Since I was a kid I wanted to work in animation. I was obsessed with creating stories and making art, and I loved to draw. When I was a kid my school had a program in which kids could write and illustrate their own stories and then the staff would bind those stories into “hardcover books” with a comb binding machine. I adored the experience. In high school I joined the after school comic book club and hung out with all the cool kids from older grades as we developed or characters and wrote stories about them having adventures together.

I attended Sheridan College and I graduated from the 3 year classical animation diploma program. I’ve animated for some pretty cool studios for TV, feature films and in mobile games. Working in this industry has allowed me to move around quite a bit. I’ve lived and worked in Toronto, Vancouver, Oakville, Ottawa, Australia, San Francisco and now Montreal.

These days I’m teaching myself story structure and character design. I love watching classic movies and discovering new animation. I started uploading regularly to my animation/art focused Youtube channel in the summer of 2023. This has given me a chance to connect with fellow animation fans and share knowledge about animation as well as art experiences I have such as kimono life drawing in Calgary and visiting the Ghibli Museum in Japan.

-Andrea