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Illustrator and comic book artist. Creator of the Hilda comics and @hildatheseries .

Nottingham, UK
Joined March 2009
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Luke Pearson
4 years
Birthday card from my three year old
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8 months
I am very happy to (finally) be able to say that Hilda Season 3 will release on Netflix on December 7th!!
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2 years
Today's the day! Hilda and The Mountain King is on Netflix now!
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Excited to finally be able to say that the Hilda movie is coming to netflix on December 30th!
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Luke Pearson
3 years
I keep getting asked if I'll collaborate on or make NFTs and I just want it to be known that I am ethically and creatively against NFTs. The whole thing stinks and I don't want to be anywhere near it
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Luke Pearson
3 years
I'm glad people have been enjoying more Librarian in S2. Here are my original sketches for her from way way back
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Luke Pearson
5 years
Hilda and The Mountain King, my new Hilda graphic novel, will be released on 3rd of September! Here's the cover!
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5 years
I don't think I ever said (or if it was obvious) that I did all the title cards for Hilda. I was disproportionately excited to see them come up because they're the only things on screen that I actually drew
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5 months
Some more stills from Hilda season 3! Coming to Netflix December 7th!!
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Luke Pearson
5 months
Excited to reveal that in Hilda season 3, Hilda's Great Aunt Astrid is voiced by the one and only Miriam Margolyes (alongside @PhilippaRice as your new favourite weird little guy The Pooka)!
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Luke Pearson
6 years
For those coming to them via @hildatheseries , I’ve made a quick guide to all the existing Hilda comics!
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3 years
Postman Cat and Jess the Pat
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5 years
Ahh we won an Emmy for the title sequence!!
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Hilda
5 years
Hilda wins Outstanding Main Title for an Animated Program at the @DaytimeEmmys ! Congratulations to @thatlukeperson , Andy Coyle, @little_digits , and all the animators at @mercuryfilmwrks who had a hand in this beautifully jam-packed title sequence! #HildaTheSeries #DaytimeEmmys
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Luke Pearson
3 years
A few of the title cards I did for season 2 of @hildatheseries ! (Not necessarily my favourites but I wanted one of each colour)
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Luke Pearson
4 years
Hilda won best animation at the childrens BAFTAs last night, which is pretty crazy! Thanks and congrats to everyone on the crew for getting it here, I'm super proud of everyone and what we've made
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Reminder that Hilda series two is released on Monday on Netflix! Not long now! Tell your friends!
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Luke Pearson
6 years
Here's the trailer! Hope you like the look of it!
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Luke Pearson
5 years
So glad people are excited for this! It's still relatively early days but there's been so much amazing work done for S2 already. There's some cool and crazy stuff on the way...
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Hilda
5 years
The adventure isn't over... Hilda will return with Season 2 in 2020! #HildaTheSeries
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Luke Pearson
5 years
Wow, Hilda won all 3 Annie awards it was nominated for last night! So happy for everyone who’s worked on the show. Special congrats to Scott and Stephanie for their individual awards!
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Hilda
5 years
Hilda wins the Annie Award for Best Animated TV Production For Children! Huge congrats to @thatlukeperson , Silvergate Media, @mercuryfilmwrks , @NobrowPress , @netflix , and every single person who had a hand in the show! #HildaTheSeries #AnnieAwards
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Luke Pearson
4 years
Season 2 coming this autumn! Two episodes ("The Troll Circle" and "The Witch") are being shown tomorrow at NYICFF
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Hilda
4 years
The Hilda Season 2 WORLD premiere is tomorrow at the New York International Children's Film Festival! Did you get your ticket?! @mercuryfilmwrks @thatlukeperson @BellaRamsey @netflixfamily @netflix @NYICFF
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Hilda: The Trolberg Stories is coming out this October! It's a hardback collection of The Bird Parade and The Black Hound, but you also get unseen sketches, process stuff and a new short comic about The Raven. It's available to pre-order now!
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Imagine if celebs started commissioning artists for their #newprofilepic instead of flaunting these shitty, unethical, procedurally generated anti-illustrations
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Brie Larson
2 years
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Luke Pearson
3 years
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Luke Pearson
3 years
HILDA RETURNS on December 14th! On Netflix. Really excited to finally share these episodes with everyone. (The poster is by the amazing @little_digits !) @netflixfamily @hildatheseries
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Luke Pearson
3 years
I've had a few questions about the order of the Hilda graphic novels recently so I've updated the guide I made when season 1 came out! They're all available from @FlyingEyeBooks and anywhere you can buy/order books.
