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Andrea Mercado
Visual Storytelling

Hi! My name is Andrea and I'm a LatinX storyboard artist and revisionist for animation who specializes in comedy.

Biography

Hi! My name is Andrea and I'm a storyboard artist! If I had to describe myself I'd say I'm a shy introverted nerd with an undying love for comedy and storytelling. I love consuming artistic content in the form of animation, video games, and comics; but I also like doing non-artsy things like reading, baking, hanging out with friends, going out for brunch, playing board games, and spending time with my cats Timmy and Nana. I have two bachelor's degrees: one in Computer Animation and one in Graphic Design. And while my 9-5 job is to work as a designer, I'm trying to network as much as I can and to take my portfolio to the next level so I can break into the animation industry as a story artist.

Skills

Roles

  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Basic

Work Experience

2014 – Present day

Graphic Designer

Fractl (Delray Beach, FL)
Create blog posts, infographics, landing pages, storyboards, and animations for different clients.

2021 – 2022

2D Animator

StepUp to Learn (Gainesville, FL)
Storyboarded and animated a music video, and made short 2D animations for a movement-based curriculum currently used in American schools (from PreK to Grade 2).

2021 – 2021

Storyboard Revisionist

Studio Smokescreen (Burbank, CA)
Fixed continuity (by adding hookups, correcting screen direction, fixing scale, proportions and perspective, and removing jump-cuts), cleaned sequences, plussed scenes, and put characters on model.

2020 – 2020

Storyboard artist

Dapper Dog Digital (Anna, TX)
Created storyboards for the opening sequence of the upcoming indie videogame, Bio-Gun.

Education

2010 – 2012

Bachelor of Science

Full Sail University

Computer Animation

Learned about the entire 3D animation pipeline.

2005 – 2010

Bachelor of Art

Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola

Graphic Design

Learned about web and print design.