Neil McDonald
2d animation professional
Education: BA(hons) animation- upper 2nd class honours (Duncan of Jordanstone college of Art & Design)
SKILL SET
traditional
- hand-drawn animation
- clean-up
- in-betweening
- storyboards
- character design
software
- Flash- drawn and symbol-based animation, rotoscoping
- Celaction- animation, character building/rigging
- Photoshop- digital illustration
- After Effects- compositing, animation, motion graphics
FEATURE FILM EXPERIENCE
“The Illusionist” (2010)
I was part of the digital Paint/Scan team on Chomet’s oscar-nominated feature film.
“Titeuf: le Film” (2011)
I was an Inbetweener on this feature. The high level of quality required of each drawing meant that I learned a lot during the project.
SERIES EXPERIENCE
“Wanda & the Alien” (2014)
I was a Celaction animator on this series for Mackinnon & Saunders Digital
ABOUT ME
My interests include animation, board games, comics, podcasts and the Great Apes.
I am currently working freelance, and actively seeking out new work and employment opportunities, with a particular focus on getting into 2D animation for television.
