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 graduating, Zakiyah has gained experience in creating original media for marketing,
learned basic programming skills, and increased her information technology knowledge while
teaching the arts full time.
Her long-term goals include exploring the merge of art and technology through animation and
programming while releasing short films. Among her major influences are director Hayao
Miyazaki’s films, which aided her love for nature and interest in small details in everyday life.
Her animations reflect her personal observations within society, and the beauty and
appreciation for the natural world.
Zakiyah is most interested in traditional 2D animation, digital animation, 3D modeling, and
abstract/experimental animation.
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...
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...
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...
