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About Me

I'm Freya, it's nice to meet you!

 

Based currently in Cardiff, I'm a Welsh 2D and 3D artist with a focus on 2D & 3D animation, as well as 3D modelling.

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I undertook my BA(Hons) in Animation at Cardiff Metropolitan University, where I graduated with a first class honours. Here I primarily focused on hand drawn, traditional 2D animation using TV Paint, as well as rigged 2D animation in CelAction and Toon Boom.

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Recently I have completed my MA Degree in Computer Animation at Bournemouth University at the NCCA- For which I've also recieved First Class Honours.

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I am extremely passionate about both 2D and 3D art, and am eager to contribute to a project with my skills.

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Please reach out if you're interested!

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Education

2023-2024

MA Computer Animation

First Class Honours
Bournemouth University

Throughout this MA I have become familiar with various 3D practices, branching away from my 2D background and adapting to a new medium.

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Main skills learnt:

  • Hard & Soft surface modelling 

  • Texturing

  • Lighting

  • Rendering (Arnold & V-Ray)

  • Animating in 3D

  • Rigging

  • X-Gen hair simulation

  • Marvelous Designer cloth simulation

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2020-2023

BA(Hons) Animation
First Class Honours
Cardiff Metropolitan University

Here I developed my knowledge of animation, focusing on 2D hand drawn animation. I became familiar with the principles of animation, and worked on several films including an ident for Cardiff Animation Festival, and my grad film ‘My Love’ which was a collaberation with classmate Jazmine Lewis.
 

Main skills learnt:

  • 2D hand drawn animation

  • Rigged animation

  • Storyboarding

  • Character Design

  • Abstract Animation

  • Editing

2021

CelAction2D course
Screenskills

I had the pleasure of being selected for a Screenskills course on CelAction2D by the CelAction2D company. Here I leaent how to build rigs with and create animation in the software- Working with Cath Lloyd and Andy Blazdell.

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Main skills learnt:

  • CelAction2D

  • Rigged animation

  • Creating 2D rigs

Experience

2022-2023

2D Animation Intern at Picl Animation

During this internship at Picl Animation I worked on the 'Hounds of Annwn' short film. Here I used TV Paint to create character animation from blocking to colour following a style guide.

Through this I gained a thorough understanding of the professional 2D animation process and production pipeline. I also solidified my animation skills, along with communicative skills through listening to the directors feedback and making adjustments each pass.

2021

Cardiff Animation Festival 2022 Ident

I pitched and created an ident for the 2022 Cardiff Animation Festival.

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Here I worked in a team with two classmates, working as director while being responsible for storyboarding, animatics, tie down, and cleanup. Together we worked efficiently to meet a tight deadline, utilising our unique skills.

2023

Animation for 'JACK-O' short film

I was commissioned to create a 2D animation for the 'Jack-O' short film, closely collaborating with the director to ensure their vision was achieved. I worked solo on this project, designing characters, creating the storyboard, animatic, blocking, cleanup, and editing.

 

The entire animated project was completed under a tight deadline of 2 weeks, which I managed to successfuly meet.

2024

Delirium- MA Group project film

I worked on the short 3D film Delirium, created as a group project as part of my MA at Bournemouth University.

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I worked as director throughout this project, maintaining an artistic vision, while also carrying out pre-production such as the style guide, colour scripts, storyboards, animatics. I also carried out all hard surface modelling, animation for multiple shots, audio, and final editing.

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Throughout this project I became intimately familiar with the 3D pipeline required to create an entire film, and collaborated with classmates under tight deadlines.

2022-2023

Music video for My Love - Ludic
(Undergrad final film)

Collaborated with classmate Jazmine Lewis to create my final film. Jazmine was responsible for the abstract animation, while I was responsible for the narrative, storyboarding, all 2D animation, compositing and editing.

 

We combined my character animation and narrative responding to the song’s lyrics with her stop motion abstract animation in an experimental way. 

Software I am proficient in:

Maya

ZBrush

Premiere Pro

Marvelous Designer

Substance Painter

Photoshop

TV Paint

CelAction

Toon Boom

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