BA (Hons) Animation
Erin O’Keeffe

Erin O’Keeffe

As an animator my approach is mainly focused on clean up and production management. For this project of Troll Mafia, I wanted to create something eye catching to everyone, simple, yet bold. Taking in account that this short film is aimed at 12 and up, there is mild...

Autumn Bodman

Autumn Bodman

My animation has brought together elements of live-action and 2D animation. The story uses the method of an advertisement to portray the story. The advert itself is presented by a fox and has an additional character which works as a sort of antagonist ; the hen. It...

Rhiannon Arthurs

Rhiannon Arthurs

Taking inspiration from Norwegian fairy tales I created a variation for a modern audience. Old fairy tales were gruesome in nature, however usually had a message- in my animation I wanted to present the message that we all have the power to overcome our anxieties and...

Georgia Haywood

Georgia Haywood

My animation is inspired by nature and explores the impact that humanity can have on the wildlife. By using whimsical character designs and storytelling I can subtly shed light onto the important topic of climate change. My art style emulates a fairy tale narrative...

Louise Parker

Louise Parker

Hi, I’m Louise I am an animation student who mostly focuses on character design and worldbuilding. This current project is called Sereth’s Tales which showcases those fundamental skills. I wanted to be able to create a world based on my own art style and push the...

Jason Kung

Jason Kung

A soon to be graduate in animation, looking to secure a position as a 2D animator or storyboard artist to develop my practical skills and knowledge in this discipline. Modules that have assisted in developing and solidifying decisions on positions i would work towards...

Chiara Gemma Fedon

Chiara Gemma Fedon

I have been good at drawing since I was little and drawing was one of the ways I had to express my feelings, to show others what I can see with my eyes, always practicing to be better. I stayed openminded to other techniques, because I wanted to learn from anything...

Amabel Fry

Amabel Fry

The Wicked Tanuki is a story of a family of animals, inspired by an old Japanese folktale. Across a river lies a bridge and in either side sit two very different lands; one a mysterious forest and the other a bustling human village. Through use of both digital...

Zak King

Zak King

I’ve been looking into creating different styles of animation ranging from hyper realism to cartoon, I focus a lot around aesthetics and movement of objects and characters, by focusing on these elements I have made rigs to better control aspects of a character or...

Sean Covello

Sean Covello

As an artist, I am interested in finding new mediums in which to create. I'm always looking at what purposes and uses different artstyles can have in order...

Ren Page

Ren Page

Since a young age I have thrived in physical media in the world of art. Both within and outside of my structured education within art, I work with...

Avias Schulz

Avias Schulz

The endless possibilities presented through the creation of illustration and animation have been a constant in getting through difficult...

Barbara Lo Giudice

Barbara Lo Giudice

If there is a word which describes me, it is creativity. Since I was young, art and imagination had always been my strengths. It is because of this reason that I realised my dream to pursue my aspiration of being an "artist" and transform it into my future career. My...

Harrison Waite

Harrison Waite

My passion has always been storytelling; whether through the writing and construction of film narratives, shaping and informing the viewer through character design, or from illustrating the moving image. Regardless of the medium my interest remains the same, and is...

Ben Bradshaw

Ben Bradshaw

Over the past three years studying animation at Cardiff Met, I have been developing a minimalist style taking inspiration from graphical designers such as Saul Bass. I have based my major project around spaghetti westerns and how the style relates to the genre and...

Poppy Sheppard

Poppy Sheppard

I don't really have just one style or type of practice, I use a lot of different mediums and quite like not knowing how somethings going to work until it does. I like to explore the boundaries of film and animation and hope that I'll get to do that for a living some...

Haplo Zeiger

Haplo Zeiger

I am driven to create. Animation that inspires me most is the one that has me wonder how it has been done. I too want to create animation that makes people ponder on the technical and creative processes behind it. My animation is humorous, imaginative, colourful and...

Jamie Dallimore

Jamie Dallimore

I made my first short film ‘A Star Wars Thriller’ aged 8 animating figures to Michael Jacksons Thriller on a Sony Ericsson phone. Sixteen years later and my desire for Animation has never been stronger. My dad and I would have late-night movie marathons together and...

