About me

Look no further for your new animator and illustrator! With 10+ years experience in the relevant software and eeeeexcellent image-making skills, I am proven to add great value to your business. Now open to both freelance and full- time roles.

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Projects

• Lost At SeaI worked with Presence.team under animation director Richard Swarbrick on Lost At Sea, an award-nominated short film produced for Medecins Sans Frontières highlighting the Royhingya refugee crisis.  This five minute film follows the story of a Rohingya man, stranded in the Andaman Sea on a fishing boat loaded with men, women and children fleeing for their lives. He is haunted by the song his mother sang him, and searches his memory for the reasons that had initially forced him to escape.
• Tour animations for The Backseat Lovers!Animations created for the mighty Backseat Lovers for their tour and festival appearances throughout 2023 and beyond! See more on my portfolio website https://www.willhowells.co.uk/the-backseat-lovers These animations were created in the unique style I have developed that uses subtle mark-making techniques to create complex, textural and emotive content with lifelike movement and character. They are compiled from over 3,000 frames, each individually hand-drawn on paper!

Projects credited in

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  Massive mural for WorkspaceIt's been a pleasure to work with Workspace to create a large mural at The Chocolate Factory in Wood Green, London. Workspace offer beautiful co-working spaces across 66 sites in London. Using the slogans 'From the ground up' and 'Happy together' we wanted to bring a sense of nurture and collaboration to the project. RUDE designed and set about painting 180sqm of an upper floor courtyard in June. We had a great time doing it and have made a small film about the process.

Work history

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IllustratorFroglife
Mar 2023London, United KingdomFreelance
I create illustrations, animations and graphic design work for UK-based wildlife conservation charity Froglife
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AnimatorThe Backseat Lovers
Oct 2022 - Apr 2023London, United KingdomFreelance
I worked with US rock band The Backseat Lovers to deliver the hand-drawn, animated backdrop for their sold-out North American tour and festival appearances in 2023, shown at over 30 venues including the headline stage at Lollapalooza Festival in 2023.

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Skills

• Drawing
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Painting
• Stop Motion
• Editorial Illustration
• Filmmaking
• Printmaking
• Animation
• Storyboarding
• Video Editing

Education

Illustration BA (hons) London Metropolitan University
Sep 2015 - Jun 2018London, United Kingdom