Demo Reel

Animation

Dracula and Mina Action Shot

This was the final shot I did for the Mina and the Count: Reanimated projectI used Blender's grease pencil software for the rough animation, and completed the rest of the shot in Adobe Animate and lastly After Effects

Clean Up Animation

Rough Animation

Dracula and Mina Action Shot

For this shot, I decided to use it as an opportunity to learn some rigged animation in Toon Boom Harmony. I spent at least a week beforehand watching as many tutorials on the program and making + animating a rig before signing up for the free trial version of the software and jumping into it.As well as Toon Boom, I also used Clip Studio Paint to animate the fire effects

Toon Boom Rigged Animation

Rough FX Animation

Mina and Cat Shot

This was the first shot I did for this project, and the only one that had a single-program pipeline (Clip Studio Paint)

Clean Up Animation

Rough Animation

Jump Animation Test

Character Design and Model Sheets

Bee-Friended: LCAD Thesis Film

My graduating thesis film; a short and simple story about an unlikely friendship.

This project was a fantastic learning experience regarding organizing a production pipeline sticking to it. I was successful in putting together a pipeline of animation methods that I could use efficiently in the circumstances I found myself in that particular year (in my mother's house, hiding from the plague and completing my thesis film in her basement).I used a combination of traditional animation with 2D animation software and Adobe programs, and attempted to complete a new stage in the pipeline for a shot as well as start animating at least one additional shot each week.

Character Design

Wander Over Yonder: Reanimated

My shot for the Wander Over Yonder: Reanimated projectAll character animation was done in Clip Studio Paint and I then did additional compositing with After Effects.

Animatic

Rough Animation

Tiedown Animation

Miscellaneous Projects

This was a project I did because I wanted to try animating a 2D character in a 3D environment, as well as practicing keeping the character on-model while drawing.This shot was animated with Blender Grease Pencil

Rough Animatic

Rough Animation

Turn-Around Sheet

Anim Challenge June 2021

My submission for Agora Community's monthly Anim Challenge for the Portals themeAnimated with Rough Animator, Photoshop, and After Effects

Layout and Camera Movements

Henrietta Dance Animation - LCAD Assignment

Music - Give Up The Funk by Parliament

A short 3-week assignment for a class with Michael Show at LCAD, I used one of my original characters and aimed for a sense of motion and rhythm that matched the song I chose.

Storyboards

Bee-Friended Extended Boards

LCAD Thesis

For The Record

Lego Monkie Kid Fan Work

How Henrietta Lost Her Head

Action Animatic

Hi there, I'm Kat!
I'm a 2D Animator and Story Artist from the East Coast now based in Portland Oregon who tries to spend as much of my time as I can working on character animation projects and improving my skills. I've worked as a freelance animator, independently on personal projects, and somewhat recently as a member of Team Mink Inc for the Creator's Society Creator Jam last April, where our short film took 2nd place and was voted Audience Favorite! Currently my team and I are working on completing the short.
As you might expect, I like to watch movies and TV, and am especially a sucker for animated media (I love that we're getting animated productions aimed at adults now). I also enjoy listening to various music genres, reading, looking at memes and old vines, petting the local black cat (despite being allergic - no regrets), embroidery at times, and chatting with friends, neighbors, and coworkers!
I'm aspiring to be able to work with fellow creatives at a studio either in an animator or story artist capacity, and while I pursue that goal I'll continue seeking out projects for myself to work on. The real trick will be managing to decide what I want to do next - there are so many possibilities it can be a little overwhelming at times