Tylar Burnett

Tylar Burnett

When working through my projects my main focus is on creating interesting characters and locations.I often work in a paper cut out style that can be applied...

Jake Stanley

Jake Stanley

I enjoy animation and the power it gives people to tell stories. They say a picture paints a thousand words, what do they say about 24 a second. Rwy'n mwynhau animeiddio a'r pŵer y mae'n ei roi i bobl adrodd straeon. Dywedir bod llun yn paentio mil o eiriau, beth maen...

Molly Allen

Molly Allen

I’m an artist that combines neon colour schemes with a D.I.Y. punk aesthetic to create pieces that elevate and celebrate queer identity. Rwy'n artist sy'n cyfuno cynlluniau lliw neon gydag estheteg bwnc o fy ngwaith fy hun i greu darnau sy'n dyrchafu ac yn dathlu...

Callum Mark Angel

Callum Mark Angel

For the last few years, my work has had some relation to identity as a theme, and this animated film is no different. With The Catalyst I wanted to take one of the core pieces of my identity, a gay man, and push it somewhere I had not before. I wanted to playfully...

Gabe McFrank

Gabe McFrank

As an animator and character illustrator I have a strong passion for both character design and character expression, but my other creative passions lie within the backgrounds, music composition, and aesthetic components that are vital for filmmaking. This balance...

Matthew Hudson

Matthew Hudson

From a very young age I have had an interest in animation and especially stop motion and clay motion. From the age of six, I watch a show called Wallace and Gromit and my mind was blown by how they moved and acted with the each other, and how they were created because...

Connor Jones

Connor Jones

I am a multidisciplinary artist/animator who wants to work in the video game industry. I create work that ranges from 2D cartoon animation, pixel-based sprites, and 3D video game assets. The aim of this project was to show that I was capable of taking part in all...

Georgios Manousidis

Georgios Manousidis

Animation as an art form has always amazed me ever since I was young and made me want to pursue art as a career. For me, drawing has been a unique way to express myself and my thoughts. Putting pencil strokes either traditional or digital and bringing something that I...

Rob McClory

Rob McClory

I use animation as a medium to express my creativity in storytelling, with folktales and myths being key influences throughout my work. The excitement of...

Bethan Price

Bethan Price

For my final project, I decided that I wanted to base my film on the classic story of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. I wanted to tell a retelling but from a female perspective and to modernise the story by also adding an environmental theme; the witch’s world has been...

Sarina Sehjal

Sarina Sehjal

"A Portrait" is an animated documentary that is an exploration of an incredibly personal story of one mans journey emigrating from India to the UK in the 1960s. Although it is a deeply intimate story, it is one of many stories that relate to plenty of families and...

Lewys Taylor

Lewys Taylor

I wanted this film to be a culmination of all the work I had previously done in my time at university, acknowledging that each piece of work shaped my skills and understanding of animation. Every major project submission from the last three years is referenced in some...

Tyler Wilkins

Tyler Wilkins

My initial ideas for this film revolved around the mixing of dreams and reality. How can a state of mind be conveyed though animation? I felt that the technique of stop motion specifically, as it’s grounded in reality (inanimate physical objects), is particularly good...

Naomi Darch

Naomi Darch

As an avid horror enthusiast, which stems from my father’s love of cult horror classics that influenced my upbringing, my work explores the popular genre of slasher horror and stop motion animation. Influenced by what has always unsettled me, and old school 80’s...

Sophie Cowan

Sophie Cowan

My final Project is an adaptation of a story written by Babs Horton. The story is a Holiday romance about an English school mistress who is caught swimming naked on a secluded beach in Spain. Initially I was inspired to paint my animation using oil paint on glass...

Samantha Allen

Samantha Allen

I have been developing my style of cut-out style stopmotion using backlighting and a multiplane for some time now. The most important influences of my work are Lotte Reiniger, Yuri Norstein, and Gekidan Inu Curry. The use of textiles and other materials play a key...

Alys Alexandra Jarden

Alys Alexandra Jarden

I’ve been part of BA Animation for 3 years. After completing my BTEC in Northern Ireland, BA Animation at Cardiff Metropolitan University was a natural progression. The course has never tied us down but has encouraged us to reach for beyond the stars. I have practiced...