Zak and Zara at London Zoo

The London Zoo characters I designed for party organisers Les Enfants have had their first outing! Extra large and in a great setting, I think they look fab and am really pleased.

(photos by Les Enfants)

On the London Zoo web site you can see the party packages that they offer, including my Zak and Zara characters on party bags, as 'princess or pirate in the jungle' themes, and on invitations.

(photo from London Zoo website)

Here are Zak and Zara as princess and pirate in the jungle...

Back into the swing of things!

I'm back from my summer hols now, although that's not really an excuse for more than a month's absence from blogging! Before I went away I had so much to fit in coupled with the school hols... something had to give and I'm afraid blogging and tweeting went by the way side. I'm back into the swing of things now though!

One of the projects I was working on this summer was some character design for party and event organisers Les Enfants' new children's parties at London Zoo.

Meet Zak and Zara Zoo Keeper!

There were quite strict guidelines to adhere to regarding London Zoo's uniform and colour palette, but I'm glad we could pass the pink wellies through!

I wish Les Enfants all the best with their new collaboration, I'm sure it'll be a great success.

I've also spent much of my summer making paper-plate owls and packing-peanut owls (easier to make than to say!) at Breeze on Tour for The Leeds Owl Trail. It was so lovely to be outside, being creative with hundreds of Leeds' young people... we made almost 2000 owls over ten individual days!

I'll fill you in with more news soon!