals.

I’ve created several ongoing comic book series which I write and illustrate, including The League Of Really Bad Superheroes, Barley, Billy Bob Cletis Jr, The Clown King and Hendrix The Cat. I’m also the illustrator behing the adult comic MV and the animator and co-writer of the animated series Cat On The Moon. I’ve also worked on a number of one-off comic books/graphic novels including ‘And The Point Is’ and ‘The Penguins’ series.

I’ve worked on a huge range of projects ranging from character & mascot design for business’ and sports teams, children’s book illustrations, commercial poster design and advertising illustrations, website designs & web graphics, plus animations (both traditional stop-motion and cell based, as well as Flash) for use on the web and television. I regularly work with other authors, creating illustrations for their books as well as illustrating my own short stories and books.

I studied TV & Film design for 4 years at University, where I developed my storyboarding and drafting skills. I also began working with various animation techniques. Shortly after I ‘went freelance’ and began storyboarding TV commercials for UK television. I was lucky enough to get he chance to work with some top UK brands, designing merchandise and mascots/logos (many of which I still work with today). After a while I decided to focus on what I really wanted to do… draw comics and children’s books. I founded my publishing/animation studio a couple of years back, and we now work with numerous clients from all corners of the world. I live and work in Yorkshire in the UK, with my wife and two cats (Hendrix & Blackie).

I’m always looking for new, interesting and exciting projects to work on. Children’s books, comics, character designs, merchandise design, animations, website designs… whatever you’re looking for please feel free to drop me a line and I’ll get right back to you with an honest and speedy quote.