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Autumn 2005 Update. Stus been a busy bee lately,keeping his existing clients happy while getting his teeth into tasty new projects: Getting on the good foot with Start Rite shoes, Stu has designed a Manga style character for their point of sale graphics. Another project for the Scottish swimming association went&swimmingly! Tesco called upon him to be involved in their latest major in store promotion for their internet and mobile phone services. Stateside, Stu storyboarded a feature length animated film for Xenon Entertainment,presented to Dreamworks in August.Then ,in Detroit,his hand customised Jack the Ripper Dunny was snapped up by a shrewd collector at the Vinyl Klash 2 exhibition at the CPOP Gallery.Further limited edition Urban Vinyl designs are in the pipeline. On top of his own professional pursuits Stu has also found mixing pleasure with business can work out. He has developed a new exciting collaborative style with his darling wife,illustrator Angela salt,which was launched in Contact this year.Already a range of editorial clients have picked up on this inspiring work,commissioning covers,pull out posters and multi page features which have kept the couple far too busy to bicker about whose turn it is to make the tea.

Launching himself with spectacular verve into an unsuspecting media world in 1991, Stuart Harrisons mission to amass a million pound fortune to blow on plastic toys has almost succeeded, thanks to work for Kelloggs, M&S, Motorola, Clarks, Warner Music, Asda, Disney, Sony, Sainsburys, Woolworths, B.T, Olivetti, Virgin Records, Jarvis Construction, Orange, WEA, MTV Hong Kong, Oral B, Walls, Toys R Us, Mars and Channel 4.

To date the most notable projects Stuart has contributed to include;

This is no wind up! Designing the award winning concept and characters for Kelloggs Fruit Winders; being a co-consultant with ace art director Steve Williams, to the continuing development of the brand including packaging, point of sale, promotional campaigns, TV commercials, scripting and animating website content, print advertising, viral marketing with Cake Media, and related merchandise.

Let them eat cake. Ill design the boxes! Stuart has designed a range of cake box packaging for Marks and Spencer. The monster cake box included a cut- out -and keep mask which the design team liked so much they asked him to design the actual cake too! Stuarts Caterpillar cake has proved an enduring kids party favourite and several other companies derivatives of his original design have wriggled onto the market&

I bring Friends Together Stuarts appealing younger girl characters featured as the brand identity for Clarks Friends Together. The cute cut-outs promoted a whole range of Clarks shoes, being used in advertising, point of sale and related merchandise, including stationary. His work for Toys r us , a range of birthday cards featuring unique characters, has proved popular and has been used again for the third year running.

 A mouth watering project ! Stuart was involved in the rebranding of Opal Fruits to Starburst and produced several space character designs for the new packaging.

A whole lotta shakin goin on! Stuart travelled to Japan to oversee the animation of his original milkshake packaging character For Frichoshake. For television commercials.

A New York toy story. Travelling to New York earlier this year, Stuart met up with the Kidrobot, designers of cool toy collectables, and added another (third!) dimension to his work. Tristan Eaton, creative director of both Kidrobot and Thunderdog studios was only too happy to wax lyrical on their meeting:

"Stuart Harrison is a cartoon visionary. He's personally one of the most influential artists I've encountered...as a teenager I met 'Stu' and was blown away by his complex world of bizarre characters and fantastic creations. His unique approach to color and characterization make him a goldmine for the luscious aesthetic so thirsted for in our modern culture.

Stu will soon be a great addition to the world of 'Designer Action Figures' with his own 'Dunny Figures' in development as well as his own original concepts (top secretly) in the works...

It's an honor to work with him & the result of our collaboration should be stunning."

Following the trip to the US, Stuart then gained representation with one of the most prestigious agents in Europe, Artbox and will also soon be represented in Japan. In Early January 2005 he was signed up by The Collective illustration agency in the UK, a new organisation with an impressive team of respected talent already on its books.

Stay tuned for the next thrilling installment of Stus cold lampin cartoon capers!

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