Laura McNamee

Digital Illustration

As of May 2019 I graduated IADT with a BA in Animation. Currently working a contract role with HMH as a 2D animation designer/animator, making/designing 2D vector assets (including characters and bgs)

Biography

Laura lives in Ireland, loves cats and Lord of the Rings. She has been working in educational videos since leaving college, but dreams of trying her hand at storyboarding a Castlevania-style action scene, even just once. She has not tried this yet. Portfolio: https://behance.net/lauramcnamee

Skills

Roles

2D Illustrator
Mastery
2D Animator
Basic
Character Designer
Basic
Character Animator
Basic

Technical Skills

Digital Illustration
Mastery

Work Experience

2019 – 2022

2D Designer/Animator

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Dublin, Ireland)

- Designing 2D assets - including character, props and backgrounds - using Adobe Animate and Illustrator - Following a style brief closely and adjusting assets based on feedback - Giving and receiving

Education

2015 – 2019

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and TechnologyDún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

Animaton

Animation Skillnet - Toon Boom Harmony & Character Animation Training - 1 week, August 12-16th 2019 - Next Step 2D Animation Bootcamp – June 2019 - - Bruce Block – Visual Storytelling