About me

An extremely enthusiastic and bubbly animator, storyboard artist and photographer with a keen eye for aesthetics and a head full of quirky ideas! Post-graduate at Leeds University having studied graphic design and animation. Constantly driven by the conception of creatively unique ideas and ready to engage and explore new situations and challenges wherever possible! Thrives within a team, collaboratively brainstorming and challenging ideas within the creative scope to make visual content stand out. Creatively adventurous and highly inquisitive, whilst maintaining a fastidious approach to all projects and a strong desire to learn and absorb as much as possible from all situations.

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Projects

• KARLA digital story of a man named Karl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPHdBl7Q6uw
• SonyaCharacter Design Challenge: submission
• FoopaThe story of a clumsy Pufferfish, Foopa, and his best friend Pearl. http://ashlingbarker.wixsite.com/portfolio/foopa-and-pearl
• VictorCharacter Design Challenge: submission
• GladitorCharacter Design Challenge: submission
• NATURE vs CITYPhotography project. http://ashlingbarker.wixsite.com/portfolio/photography

Skills

• Animation
• Storyboarding
• Illustration
• Photography
• Gif Animation
• Design
• Illustrator
• Adobe After Effects
• Photoshop

Education

BA(Hons) Digital Media
Sep 2012 - Jul 2015Leeds, United Kingdom