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Discover the art of Vic Chhun, Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day!

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"Gumball" and "Gravity Falls" also earned BAFTA Children's Awards.

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"Powerpuff Girls" is being rebooted by "Adventure Time" art director Nick Jennings.

Discover the work of Wesley Louis, Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day!

Here's how one fan re-imagined Cartoon Network's "Gumball" as an anime series.

Today we look at the work of Antoine Birot, Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day!

Benjamin Flouw is a Paris-based artist who has also worked in London on animated productions. He designed some of the hybrid art/photo backgrounds for the second season of "The Amazing World of Gumball."

A complete list of British Animation Awards winners with links and videos.

William Laborie is a graduate of the Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation (EMCA) who works in London. William’s recent professional animation work includes designing characters and storyboarding on the Cartoon Network show, The Amazing World Of Gumball.

William shares his personal drawings, sketchbook pages and Post-it doodles which include multiple Cool Dinos and a lot of humor.

You can see more of William’s artwork on his Tumblr and blog.

Raphaël Chabassol, who also goes by Mokë, works in London and has a portfolio of animation design and direction work here, including a page that features his character designs from the second season of Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World Of Gumball.

Considering its multimedia art direction, Gumball seems like a fitting show for Raphaël to work on. His blog shows off his broader interests and personal work which include illustrations, prints, tattoos, mural art and dimensional character pieces.

Back in 2009, Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe in London created six 3-minute pilots under the creative direction of Timothy Björklund, who had previously directed American shows like Teacher’s Pet and Brandy & Mr. Whiskers. The studio finally posted them on-line yesterday. The nicest thing one can say is that there’s a lot of talent in that studio and the graphics are fun, but the uniformly obnoxious and aggressive tone of the shorts is an unpleasant reminder of the early-2000s US TV animation industry when nobody seemed able to shake off the combined Spumco/Spongebob influence.

The London studio recently produced its first original series The Amazing World of Gumball, and from the previews I’ve seen, it suffers from the same retrograde tone of these pilots. In a post-Adventure Time world that emphasizes individuality and personal style, generic wackiness doesn’t cut it anymore.

Judge the pilots for yourself:

Elliot’s Zoo by David Needham

The Furry Pals by Rikke Asbjorn

Verne on Vacation by Sylvain Marc

Pinky Malinky by Chris Garbutt

Mutant Moments by Alan Kerswell

Hamshanks and the Himalolly Mountain Railway by Tom Parkinson

(Thanks to everybody who emailed about these.)

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