Sofia Rodriguez Gomez

Over the past years, I have been honing my skills as a visual development artist across the projects that I have been involved with. Through working as a visual development artist within the animation course, I have been able to realise both my teams and my own artistic vision and have enjoyed seeing the projects that I have worked on come to fruition.

For my main film ’Baobhan Sith’, I worked as a concept artist, background artist and animator. This project allowed me to grow as an artist within the animation pipeline and presented me with the opportunity to create a visually and emotionally compelling film. I am very proud of the films result and found the experience of working with my team members especially rewarding.

For my personal project ‘Crab’, I wanted to explore working across an array of roles and having the opportunity to cultivate a body of work that reflects the process of my concept creation. The project follows the journey of a hermit crab searching for a new shell to make his home. This project challenged me to reflect on how I want to communicate and convey my work as an artist. Throughout this year I have found that I am drawn to creating a strong visual style and atmosphere within my work and I enjoyed working on this project as a device to develop my ideas and storytelling.

In the future I am keen to work on more animation projects, and I am excited to use my specialisms of concept art and backgrounds to contribute to the industry.