BA (Hons) Illustration (Animation)*

Several graduates from our flagship BA (Hons) Illustration course have gone on to work in animation roles. Notable alumni include:

• James Woods – worked on Moana (2016) at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He's worked on projects for studios including Paramount Animation and later returned to Disney for subsequent features, such as Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
• Barnaby Catterall – works primarily as an independent director and animator for music videos, working with bands like BLOXX, and creating Spotify visualisers. Barnaby also works in house for a number of animation studios, developing content for Adult Swim and Cartoon Network.
  
• Leanne Rule – Leanne is an animation director and illustrator represented by Jelly. Her clients include Nike, Amazon, Paramount, MTV and Apple. She's primarily an animation director who specialises in comedy, building fun short-run content to capture the imaginations of audiences for programmes like Love Island to advertising for McDonalds.
  
• Liam Painter – Liam is a London-based creative director, animator and video editor specialising in tactile, frame-by-frame analogue animation techniques. He's directed and animated high-profile music videos for legendary artists like Paul Weller, Laurence Guy and DEFSET. His commercial design and motion assets have been trusted by global brands including Nike, Anthropic, Hermès, Rivian and H&M. He currently works as an art director for global agency UP THERE, EVERYWHERE.