Hello and welcome, let me start by introducing myself, my name is Leo; of Leo Brown Studios. I have been a Creative Illustrator/storyteller for more than 30 years working primarily in the children’s books plus conceptual art and Toy designs industries providing high quality original artworks done both traditionally and digitally.

 

My clients include Disney to Roald Dahl and every magical company in between. You can check out my client list on my website www.leobrownstudios.com. Armed with a library of knowledge housing the old masters through to today’s creative geniuses. I love an illustration that tells a story, and one of my favorite eras, the Golden Age of Illustration embellishes this for me.

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There are many illustrators who have inspired me over the years from the likes of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac to Norman Rockwell and Ronald Embleton not forgetting Scott Gustafson, Peter de Seve and Carter Goodrich. There are so many which have given me such inspiration the list would be endless.

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Born and bred in the beautiful countryside of Lancashire in the North West of England, I adore this part of the country which influenced the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and which also, never ceases to give me inspiration.

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From the very first moment I picked up my first crayon and scribbled on the bedroom wall I’ve been hooked! The magical world as a creative illustrator is both exhilarating and wondrous. It's an adventure that takes me to the far off lands of my imagination - as a Hero saving a Princess; or to Blackbeard the Pirate sailing the seven seas; and to George slaying the Dragon. With more than thirty years of deadlines, my passion for creating new characters and the world in which they live is still as fresh as the day I entered this realm.

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Get a copy of my newest book, What If, at www.leobrownstudios.com 

 

What If, is a book about imagination, seen through the eyes of a child; the child in all of us. I believe imagination is one of the greatest gifts anyone can have. It can take one to faraway lands; climbing the stairways to a magical castle. Bursting through the clouds whilst riding on the back of a fire-breathing dragon. Sliding down a rainbow or blasting off in a cardboard rocket to visit the man in the moon. Why not join me on our own adventure and let us see how far your imagination will take us? 

 

Illustrations and text © Leo Brown/Leo Brown Studios, 2022