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Here's my original design for Kertasníkir, an early sketchbook drawing that inspired it and some alternate Yule Lad ideas #hildaseason2
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Here it is!
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Hilda
2 years
Hilda and the Mountain King Movie : Official Trailer Coming to Netflix December 30th @netflixfamily @netflix #hilda #hildamountainking #hildamovie
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Luke Pearson
5 years
I’ve seen this picture in the shop a few times and I can’t decide if I’m supposed to be seeing this character or not
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Luke Pearson
3 years
My rough designs for what I referred to as "the franken-nisse" from the @hildatheseries episode The Windmill. The final design was based on one of my alt sketches. I guess someone for some reason was put off by his bandaged, bleeding stump for a foot?
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Luke Pearson
5 years
!!! So happy for and proud of everyone on the team! Fingers crossed!
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Hilda
5 years
Hilda has been nominated for FOUR @DaytimeEmmys ! Including Outstanding Children's Animated Series as well as Writing, Directing, and Main Titles in an Animated Program!
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Today's the day! Hilda season 2 is streaming now!
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Hilda
3 years
Hilda Season 2 | Official Trailer @netflixfamily
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Luke Pearson
6 years
Sooo it looks like it's streaming now! Thanks for all the love and enthusiasm so far, it means a lot to me and I know it does to everyone involved. If you've been looking forward to it I really hope you like it!
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Luke Pearson
1 year
This is out today, in the UK and US from @FlyingEyeBooks ! It's a hardback collection of The Bird Parade and The Black Hound with a bunch of extras including a new short comic. It came out really nicely, so check it out!
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Here it is! Hope you like the look of it. Coming December 14th!
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Hilda
3 years
Hilda Season 2 | Official Trailer @netflixfamily
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Luke Pearson
4 years
P.s. for the record it's not actually my birthday I'm just slow off the mark sharing this
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Luke Pearson
5 years
#4styles of people lying down
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Luke Pearson
6 years
Just want to say thanks for all the kind words and messages about Hilda over the last few days! The response has been kind of overwhelming. I'm so glad people are enjoying it!
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Thank you for all the warm messages about this over the last few days! I'm really glad people are enjoying it. Happy new year!
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Today's the day! Hilda and The Mountain King is on Netflix now!
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Luke Pearson
5 years
This is cool. So happy for everyone on the team!
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Hilda
5 years
Hilda has been nominated for three @AnnieAwards ! Including Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children! Check out the full list of nominees here: #HildaTheSeries
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Luke Pearson
6 months
Note to all @hildatheseries fans: These books are out now and they are adaptations of the upcoming episodes. They WILL spoil the season, so if you get them maybe hold off on reading unless you're not planning to watch it for some reason. The series is out December 7th!!
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John Lamb
6 months
Super exciting post. Hilda novels!! Wow. And cool. And wow! I can't wait and my 10 year old son can't wait. From the world created by @thatlukeperson and to go with the @NetflixUK series. Thank you @FlyingEyeBooks #readingforpleasure
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Luke Pearson
6 years
I'm in the process of updating my website a bit. Here's a comic I did five years ago (??) for a Hello Kitty 40th anniversary book. I guess she's 45 now.
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Hilda: The Wilderness Stories is out today in the UK! It collects the first two Hilda comics into one book and includes behind-the-scenes stuff for both stories. You can get it here:
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Luke Pearson
2 years
I am itching to make a comic this year
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Luke Pearson
5 years
I couldn't make it to NYCC this year, but if you're there and get The Mountain King from the Hilda booth you'll get one of these special bookplates I made
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Luke Pearson
7 months
Today at @NY_Comic_Con , 10.45, room 409! I won't be there unfortunately but @kindofandycoyle and head writer Stephanie Simpson will be, so check it out if you're there and want a sneaky S3 peek
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Luke Pearson
5 years
Looking through some really old work. These are all pre-Hilda pictures of stuff that ended up in Hilda in one way or another (a lot of little house vs big thing)
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Luke Pearson
14 days
Some really early Merman sketches I did for @hildatheseries , probably before the script was properly written, because I just had a strong feeling about this little guy
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Luke Pearson
6 years
There's a lot of Hilda fanart suddenly and I can barely keep up, but to everyone doing it please know I love it and it's very distracting and making me feel incredibly unproductive.
