Welcome to Character Cube, the online home of Kenneth Anderson!
I am a freelance character designer and illustrator based in the United Kingdom. I have been working professionally since 2005 between games, animation and illustration. My specialties are story driven and character based illustration and character design for a variety of mediums, in particular children’s television and kids publishing.
I have a background in traditional 2D animation having worked on Sylvain Chomet's Oscar nominated film "The Illusionist" (2010) as an inbetweener followed by animating on the French feature, "Titeuf: Le film" (2011).
In 2009 I started my business Character Cube with a focus on providing high quality freelance character design and illustration services. Previous clients include: Nick Jr, Brown Bag Films, Dreamworks TV, BBC CBeeBies, Sesame Workshop, Oddbot, Lighthouse Studios, Imagine FX, CG Total and many more.
I am represented world wide by Lemonade Illustration Agency.
If you are interested in bespoke character design for your project or need a fun and lively character driven illustration, please contact Lemonade or email me here: kenny@charactercube.com
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Portfolio / Illustration
The Treehouse / personal illustration ↑
Land Ahoy! / personal illustration ↑
Other Worlds / personal illustration ↑
Friendly Robin / personal illustration ↑
The Haunted Manor / personal illustration ↑
Cursed Treasure / personal illustration ↑
Upside Down / personal illustration ↑
Clockwork Dragon / illustration sample for Oxford University Press ↑
In The Garden / illustration sample for Green Willow Books ↑
Skull Cave / personal illustration ↑
Secret Suppers / Saga Magazine illustration ↑
Pond Life / Saga Magazine illustration ↑
Stuffocation / Saga Magazine illustration ↑
Enchanted Forest Board Game / box illustration - © Ravensburger ↑
Enchanted Forest Board Game / card illustrations - © Ravensburger ↑
Imagine FX Cover / illustration ↑
Fresco / personal illustration ↑
The Magic Chest / personal illustration ↑
Boys Best Friend / personal illustration ↑
Dragon Slayer / personal illustration ↑
Portfolio / Character design
Character Portraits / personal work ↑
Floating Girl / character sketch ↑
Pirate Skeleton / character sketch ↑
Bug Chaser / personal work ↑
Bug Chaser turnaround / personal work ↑
Bug Chaser / character poses ↑
Monsters! / personal work ↑
Portraits / personal work ↑
Treasure Island / character designs - personal work ↑
Long John Silver / expressions ↑
Character Sketches / personal work ↑
Critter / character exploration ↑
Boxers / character sketches ↑
Dwarf Viking / character exploration ↑
Orangutans / character sketches ↑
Pirates / character sketches ↑
Vikings / character sketches and 21 Draw artwork ↑
Character sketches / personal work ↑
Links - Interviews / Publications
Clients / Previous and current clients
Previous Clients:
Nick Jr
Seasame Workshop
Dreamworks TV
Brown Bag Films
Cosmo-Giantwheel
Lighthouse Studios
BBC CeeBeeBies
Imagine FX
Character Design Quarterly
3D Total
Gameface Productions
BES Animation
Axis Animation
Disney Interactive
Fundemic
Firemint
Proper Games
Veemee
Saga Magazine
Mighty Play
Tern Television
Flickerpix
Tiger Games
Forest Pruzan
Ravensburger
Uber Agency
Tandem Films
Trickstar Games
Previous Employers:
Brown Bag Films
Digital Goldfish / Ninja Kiwi
Ink Digital
Cobramobile
Credits / Shows and publications
Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney, Little Golden Book, 2023)
Illustrator
Clarity Jones and the Magical Detective Agency (Puffin, 2023)
Illustrator
Frankie Best Hates Quests (Puffin, 2022)
Illustrator
Humbug: the Elf who Saved Christmas (Scholastic, 2022)
Illustrator
Once upon a Christmas (Worthy Kids, 2021)
Illustrator
Butterbeans Cafe (Nick Jr, 2018)
Character, prop, environment designer
Bitz and Bob (Cbeebies, 2018)
Character designer
Karmas World (Netflix, 2021)
Character designer
Nella the Princess Knight (Nick Jr, 2019)
Lead character designer
Top Wing (2017)
2D Designer (Background character design)
Exchange Student Zero (Cartoon Network, 2015)
2D designer (Model packs, character turnarounds)
Monster Beach (Cartoon Network, 2014)
2D Designer (Model packs, character turnarounds, backgrounds)
Titeuf le Film (2011)
Key animator and clean up artist
The Illusionist (2010)
Inbetweener and clean up artist