Grace mc Donnell

Background

About Grace mc Donnell

Working in Broadcast Animation since 2006. I have worked for Boulder Media and Lighthouse Studios who have both won multiple awards on various shows that I worked on. Children's Bafta, Annie and Annecy award. I have also worked on two shows with the Oscar nominated Cartoon Saloon. Many of the shows I have worked on have been broadcast with the following companies RTE, BBC, Cartoon Network, Disney, Amazon, HBO, Netflix and Apple I am proficient in Toon Boom Harmony, Flash( Animate CC), Moho, and Celaction. I have worked on such shows as The Cuphead Show, Little Ellen, Danger Mouse, the Amazing World of Gumball, Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja, Kiva can Do and Skunk Fu. I have a Ba/Hons Degree in Animation and a FETAC in Graphic Design. My work consists mainly of Character Animation. However I also have experience in Layout and Backgrounds, pre-production animation and effects such as reuse animation with walk cycles and run cycles, character rigging for 2D, and training new and inexperienced staff. I also have been Lead recruiter for hiring crew in the Animation dept and done portfolio reviews for students and new graduates from Animation Colleges/Univeristies from Ireland I also have a background in music and studied music theory, Violin and Saxophone and played with Royal Irish academy of Music wind ensemble for a semester.