VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST /
CHARACTER AND BACKGROUND DESIGNER
Nefeli Chrysanthou
Visual Development Artist
I am an experienced Designer with an innate passion for storytelling, filmmaking, and animation.
Through my career I have developed a diverse skillset having worked on various client projects including 2D and 3D TV series and films.
I come from a traditional academic painting background which has helped acquire expert knowledge of key principles such as colour, composition, and perspective.
I also love to invent my own stories by drawing inspiration from personal experiences, mythology, and history. Lastly, in my spare time I continue to hone my storytelling and design skills by drawing in my sketchbook, reading fiction novels and attending life drawing sessions.
Professional Experience
Character and Prop Designer | Prickly Pear Animations March 2022- August 2022
Vis Dev Artist | Dream Logic Studios January 2022-March 2022
o Prop Design and Colour scripting for animated TV short film
Vis Dev Artist | Little Moon Animations October 2021- December 2021
o Prop, set and character design for TV animated series
o Character and prop design for animated feature film
Full Time Vis Dev Artist | Zedem Animations October 2020 - July 2021
o Concept art for TV series, & educational, explainer and music videos
o Illustration, Storyboard, Animatics and colour scripts
Key Skills
Programs
-Character Design
-Background Design
-Prop Design
-Background Painting
-Colour Scripting
-Photoshop
-Toon Boom Harmony
-Illustrator
-Ftrack
-SketchUp
Education
Awards & Nominations
-Robert Gordon University: (BA) Painting
First Class Honours Degree
-CGMA : Art Directing and Visual Development Mentorship with Anthony Christov
-Graphic Stories Cyprus:
Design for Animation Workshop with Katerina Pantela
-Schoolism Online Course:
"Character Design for Animation" with Daniel Arriaga
-Character Design Online Workshop with Aaron Blaise
Exhibitions
-2nd Drawing Prize by Aberdeen Artists Society
-Nominated to participate at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition by the lecturers at Gray’s School of Art.
2020
2019
"Figuratively Speaking"
Online exhibition
Gray's School of Art
Aberdeen
2019
Mall Galleries
London
2019
Edinburgh Palette
Edinburgh
2018
The Coffe House
Aberdeen
2018
OT Projektraum
Berlin