Erin Davidson

As a storyboard artist I'm always looking for creative ways to tell a story. Animation at its core is a storytelling tool and a very effective and imaginative one at that. From a young age I have always been very story-focused and this also applies to the animated media I grew up with.  As result I believe a strong story is paramount as the foundation of any piece of strong animated media even if it isn't particularly story-heavy.  

I'm a lover of stories and I do my best to reflect this love and passion for them in not only my storyboards but in my character animation work as well. The way that a character moves and talks can communicate their motivations and any particular themes in animation and I have always found myself inspired by this and the sheer creativity and freedom that a simple drawing tablet and a bit of software can bring to life.

My personal project was storyboarding an unreleased short named 'Saving The Princess' about a father's journey to face the grief of losing his young daughter and starting to heal. In developing these storyboards I was able to fully throw myself into creating and telling a melancholic and grounded story of my own which was particularly exciting as these are my favourite stories to read and watch on screen.

For my final film, I was lucky enough to animate and storyboard for 'Nucleus'.  Being able to draw and tell a dark and gory sci-fi horror story for the film and working alongside the lovely 'Nucleus' team was a blast!