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Marc Craste.

Illustrator · United Kingdom

Marc Craste: South African-British animator-illustrator behind Helen Ward's Varmints — muted, painterly, cinematic-animation-flavoured environmental picture-book art for ages 5–10.

Marc Craste is a South African-British animator and illustrator best known to children's-book readers as the visual partner on Helen Ward's Varmints, a quietly powerful environmental picture book about a small creature in a noise-polluted world. Craste's style is muted, painterly and atmospheric, with a strong cinematic-animation sensibility. He directed the animated short film of Varmints. A reliable contemporary literary-picture-book illustrator for ages 5–10 in the gentle-environmental register.