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Autobiography

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Hello and thank you for coming to have a look at my website.

My name is Malou Bonicos. I am an illustrator and creator of intellectual property for children’s television programmes.

Drawing since I was three years old.

My Dad and his Mum, (my Yiayia-Granny) arrived in London from Greece soon after the end of World War Two.

I am the Daughter of the late, great Douglas Bonicos. Film and Television News Editor, Entrepreneur. Superhero LOVEHEART

Natural born Londoner and very proud of my Greek Ancestry too. Idyllic childhood in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Summers in Greece and North Wales. Family returned to London when I was eleven years old.

Sister of Varon Bonicos. Film Director. Writer and Photographer.

I attended Foundation and Degree courses at Chelsea School of Art. Mentored by Sir Hugh Casson.

Worked hard on my foundation and degree courses at college. So happy and proud the day I graduated, gaining a BA Honours Degree in Illustration and Graphic Design.
 
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Just prior to Graduating, I found a tiny studio beside the River Thames and started trading straight away as a Commercial Artist.
 
 
I acquired all of my Clients from scratch. I was setting up my business years before the internet, so I travelled all around London with my bulky portfolio by bus, tube and foot to show prospective new Clients examples of my drawings and designs. This was an exhausting but very exciting time, because at long last, I was seeing my dream that I had had since I was a little girl of becoming a professional illustrator become a reality.
 
 
As the years progressed, and my drawing and graphic design business was becoming established. I was very happy that I was being introduced to new customers by word of mouth recommendations from my existing satisfied clients.
 
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My first ever commission was a small black and white line drawing for Options Magazine.
 
 
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Raindance Film Festival.  Happy and proud to say that Elliot Grove, the Founder of Raindance Film Festival considers me to be one of the Early Raindancers https://www.raindance.org/7-ways-you-can-help-raindance/

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Clients

Previous Clients include:

Admirable Crichton

Aim Publications

Autumn Publishing

BBC Jackanory

BBC Worldwide

Billy Zane

Blue Arrow

Blue Swan Films Ltd

Bob Godfrey Films

Bodley Head Children’s Books

Buttons Comic

Campaign Paintball Sport

Cassell Publishers Ltd

Central Independent TV

Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd

Chelsea Football Club

Chas and Dave

Company Magazine

Cosgrove Hall Films

CRS Records

Ebury Wine Bars PLC

EMI

Endemol

European Event Organisation

Factory Transmedia

Filmfair

Gallery Five Greeting Card Company

Grand Metropolitan Retail

George Michael

Guildhouse

Hassanal Bolkiah

Hit Entertainment

Hot off the Press Printers

IPC Magazines

Joe’s Brasserie

Kallkwik Printers

London Club Awards

London Illustrated News

London Restaurant Awards

Marquees over London

Minet Insurance

Moore Park Deli

Moves

Music Collection International

NAEA

National Magazine Company

Options Magazine

Oracle Teletext

Oxberry Publishing

Pamplemouse Publishing

Paperlink Greeting Card Company

Passport Publishing

Patrizia Wigan

Pippin Comic

Procter & Procter

Queens Park Rangers Football Club

Quitting Hollywood Greeting Card Company

Quo Vadis London

QVC UK Television Shopping Channel

Random House Publishing

Reed Publishing

Royal Academy of Music

Royal Tournament

Saint Mary the Boltons Church

Scribbler Stationery Company

Shell Film and Video Unit

Simply Red

Southern Star Distribution

Strongberg Entertainment

Sunday Telegraph

Tamara Beckwith

Tessa Dahl

The Big Strawberry

The Phone Book

The Savoy Hotel London

Thomas Dolby

Thomson Local Phone Directory

Tony Cuthbert Films

Viacom CBS

Video Collection International

Wellington Barracks

Woman Magazine

Womans Own Magazine

Wren Press Bespoke Printers & Stationers

Yellow Pages

Young Lions Publishers

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Selection of Children’s Books I have Illustrated and Written:

Map of Play Island

Peter Pockets Adventures on Play Island

Written and Illustrated by Malou Bonicos

 

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Minnie Hoppa. A LITTLE bus on a BIG Adventure!

Written by John Carr     Illustrated by Malou Bonicos

 

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Where does the Queen go on holiday?

Written by Guy Ker      Illustrated by Malou Bonicos

 

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Exhibited at:

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Institute of Contemporary Arts

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Bayswater Road Sunday Art Exhibition

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Camden Arts Centre

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Chenil Galleries

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Mel Calman’s Cartoon Gallery

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and last, but by no means least

Mum and Dad’s House

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Yiayia and Pappou’s House!

 

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Animated Children’s Television Programmes

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My original Map of the Wot-a-Lots Woods on Wot-an-Island

I soaked the paper I drew the Map on  in tea to create an antique parchment effect

MAP OF WOT-AN-iSLAND
 
 
 
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Wot-a-Lot of Beeps in the snow!

Many Beeps in the snow!
 
