Chris Garbutt graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University in 1998 with a First Class BA Honours degree in Graphic Arts and Illustration. Soon after completing his degree, Chris left West Yorkshire to peddle his wares in London, Paris and Los Angeles. He currently lives in North London with his girlfriend and two cats.
Chris' illustrations are mainly produced digitally but usually begin life as silly doodles on post-it notes. Chris has worked with a variety of clients including Disney, BT, Nestle, Oddbins, BBC, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Scholastic and Vodaphone. Projects have ranged from the redesign of the Silent Night logo for kids’ beds, to creating the iconic cover designs for Macmillan’s popular Jane Blonde series.
Chris also works in the animation industry enjoying various roles from writing, directing and art directing, to storyboarding and character design; projects include Robotboy, Mr Bean and the Gorillaz.
Barraclough Associates (Silent Night)
Independent on Sunday
Junior magazine
Macmillan Children's Books
Marks & Spencer
McCann Erickson
Now Magazine
Ogilvy One
Partners Andrew Aldridge
Polka Theatre
Sainsbury's Magazine
Torre Lazur McCann
Chris's blog
