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Markus Antony
Course BA (Hons) Animation
youtube.com/watch / @markus.a.art / linkedin.com/in/mark-antony
The focus of Mark's 2D digital animation practice is character animation and storytelling. Mark's films are inspired by combining culture and emotive stories to create a visual narrative and he is passionate about bringing more Arab animation into the West.
Mark specialises in animating in Photoshop and TVPaint, he has experience editing in Premiere Pro and enjoys engaging with audio production to bring his animations to life.
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James Blount
Course BA (Hons) Animation
James is a multi-media audio visual artist specialising in the correlation between moving image design & music. James recently established his underground music label Algo:riddims, which incorporates the Algo:visions design studio. Algo:visions designs the visual content for the main label and designs and produces moving image and visual content for the contemporary music industry.
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Rhys Elliott
Course BA (Hons) Animation
salsaberry1512.wixsite.com/salsaberry-arts/portfolio / @_Salsaberry_
Rhys is a 2D animator and digital illustrator who bring stories to life through a range of visual media approaches. Rhys uses his technical and creative skills in Clip Studio Paint and TV Paint to direct and create fictional narratives.
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Kate Fairbourn-Varley
Course BA (Hons) Animation
katevarleyart.com / @katevarleyart
Kate is a stop-motion generalist who strives to create expressive and appealing characters. Kate builds and animates her own puppets, sets and props which inhabit the strange and imaginative animated scenarios she creates.
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Milena Graf
Course BA (Hons) Animation
Milena is a multi-disciplinary animator focusing on 2D animation. Milena strives to create stories and characters with distinctive aesthetics and atmosphere. Milena finds inspiration in everyday mundanities, nature, fashion and architecture, and her work is strongly influenced by the colour aesthetics of Fauvism.
Milena specialises in creating artwork that captures and engages the viewer by using vivid colour, expressive shapes, and striking textures across a range of stylistic frameworks. Milena has experience using Adobe Photoshop, TVPaint, After Effects, Premiere Pro and Dragonframe.
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Sarah Huff
Course BA (Hons) Animation
sarahhuff.co.uk / @stuff_byhuff
Sarah is an animator with a broad creative practice. Sarah prefers the tactile process of puppet making and stop-motion animation, but also enjoys working in 2D. Sarah creates her animation with Dragonframe, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects. She is actively involved in all the different stages of her production process and uses her knowledge of music composition and sound design to bring her animated characters to life.
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Kumail Imran
Course BA (Hons) Animation
Kumail is a 2D digital animator and illustrator specialising in character and effects animation. Kumail uses original characters and dynamic action-oriented animation to produce his short animated sequences. Kumail has experience using Photoshop, Clip Studio, After effects, Final Cut Pro and Procreate.
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Laura Kiely
Course BA (Hons) Animation
laurasanimation.wixsite.com/animation / @laura.kiely.animation
Laura is an animator and character designer who enjoys creating funny and wholesome short films for children. Laura works mostly in 2D but is also interested in 3D animation and modelling. She has experience in Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro and ProCreate as well as Maya and Blender.
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Grace Kozij
Course BA (Hons) Animation
Grace is a 2D animator, character designer and storyboard artist. Grace loves creating engaging characters and finds joy in using storyboards and animatics to bring written concepts to life. Grace works with Photoshop, TVPaint, ToonBoom Harmony and Storyboard Pro to transform stories from script to animation.
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Jason Lam
Course BA (Hons) Animation
Jason's passion in animation is to create animated music video designs that harmonise sound and visuals to create engaging multimedia experiences. Jason's work as a 2D animator and background artist is inspired by the many different genres of music he enjoys listening to. Jason specialises in Toon Boom Harmony, TV Paint, and Photoshop.
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Jenny Laws
Course BA (Hons) Animation
As a 2D animator and background artist, Jenny is happiest when she's creating. Jenny loves to watch her creations come to life by painting stunning backgrounds which make fictional worlds thrive. Jenny specialises in painting, editing and animating in Photoshop, and also works in After Effects and Toon Boom Harmony and Premiere Pro.
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Demi Lee
Course BA (Hons) Animation
painted-polarbear.wixsite.com/magpie-portfolio / @painted_polarbear
Demi is a creature and character designer and 2D animator. She specialises and is passionate about designing animals and strange new creatures. Demi loves creating imaginative designs from new worlds filled with hybrid plants and alien creatures to fantasy humanoids. Demi works primarily in Photoshop and After Effects but is familiar with a broad range of media production programs.
