Study Task 2 - Collect, Organise and Research

Animators or other specialists who work within the animation industry

Visual Development Artists 

• Vaughan Ling http://www.heavypoly.com/
• Yuhki Demers http://www.yuhkidemers.com/
• Chin Ko  https://www.shannonassociates.com/chinko

Character designers

• Bill Schwab  http://billschwabdesign.blogspot.com/
• Buck Lewis  https://www.bucklewisanimation.com/
• Peter DeSève  http://www.peterdeseve.com/anigallery.php

Animators

• Seth Hippen  http://flippinhippenstudios.blogspot.com/
• Jesse Erickson https://www.linkedin.com/in/popsopdop
• Nancy Kato  http://mfaca.tumblr.com/

storyboard artists

• Alessandra Sorrentino http://www.alessandrasorrentino.com/
• ALESSANDRA SORRENTINO  http://www.alessandrasorrentino.com
  
• Ronnie Del Carmen http://ronniedelcarmen.blogspot.com/

I personally stalk/follow these wonderful people who all work in the industry. as background artists, something that I want to go into

Chris worked on Tangled the series along with lulu Sketches (ill talk more about her in a minute) I started following him last year, I love how much detail he puts into every aspect of his animation.
https://christsirgiotis.tumblr.com/

Matt Williams, I love his aesthetic and how he composes his backgrounds. He also does character designs and illustrations.
https://www.etch-n-sketch.co.uk/animation

Lu Lu Sketches is a background artist on Tangled the tv series. She is a wonderful human. I watch all of her YouTube videos and I have actually spoken to her (online) She has given me some great advice about getting into the industry. (and her French Bulldog is adorable)
http://lulusketches.tumblr.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lulusketches/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS3ZMbzTOXdDuJlhAZuXgaw/videos

Paint With Nick, I've been following him for about 3 or 4 years now. He commented on of my Instagram posts saying "great work" at the time it was a big boost of confidence that some at Disney commented on my stuff. Since then I've been stalking him. He's super nice. He's a visual development artist at Disney but also does backgrounds.
https://www.instagram.com/paintwithnick/?hl=en

I would like to work at any of these studios. either as a visual development artist, background designer or general 2D animator

Cartoon Saloon http://www.cartoonsaloon.ie/
cartoon Saloon is the ultimate goal for me. It has produced some of my favourite animations ever. Everything that comes out of that studio is sooo goood. I think to join such an artistic and demanding creative team will really push me to my limits and help me to improve exponentially.

Kilogramme http://www.kilogramme.co.uk/
Kilogramme is a Manchester based studio which is good because I would be able to commute there from Liverpool if I were to move back home. They also seem to take on quite a few people from Leeds Arts.

Flipbook https://flipbookstudio.co.uk/
Another Manchester based collective. They don just do animation as there website states they are a "collective of directors, producers, designers, writers and artists who specialise in storytelling through the medium of animation and visual effects" If I was to apply here I could put my photography and camera skills to good use. I could blend animation and live action together and really have fun experimenting in different mediums. 

Fettle http://fettleanimation.com/
They produce really cute, almost cutout style animation that looks really cool. It would be a good foot in the door. It's not too far from Leeds it in Huddersfield.

Sun and Moon http://sunandmoonstudios.co.uk/
Sun and Moon work mostly on applied animation. They make adverts for big companies. They also specialise in tradigital character animation. On the map, there based in Bristol.  So I'd have to move closer to them if I wanted to apply to work there.

Other Studios I could possibly apply to 
Brown Bag https://www.brownbagfilms.com/
Arcus Animation Studioshttp://arcusstudios.co.uk/