Creator Bio: My career is a 360 degree loop. Animated movies were my first love as an artist so I majored in animation at the Columbus College of Art and Design. But all of the major studios shut down their 2D productions while I was in school and either moved those divisions overseas or switched over to producing CGI cartoons instead. I hated my computer animation classes so after graduation, I found work in commercial illustration instead. This opened the door to pursue my other great love, comics. I published three volumes of my own series, “The Dreamer,” through IDW publishing and am I also known for my work as series artist on “Wynonna Earp.”
After a decade in comics, I felt like I was hitting a wall (or a glass ceiling) with my career and I burnt out. I decided to leave comics, a decision I wish I’d made earlier. I moved to LA, and took a job as a storyboard revisionist working on the upcoming “Invincible” cartoon where, after working solo most of my career, I fell in love with the creative energy of an animation studio and haven’t looked back. I’ve spent the last few years working as a storyboard artist and animation director. I’ve worked for Skybound, Warner Bros. Animation, ShadowMachine, and the Russo Brothers’ animation studio, Octopie.
Jessika is an animator, illustrator and huge nerd. She loves creating fun and entertaining yet educational content for kids of all ages! She has worked with scientist to understand their research and has created works ranging from illustration to animation to even virtual reality paintings. She g...
Zakiyah Gathers
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Zakiyah is an artist from New York City, currently residing in New England where she teaches
studio arts, digital arts, and animation to students of all ages. She earned a Bachelor of Fine
Arts in Animation from Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Since gra...
Kim Dwinell is the author and illustrator of the Surfside Girls middle-grade graphic novel series (Top Shelf/ IDW.) She first had a career in animation- films like Hercules, Mulan and Tarzan- and now she makes “animated films in a book.” Kim also teaches Animation at CSU Long Beach. When she's no...