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I created, developed, secured broadcaster, funding and co-Executive Produced the pre-school series The Beeps, (originally I named them The Wot-a-Lots) https://www.channel5.com/show/the-beeps
 
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If you would like to know more about my epic twelve year odyssey of creation and subsequent quest to transport my Wot-a-Lots from my drawing pad on to television screens all around the world, then please have a look in “The Beeps Animated TV Show” section of this site.
 
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CHANNEL 5

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x65 11 minute CGI Episodes were made for Channel 5 Milkshake!

 

Very big thank you to Stanleys http://www.stanleys.london for transcoding Pink Snow.
 
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The show premiered in 2007. Initially broadcast daily in the United Kingdom on the Channel 5 Milkshake! Subsequently sold to over sixty seven countries worldwide by Southern Star and Endemol Worldwide Distribution.
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Youtube clip of the Singing Sockroaches singing and travelling High Hill!
 
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My original watercolour and ink drawing of the Six Singing Sockroaches “Doray” “Mee” “Fahsoh” “Lah” “Tee” “Doh”

MBOriginal Six singing sockroaches!
 
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CGI interpretation of my  Singing Sockroaches drawing

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My original pen and watercolour drawing of Laugh-a-Lot and Chirp-A-Lot discussing lovely fresh clean socks with Smell-a-Lot!

Beep-Beep, Teeny-Beep and Brainy-Beep discussing the weather!

CGI interpretation of  Beep-Beep, Teeny-Beep having a discussion with  Brainy-Beep about the weather.

 

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My original drawing of Wot-a-Well

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CGI interpretation of Wot-a-Wel

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The Beeps Colouring In and Activity Page

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Beeps-around-the-World!

The Beeps® were originally broadcast daily in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 Milkshake! Subsequently distributed internationally by Southern Star and Endemol Worldwide Distribution.

Here are some of the countries my lovely Citizens of the World, my Wot-Beeps have visited:

🇩🇿 Algeria

🇦🇴 Angola

🇧🇯 Benin

🇧🇼 Botswana

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

🇧🇮 Burundi

🇨🇲 Cameroon

🇨🇻 Cape Verde Islands

🇨🇫 Central African Republic

🇹🇩 Chad

🇰🇲 Comoros

🇨🇬 Congo

🇩🇯 Djibouti

🇪🇬 Egypt

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea

🇪🇷 Eritrea

🇪🇺 Europe (Hotbird footprint)

🇬🇦 Gabon

🇬🇲 Gambia

🇬🇭 Ghana

🇬🇼 Guinea Bissau

🇮🇳 India

🇮🇷 Iran

🇮🇪 Ireland

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast

🇰🇪 Kenya

🇱🇸 Lesotho

🇱🇷 Liberia

🇱🇾 Libya

🇲🇬 Madagascar

🇲🇱 Mali

🇲🇼 Malawi

🇲🇷 Mauritania

🇲🇺 Mauritius

🇾🇹 Mayotte

Middle East (Arabsat/Nilesat)

🇲🇦 Morocco

🇲🇿 Mozambique

🇳🇦 Namibia

🇳🇿 New Zealand

🇳🇪 Niger

🇳🇬 Nigeria

🇳🇴 Norway

🇷🇪 Reunion

🇷🇼 Rwanda

🇸🇿 Swaziland

🇸🇭 Saint Helena

🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe

🇸🇳 Senegal

🇸🇨 Seychelles

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

🇿🇦 South Africa

🇰🇷 South Korea

🇸🇴 Somalia

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

🇸🇩 Sudan

🇹🇿 Tanzania

🇹🇬 Togo

🇹🇳 Tunisia

🇺🇬 Uganda

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇪🇭 Western Sahara

🇿🇲 Zambia

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

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Angels of Jarm Titles

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In the Spring of 2007 the Controller of Channel 5 Children’s Programmes asked if I would like to create and design a whole new world, all the characters, backgrounds and accessories for an exciting new preschool animated series called The Angels Of Jarm.

I was so excited about this lovely new project, eagerly accepted and started creating straight away!
 
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18th November 2007 saw the Terrestrial Television Premiere broadcast of The Angels of Jarm in the UK on Channel 5 Milkshake!

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2D interpretation of  The Archangel Gabriel talking with Jarm Angel Rafe in the Garden of Jarm

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Some of my original character designs for the Angels and Children of Jarm

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and the 2D Animated interpretation of Two Children of Jarm, Abbie & Aaron  and Angel Ellie in The School of Jarm classroom

 

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Angels of Jarm Activity Page

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Angels of Jarm Recipes including:

Fluffy Cloud Pie

Halo Doughnuts

Divine Date and Oat Biscuits

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Angels of Jarm Titles Clip

Very big thank you to Stanleys http://www.stanleys.london for transcoding Angels of Jarm Titles Clip

 

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Drawing!

“Born to Draw!”

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Inspriration Creation Integrity

Copyright (c) Malou Bonicos 1982-2021. All Rights Reserved.

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