Demo Reel

Animation

LMK Reanimated: Minor Scale

One of my shots for a fan community project for an episode of Lego Monkie Kid. I wanted to challenge myself both to use a different stylization in this shot as well as do a completely polished shot from start to finish.There are a few things I would do differently, but workshopping my animation pipeline for this project has already taught me a lot, and I expect I'll continue to figure out ways to refine my process as I complete my shot.

(Characters and audio are from Lego Monkie Kid Season 2, Episode 5: Minor Scale © the LEGO Group)

Spider Queen Shot

This was the first shot I did on this project, and the one that took the longest to finish. I decided early on that I wanted to try animating in a new style and had fun doing so!

MK Shot

The next sequence I worked on were these 3 shots. For this one I also animated some additional layers of shadow and lighting on the character to match the scene, which was an enjoyable challenge.

Animation Process

From rough animation to clean up to the finished shots! My pipeline was Clip Studio Paint for animation and final compositing in After Effects.

Rough Model Sheets

Mina and the Count: Reanimated

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

Dracula Dialogue 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 studying tutorials before starting the shot.
Clip Studio Paint was used for the 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 - 2D hand-drawn animation in Clip Studio Paint)

Character Design and Model Sheets

Mina Jump - Rough Test

Rough Animation

Animation Process

Rough FX

Puppet Animation

Clean + Color

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.

Animation Pipeline

Model Sheets

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

Moon Girl Hybrid Animation

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.Animated with Blender Grease Pencil

Turn-Around Sheet

Rough Animatic

Rough Animation

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

Storyboards

Heth v. Eminovs - Fight Scene Beats

Snippets of a project for a Warrior Art Camp workshop

How Henrietta Lost Her Head

Action Animatic with Original Characters

Character Design Explorations

Trashman

Animatic to music - Inspired by a previous job

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 as part of various collaborative projects with other animators and storytellers.Reading, listening to music, and watching movies and TV shows are all things I enjoy doing, I aspire to strike a balance between devouring new media and old favorites.
My main goals right now are to work more on long-term projects with original ideas, and to be less dehydrated!