I’m a freelance animator and illustrator based in London, specializing on 2d digital and Flash animation. I’ve recently illustrated a children’s book for Usborne Publishing. In the last couple of years, I’ve been animating and designing on three different series for the BCC as well as working on title sequences for films (Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang) and some internet animations. I love creating characters and the world they live in. Hope you enjoy them! Contact: francescagam@gmail.comTumblr (3.0; @francescaillustration)http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/<p>Uuhh ohhh, illustrating a very cool young readers chapter book for Penguin US right now, Very much enjoying it!</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/38537132084http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/38537132084Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:27:59 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b6e6b348f1097152aafa8e4e4a185383/tumblr_mfiarm29g91qc1kpfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yes, Merry Christmas!</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/38662170482http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/38662170482Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500<a href="http://www.movingcroissant.com/ChristmasRabbit.swf">Christmas mischief by Maki & Francesca!</a>: <p>My illustration comes alive, courtesy of super talented Maki Yoshikura.</p> <p>CLIC on the cupcakes!</p> <p>Maki’s website <a href="http://www.movingcroissant.com/" target="_blank">http://www.movingcroissant.com/</a></p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/37795541246http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/37795541246Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:15:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf0m25bj481qc1kpfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/2744189773http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/2744189773Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:42:00 -0500<a href="http://francescagam.co.uk/">check out my new website!</a>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/33710106246http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/33710106246Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:26:11 -0400<a href="http://kfc-secretrecipe.com/en_gb/nogood#grace-character">Flash animation for Greenpeace campaign</a>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/24057512952http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/24057512952Wed, 30 May 2012 07:00:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4l56lVFwG1qc1kpfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A cool mobile shop to arrive in London soon! name is a secret..</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/23736532986http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/23736532986Fri, 25 May 2012 11:47:09 -0400<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Words-Usborne-First-Sticker/dp/140953488X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331402128&sr=1-1#reader_140953488X">Check the Usborne sticker book I've illustrated!</a>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/23229572426http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/23229572426Thu, 17 May 2012 10:42:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxa8qofnoJ1qc1kpfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve cropped this cyclist off a large “town spead” from the recent book I’ve done with Usborne Publishing, he is in his own world anyway!</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/15298624536http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/15298624536Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:35:12 -0500Children's book<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxa8gvds3y1qc1kpfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Illustrations from a recent book I’ve worked on for Usborne Publishing!</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/15298432174http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/15298432174Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:29:00 -0500Children's book<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsuua0Onv81qc1kpfo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsuua0Onv81qc1kpfo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>These are spreads from an Usborne book soon in bookshops across the UK!</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/11273361855http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/11273361855Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:44:00 -0400children books<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljuruchFdx1qc1kpfo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljuruchFdx1qc1kpfo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljuruchFdx1qc1kpfo4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>These are some spreads from a non-fiction booklet aimed at children from 4 to 9 years old. I designed and illustrated it, now we should work on an animated version as well.</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/4719207239http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/4719207239Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:49:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lim6kg9Gyx1qc1kpfo1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/4083545202http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/4083545202Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:55:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmda3eqWZY1qc1kpfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sketches for “2 or 3 things about me..”</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/6246694355http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/6246694355Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:47:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxanjR1j1qc1kpfo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxanjR1j1qc1kpfo2_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxanjR1j1qc1kpfo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxanjR1j1qc1kpfo4_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxanjR1j1qc1kpfo13_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> color version of the first spreads..<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxanjR1j1qc1kpfo14_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxanjR1j1qc1kpfo15_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxanjR1j1qc1kpfo16_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>“2 or 3 things about me” </strong></p> <p>Age, height, colour of hair and eyes are not enough to describe somebody and Ellie Bollini knows that. I mean, really, have you ever heard a 7 year old little girl describing herself? <br/>Peek into Ellie’s candid biography and find out. You might discover 2 or 3 fascinating things about her!</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/619284379http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/619284379Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:00:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2k9pddzUj1qc1kpfo14_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2k9pddzUj1qc1kpfo15_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2k9pddzUj1qc1kpfo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2k9pddzUj1qc1kpfo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2k9pddzUj1qc1kpfo6_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2k9pddzUj1qc1kpfo7_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2k9pddzUj1qc1kpfo8_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2k9pddzUj1qc1kpfo9_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Aunty Franny’s Horrid stories</strong></p> <p>Auntiy Franny is a sweet lady who lives in a squeaky old house with her cat Fidelio. Her favourite hobby is entertaining children with Victoria sponge and Garibaldi biscuits and regaling them with the rhyming stories of her big dusty book. <br/><br/>Some say she is a creepy character, for her stories invariably tell of frightful and eerie events occurring to children, when the boundaries of reality become frayed and monsters take on the most unexpected shapes. They’re all scary stories, but thrilling and fun and the children keep flocking to auntie Franny’s door.<br/><br/>But why does she insist that these yarns really happened? What is the story that she really won’t tell?</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/606658930http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/606658930Mon, 17 May 2010 07:10:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2o2rtva4n1qc1kpfo4_r4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2o2rtva4n1qc1kpfo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2o2rtva4n1qc1kpfo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2o2rtva4n1qc1kpfo1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2o2rtva4n1qc1kpfo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Blacksnout life</strong><br/><br/>When the Blacksnouts are around, something chaotic is about to start.<br/><br/>The Blacksnouts are a family of very sociable and loud creatures. What kind of creatures, nobody knows. All the animals of the Pacific island of Wakatakuki are too ashamed to ask them, since the Blacksnouts have always lived in that green and peaceful paradise. <br/><br/>Well, it would really be a paradise if the Blacksnouts weren’t there. <br/><br/>You see, that’s the problem with Blacksnouts: they can’t stand boredom, so they’re always on the verge of some madcap adventure, even if has to do with everyday things like cooking or having a party. That’s the spice of life, they say.<br/><br/>Ah, life in Wakatakuki is not easy. But nobody over there would ever want to live without the Blacksnouts’ infectious joy.</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/613040485http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/613040485Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2x9s8VvIP1qc1kpfo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2x9s8VvIP1qc1kpfo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2x9s8VvIP1qc1kpfo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2x9s8VvIP1qc1kpfo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2x9s8VvIP1qc1kpfo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2x9s8VvIP1qc1kpfo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2x9s8VvIP1qc1kpfo6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2x9s8VvIP1qc1kpfo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>cut out style and a bit of photomontage here, some of the illustrations are part of the artwork for an episode of a BBC NI series “Wee Wise Words”.</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/627970512http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/627970512Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/francescaillustration/2729722797/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_2729722797" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="320" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>animation showreel</p>http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/2729722797http://francescaillustration.tumblr.com/post/2729722797Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:28:00 -0400