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David melling biography

          David Melling was born 8th November in Oxford.!

          David Melling grew up in London and has illustrated for magazines and advertising agencies as well as animated TV and film.

        1. Official site of David Melling, Author Illustrator from the UK. Creator of Hugless Douglas and other characters.
        2. David Melling was born 8th November in Oxford.
        3. Follow David Melling and explore their bibliography from Amazon's David Melling Author Page.
        4. David Melling grew up in London and became a freelance illustrator in drawing for magazines and advertising agencies.
        5. David Melling

          – Children’s Book Author and Illustrator –

           

          David Melling

          David Melling was born 8th November 1962 in Oxford. His father was a sculptor and David inherited his artistic talents.

          “I loved drawing when I was growing up, just like most children really.

          My dad was a sculptor, so I was always asking him to help me with the difficult bits.”

          David Melling is a best-selling picture book author and illustrator, best known for his hit Hugless Douglas books.

          He took an Art Foundation course at Richmond College, and studied Photography at Blackpool and Fylde College.

          Before creating picture books, David worked as a photographer and as an animation artist for films including the much-loved Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs.

          ” I worked for a while in a few animation studios.

          I learned how animators made their drawings move. What surprised me was not seeing it move on the screen. No, their drawings were busy running around and getting