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Sav Akyuz

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With 14 years of storyboard artistry behind him, Sav has been asked to sketch many things by TV advertising executives. Things that excite (sports, cars, a combination of the two), and those that, perhaps, don’t quite hold such glamorous appeal (roasted vegetables, pints of beer…OK, roasted vegetables). But it hasn’t all been Porsches and potatoes – Sav has also served time as a visual effects artist on numerous feature films; enjoyed an unforgettable term at the legendary ‘Jim Henson’s Creature Shop’; sweated as a cloth layer-upper for famous Brit brands Burberry and Aquascutum; and, perhaps most proudly of all, peddled 99 Flake’s and Funny Feet as a wannabe ‘Mr Whippy’ stationed outside the Tate Britain.

After all the toil, sweat and melted ice-cream, the sketcher of other people’s stories was all set to bring his own tales to life. Charting the adventures of a mischievous, prankster bear, Sav’s debut picture book was published by Walker Books in 2015.

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  • Emanuelle Dirix
  • Niall McDevitt
  • Jamie Lee
  • Sophie Parkin
  • Debora Robertson
  • Dan O’Brien
  • Suzanne Noble
  • Georgina Pringle
  • Louie Stowell
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  • Sue Quinn
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  • Paul Scraton
  • Tom Huddleston
  • Jude Rogers
  • Golnoosh Nour
  • Catherine Steadman
  • Shiromi Pinto
  • Nadia Valman
  • Lee Jackson
  • Torcuil Crichton
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  • Jan Noble
  • Geoff Nicholson
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  • Thurston Moore
  • Alice Lascelles
  • Jenny Linford
  • Greta Bellamacina
  • Lauren Laverne
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  • Alan Johnson
  • Lara Maiklem
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  • Henny Beaumont
  • Eloise Millar
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  • Francesca Segal
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  • Andy Miller
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  • Rosie Price
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  • Sophie Naufal
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  • Valerie Brandes
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  • Joel Morris & Jason Hazeley
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  • Francesca Cassini
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  • Ana Seferović
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  • Natasha Carthew
  • Daniel Trilling
  • Ashley Hickson-Lovence
  • Michael Goldfarb
  • Coco Khan
  • Joe Kerr
  • Yasmin Khan
  • Patrice Lawrence
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  • Jo Neary
  • Magdalene Forés
  • Sean Longden
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  • Diana Henry
  • Crystal Mahey-Morgan
  • Dorian Lynsky
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