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Luke Pearson
5 years
I ended up focusing on Hilda's design (and by extension my drawing style) and the way it's evolved and shifted across the books and into the show. If that piques anyone's interest!
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Pictoplasma
5 years
All you ever wanted to know about “Hilda”, but were afraid to ask: @thatlukeperson ’s 2019 PictoTalk on all things #Hilda now available for your comfortable home edutainment!
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Luke Pearson
3 years
A good way to guess which of your ex-favourite artists is going to be next on the NFT train seems to be whether you can picture them on the cover of Juxtapoz
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Luke Pearson
7 years
It's so disturbing and depressing that 'less human rights' is something you'd come in with at the last minute to try and GAIN votes
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Luke Pearson
3 years
This was a nice surprise to wake up to! Congrats to the whole team. I'm super pleased for everyone and continuously grateful to be along for this increasingly successful ride!
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Daytime Emmys
3 years
The #DaytimeEmmys Award for Outstanding Children’s Animated Series goes to @netflix @hildatheseries .
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Luke Pearson
4 years
Should also point out this is technically a collab between my daughter and @PhilippaRice , she can't write or draw my hair that well
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Luke Pearson
5 years
Woah, this is a real surprise and honour. Continue to be crazy proud of and excited for everyone working on this show!
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Hilda
5 years
Hilda has been nominated for the @PeabodyAwards !! We're in fantastic company with Steven Universe being the only other nominee in the Children's & Youth category:
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Luke Pearson
2 years
A tribute to my similarly-faced children
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Some concept stuff for the Deerfox episode of @hildatheseries . The design team vastly improved on them but these were my first attempts at depicting what I was thinking of
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Luke Pearson
1 year
The third hardback Hilda collection is out next month! It collects The Stone Forest and The Mountain King to tell the full story of The Night of the Trolls in one book (with sketches and extras.) You can pre-order it now!
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Luke Pearson
5 years
Some exploratory sketches I did for the Lindworm in @hildatheseries
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Luke Pearson
7 months
Still call bullshit on this thing. No one's actually seeing that number 1 juicy ass realistic apple and you can't convince me otherwise
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🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢TATWD Now on Max🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
7 months
It's baffling to me that some of y'all see stuff in your mind. You SEE it? The way your eyes see? I always thought "visualize" meant thinking of the words/ideas/feelings associated with a thing, not actual visuals. I am such a total 5 on this scale I didn't know 1-4 existed.
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Good luck to the whole Hilda team tonight! And especially to David Laliberté and John McKinnon for their individual noms. Fingers crossed for all.
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Hilda
3 years
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4 years
The more likes this gets the more disclaimers I'm going to add
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Sad to hear that Ana Lúcia Menezes, Hilda's Brazilian voice actor, has passed away. She was the voice of a huge amount of characters including Ahsoka Tano and Chihiro, to name a couple of my own favourites, and clearly she meant a lot to a lot of people. RIP
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Cartoon Crave
3 years
Brazilian voice actress, Ana Lucia Menezes, has sadly passed away at the age of 46.
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Luke Pearson
2 years
I designed this, 100 years ago
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Adventure Time Title Cards
2 years
Candy Streets Design: Luke Pearson ( @thatlukeperson ) Paint: Nick Jennings
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2 years
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Luke Pearson
4 years
I support those who are protesting in the face of disgusting police brutality and racism #blacklivesmatter
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5 years
A thing from my "misc" folder from last year.
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6 years
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Luke Pearson
4 years
My two year old daughter just got right in my face and said quietly, "I worry for you"
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Luke Pearson
14 days
Plus bonus freaky friends in their advanced forms
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Luke Pearson
4 years
Fuck brexit and fuck whoever it is setting fireworks off
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Luke Pearson
6 years
I drew today's UK #googledoodle for St George's day. Thanks to AD @sophiediao for the help and the opportunity! @GoogleDoodles
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Things from a sketchbook
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Luke Pearson
5 years
I got Hilda’s mum
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Here's the roughs I did for The Witch so you can see what these start out like.
