Three films. Three distinct roles. Each one a different layer of the animation production pipeline: layout, painting, and color.
01 · SVA Animated Short · 2026
Hair by Josie
Background Layout Artist · Completed (Currently in Festival Run)
Brought on as a Background Layout Artist during the production phase of this animated short, I was responsible for constructing the environmental layouts that the animation team would work within.
Festival Management can be accessed Production Assistant. ↗
Below: Example of the Background Layout Work
Background Layout
Perspective Correction
Adobe CC
Environmental Design
02 · SVA Psychological Horror Short · 2025
Wildemore
Background Painter · Completed (Currently in Festival Run)
For this psychological horror short, I painted background environments across multiple scenes - working within a specific visual language set by the director. The process involved photo-bashing as a foundation: sourcing and compositing photographic reference to establish texture then rendering on top to push the imagery into the film's stylized world. This was done per director's brief
Below: On the left is a finished background and on the right is a video documenting the photo-bashing & rendering process
Background Painting
Photo-bashing
Procreate
Visual Development
Clip Studio Paint
03 · SVA Psychological Horror Short · 2026
Crane Meat Never Rots
In Production
Colorist · Active Production
As Colorist on this psychological horror short, I was responsible for developing the color pipeline for the animation. Making sure every scene's palette was consistent, intentional, and served the film's unsettling tone.
Below: Example of the Color & Shadow Animation
ToonBoom Harmony
Animation Coloring
Color Pipeline
· Skills across these productions ·
Procreate
Background Layout
Background Painting
Photo-bashing
Color Pipeline
ToonBoom Harmony
TVPaint
Adobe CC
Clip Studio Paint