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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  11. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  12. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  13. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  14. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  17. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  18. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  19. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
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