About Me
Hello! I am Anna, an animator who is especially interested in 2DFX! I'm fascinated by the way things move, whether they are alive or not, and the movement of wind, water and other environmental phenomena mesmerises me.
Clean-Up animation, traditional 2D character animation, and colouring are all things I also enjoy.
Tv paint is the program I use most often, but I am also familiar with Adobe Photoshop, Animate, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Autodesk Maya, and Procreate. Additionally, I am currently learning how to use ToonBoom Harmony and animating with a lightbox.
I have teamwork experience in smaller and bigger animated short film productions. Over the course of two years, I was part of more than eight productions and held many different positions, such as character animator, 2D FX animator, clean-up animator, director, producer, colourist and compositor.
In addition to the short films produced as a part of my university course, I was also a clean-up animator and colourist for the BAFTA-nominated animated short film Middle Watch, where I learned to do professional-level clean-up and shadow animation.
I also have experience working for clients, as I was the producer for Blanka's Story, an animated short film which we created for Cornwall Faith Forum and Kehillat Kernow. The film recently won two RTS student awards Cornwall and Devon in the categories Animation and Writing.
I am a fast learner and am thorough but not obsessively perfectionistic with my animations. I know how the animation pipeline works and am able to communicate well with and integrate myself well into the team.
Education
2020 - 2023
BA(hons) Animation & VFX
Falmouth University
During this course I learned almost everything I know about animation. And if I didn't learn it there, I learned how and where to learn it. The degree had a very practical hands-on approach by mimicking industry practice for a majority of the course, which resulted in me being able to work on 8+ short films in three years. This has naturally helped me develop my communication and teamwork skills, lots of different software skills and of course my artistic ability.
2018 - 2020
BA Sinology, BA Japanology,
BA Archaeology
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Three different university courses that I did not graduate from. However, my time there has helped me understand other cultures and people better, as well as taught me more about how to communicate with people who have nothing to do with art and animation. I also obtained a HSK 2 certificate while studying there.
2010 - 2018
Abitur
Paul-Pfinzing-Gymnasium Hersbruck, Germany
The German equivalent to A-levels in the UK, or Middle and High School in the US.