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Alisha Little
Course BA (Hons) Animation
alishafayelittle.wixsite.com/portfolio / @alinaydra
Alisha is a 2D animator, illustrator and concept artist. Specialising in Toon Boom Harmony, Photoshop and TVPaint, Alisha draws inspiration from video games and film, and has a passion for bright colours and fun characters!
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Amy Marshall
Course BA (Hons) Animation
mallowamyart.wixsite.com/website / @MallowAmy_Art
Amy is a 2D digital artist, animator and aspiring director. Amy specialises in 2D characters and effects using Toon Boom Harmony and Clip Studio Paint.
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Cecilia Morera
Course BA (Hons) Animation
yellowanimation.wixsite.com/portfolio / vimeo.com/user
Cecelia is a puppet painter/fabricator and stop-motion animator who also ventures into 3D environmental design.
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Emily Mullis
Course BA (Hons) Animation
emilymullisanimati.wixsite.com/emkateart / @emily.kate.animation
Emily is a producer and 2D animator, specialising in character animation. Emily is passionate about animation and enjoys learning new techniques that allow her to grow as an artist. Emily has excellent planning and organisational skills which combine well with her technical and creative knowledge of TVPaint and Adobe Photoshop.
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Gabriel Plant
Course BA (Hons) Animation
gasart.uk / linkedin.com/in/gabriel-plant
Gabriel is a 2D animator and designer who combines traditional and digital animation processes with illustration to create a fusion of visual and audio materials for the music industry. Gabriel has a specific interest in specialises in character and background design and works with After Effects, Photoshop and TVPaint to creating his experimental animated sequences.
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Lewis Poole
Course BA (Hons) Animation
Lewis is a storyboard artist, animatic editor, and illustrator who draws his inspiration from skateboarding culture and the world of 2D animation. Lewis works primarily with the Adobe Creative Suite, specialising in Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere and Audition.
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Rachel Reid
Course BA (Hons) Animation
rcreidportfolio.carrd.co / linkedin.com/in/rcreid
Rachel is a 2D illustrator and animator, specialising in character design and animation with a focus on children's media. Rachel has experienced using Toon Boom, Clip Studio Paint, Adobe software and TVPaint. Rachel likes art that makes people smile.
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Khoa Tran
Course BA (Hons) Animation
artstation.com/khoatranconcept / @khoatranconcept
Khoa is a storyboard and concept artist, who is aiming to break into the games industry. His work focuses on storytelling through visual design. Khoa has excellent practical knowledge and experience in Photoshop, TVPaint, Toon Boom Harmony, After Effects and Maya.
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Joseph Vandenberg-Owens
Course BA (Hons) Animation
josephowensart.com / @josephowensart
Joseph is a visual development artist, 2D animator and illustrator with a passion for visual storytelling. Joesph specialises in background design and uses the Adobe Suite and Procreate to create his illustrations. To bring movement and life to his creations Joseph uses Toon Boom Harmony and TV Paint to animate his environments.
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Ben Whiteley
Course BA (Hons) Animation
benjaminanimation.com / @benjamin_animation / linkedin.com/in/BENJAMIN-M-WHITELEY
Ben is a 3D character animator with a keen interest in character animation for the games and television industries. In his character animation Ben creates realistic, dynamic and cartoony movements that combine physical forces and personality within each character’s performance.
Ben has experience in 2D animation and background design, but he loves the technical aspects of creating animations in Maya. He particularly enjoys working out problems and coming up with creative solutions to find new ways of working to develop his animation skills.
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Stacey Wilkie
Course BA (Hons) Animation
Stacey is a self-taught scriptwriter who is passionate about telling stories. Armed with a plethora of ideas, she aims to gently ascend to greatness within the animation and video game industries.
Stacey's writing focuses on multifaceted human stories that are simple yet engaging and impactful. Stacey also has experience as a 2D animator, she uses Adobe After Effects for motion graphics, compositing and rigging, and other software including Premier Pro, Adobe Illustrator and Celtx.
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Ben Wilkinson
Course BA (Hons) Animation
bw-art.co.uk / @ben.wilkinsonb
Ben is a 2D frame-by-frame animator and cartoonist; drawing inspiration from stories, art, music and the world around him. Ben's goal is to make a difference with his pen - but this may take some time...
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Yulia Zhevakina
Course BA (Hons) Animation
youtube.com/watch / @julia.zhev
Yulia is an animator, mixed media artist and idea generator. She creates very vibrant artworks, combining 2D traditional and digital media with experimental collage techniques. Yulia enjoys creating backgrounds and characters to inhabit her imagined worlds. She works with a range of innovative visual styles that combine painting, illustration and digital animation. Yulia creates frame-by-frame character animation in Photoshop and Toon Boom Harmony and uses After Effects to create digital manipulations and other metamorphosis.
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