Adele K. Thomas is an illustrator, director and art director, with over 15 years of experience in animation film and TV design, children’s books, educational games and apps. Adele illustrates picture books and junior novels for Scholastic Australia, Penguin Books and Hardie Grant Publishing, including the Pearl the Magical Unicorn series, Battle Mum, Bears In Flares, Barkly Mansion, Mermaid Holidays and Weird School. She has also illustrated her own picture book, Animals Eat Their Veggies Too! Her experience in animation film and TV design allows Adele to bring a lively personality and movement to her characters, expressive faces and a versatility in style, line & colour application. Outside of book illustration, Adele has directed/art directed Shopkins films for Universal, and worked on TV series for studios including Flying Bark Productions & Disney TVA, Dreamworks TVA, Cartoon Network, Working Dog Productions, Cheeky Little, Studio Moshi and Nelvana.