Andrew Selby

Andrew Selby is from London, and went to a school where nearly everyone left to go into the civil service, the military or finance. He was different – he went to art school and today he’s a careers advisor at the same school for pupils who’d like to do the same. Beginning his career in the early 90s, Andrew thinks an economic downturn is the ideal time to get started – if you can make it then, you know you have what it takes. He’s worked hard studying the world of illustration and animation, and has taken trips to Laika and Pixar to find out how they do things. One of his biggest inspirations is Saul Steinberg, whom he’s visited in New York where he reveled in the aura of the great artist’s workspace. Andrew has written three books about animation, and also collects wooden and vinyl toys, masks, weather vanes, jewellery, textiles and furniture. He has swum the English Channel for charity.