About me
From a young age, I became obsessed with watching the "behind the scenes" videos of any Disney or Pixar film. I was inspired by the way the stories and characters were developed. It looked like magic to me, my young brain was so eager to learn every detail about the industry. I bought every 2-Disc special edition DVD (Remember when those were a thing
At a young age, I told myself that it would be impossible to work for any of the big animation companies as they seemed worlds apart and put the idea aside and decided to focus on a safe job.
I followed my second passion; Acting. I continued this passion through college and studied for a year in education. I became a Drama Teacher at Secondary School and loved providing knowledge to future generations.
However, this dream of being an animator never went away. I downloaded Maya and decided to self-teach myself through all the incredible tutorials that are now available online.
After three years of secondary school teaching, I decided it was now or never. I needed to pursue my dream to be an animator. Which brings us to today, I decided to get professional animation training with Escape Studios. This course was led by Alex Williams, son of Richard Williams. I was incredibly keen to be taught by the son of the author of "The Animators Survival Kit." I had already studied every word of the book and was looking forward to more lessons.
My passion for animation never went away. I have a huge passion for the history of animation. I love learning about the Nine Old Men and I enjoy studying Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and Milt Kahl's work. I created a YouTube Channel to share my knowledge of Disney History and teach others about the legendary Animators who came before us.
If I was chosen, I would not waste the opportunity and would do everything to learn from my peers to improve my skills as an animator.