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Luke Pearson
6 months
Just don't fucking do it guys. If you're actually looking forward to the show, now's the time to dip out of the Hilda discord or reddit or whatever and just wait a few weeks. You'll ruin it for yourself. Don't say I didn't warn you!!
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Anthony Fiato
6 months
@thatlukeperson @hildatheseries It’s gonna be hard as many people are intending to read and post spoilers.
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Feel like @hildatheseries fans should be checking this out! Particularly if you're into the spookier episodes. Congrats to @hamishsteele and the crew, I'm wishing this thing all the success
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Cartoon Crave
2 years
The first trailer for 'DEAD END: PARANORMAL PARK' has been released. The series premieres June 16 on Netflix.
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Luke Pearson
1 year
I drew a birthday candle for Quentin Blake's 90th as part of the @qbcentre #90Candles project. You can buy a print of it here to support the opening of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. The other 89 are v nice too.
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Luke Pearson
2 years
It's my Granddad's birthday today. He's 96 and in the last ten years he's self published four books. These are the covers I drew for them, all based on his own ideas and sketches. The most recent is just from last year.
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Luke Pearson
3 years
We took all 3!! Congrats to everyone and thanks to @mercuryfilmwrks , SGM and everyone else involved for everything that's gone into this thing over the years. Feels good to see the hard work getting recognised
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Good luck to the whole Hilda team tonight! And especially to David Laliberté and John McKinnon for their individual noms. Fingers crossed for all.
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Luke Pearson
2 years
Anyone else ever accidentally brush their teeth
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Luke Pearson
4 years
I tried to take a photo of this illustration in a book, but accidentally started a video and tutted to myself and the tut sounds like the character(s) in the illustration kissing:
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Luke Pearson
5 years
Hilda director Andy Coyle has recently joined twitter and is sharing some nice behind the scenes artwork
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Andy Coyle
5 years
Here's a few more pieces. A good look at Hilda's comfortable bedroom in the little house she grew up in. #Hildatheseries #Hilda #Animation #Design #Art
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Luke Pearson
6 years
Thanks for all the positive feedback on the Hilda trailer! It's really nice to be able to share something after literally years of looking at it nearly every day and I'm glad people are excited about it.
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Luke Pearson
3 years
I love when I hand my 1.5 year old daughter her cuddly goomba and she very sweetly and quietly says "gumba..."
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Luke Pearson
2 years
This is the other one of these that I did
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2 years
Frost & Fire Design: Luke Pearson ( @thatlukeperson ) Paint: Nick Jennings
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Luke Pearson
2 years
I answered some questions for this about The Mountain King and a tiny bit about Season 3
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Animation Magazine
2 years
Creative Team Behind ‘Hilda and the Mountain King’ Discuss Her Next Big Adventure | Animation Magazine
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2 years
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5 years
#inktober Days 1-4
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1 year
Pretty crazy! Congrats to all of the @hildatheseries and @mercuryfilmwrks team. I really lucked out that Hilda ended up with people that could make it so awards-worthy. Congrats to @GiantAnt too for their win for that killer intro sequence!
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The Emmys
1 year
The #ChildrensEmmys Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program goes to @hildatheseries ( @Netflix @NetflixFamily ).
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Luke Pearson
6 years
I can't stress enough how grateful I am that so many people put so much hard work and care into this thing. I hope everyone involved is proud. It was a real privilege to have my work adapted like this and by such great people.
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Hilda
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Luke Pearson
5 years
Hilda's nominated for a children's Bafta! Continue to be super proud of our team @hildatheseries @mercuryfilmwrks . And congrats to Hilda herself @BellaRamsey who's nominated for best young performer (for The Worst Witch)!
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BAFTA
5 years
First up are our Animation award nominees! ✍️💫 THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL DANGER MOUSE THE DEMON’S HEAD HILDA
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Luke Pearson
5 years
These were meant to be days 5-8 of #inktober but now they're just 4 drawings. Which is fine! They like it actually
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Luke Pearson
3 years
Congrats and good luck to the whole team! @hildatheseries @mercuryfilmwrks @peacocksound
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Hilda
3 years
Hilda's been nominated for 5 @DaytimeEmmys !🏆Categories include children's animated series, writing team, directing team, voice directing, and editing. Stream on July 17, 2021 at 8p.m ET! #DaytimeEmmys #Emmys #EmmyAwards #Hilda #HildatheSeries #NetflixFamily @netflixfamily
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