Storyboard Artist, Visual Development, Character Design, Stop Motion, Graphic Design, Video Editing and Composition

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My name is Matilda Tadjer, and I am a Storyboard-focused artist and animator with a BFA in 2D/3D Animation from PRATT Institute (May 2023). My work focuses mainly on my personal experiences with mental health, whether it be funny, terrifying, or serious. My Senior Thesis Film in particular focused on generational trauma, which brings both my lineage and my interest in mental health into play. Since graduation, I have been working as a Freelance Artist for studios such as Plymptoons Studio and Patrick Smith’s studio; and I currently do ongoing visual development freelance work for Children Story Time, and graphic design, storyboarding, and animation work for cybersecurity company ZeroHack.

My passions are storytelling, character design and modeling, emotion and comedic timing when storyboarding, animating and editing. I love building stories, especially storyboards and comics, from the creatures and scenarios I come up with. I love working with clay and puppetry, and know quite a bit of stop motion. My main inspirations come from music and movies. If any of this sounds interesting, please feel free to contact me.

Experience:

  • Graphic Designer and Animator at ZeroHack (February 2024-Present): Graphic Designer and Animator for Animated Commercials, Logos, Business Cards and more at cybercecurity company ZeroHack.

  • Freelance Story Artist and Animator (October 2023-Present): I have worked with various creatives such as Patrick Smith and Bill Plympton on projects like TV Shows and commercials, most of which are currently in development. I’m very excited to share the work with you when permitted. (Updates Coming Soon)

  • Freelance Visual Development Artist at Children Story Time (May 2023-Present): Got promoted to Visual Development Artist and Animator after my year-long Internship ended. My job is to create both 2D and 3D illustrations and assets for educational kid’s games, books, and special projects.

  • After Effects Composite Intern for Plymptoons Studios (January 2023-January 2024): Worked on Bill Plympton’s newest animated feature film, SLIDE, until the film was done. My job was to finish compositing shots for the film in Adobe After Effects, putting everything together and getting them ready for the final edit of the film.

  • 2D and 3D Visual Development Intern at Children Story Time (May 24th, 2022-May 12th, 2023): A visual development internship program, with a primary focus of producing children’s content and building trust by working as a team. My job was to create both 2D and 3D illustrations and assets for educational kid’s games and books.

  • Jewish Queer Youth Fellowship (October 2021- June 2022): Was awarded the fellowship in October 2021, which included a $1,000 grant for a personal project, hosting committee duties for ongoing JQY University events, networking, social media marketing.

  • Petsitting (Summer 2021): Covid eliminated internships, so I started a Pet Care business: Managed multiple clients; did marketing on NextDoor app for pet care and pet portraits; drew commissioned pet illustrations; and did video editing consulting for one client. My Junior Year film was based on a crazy client I had that summer.

  • Connections Class at Pratt Institute (Fall 2020): Covid eliminated campus Digital Arts Studio jobs, which was my goal as a transfer student from Ringling College of Art + Design, so I took this Pratt leadership training class, which is required for many campus jobs.

  • Internship at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center (June 2019-August 2019): Inventory work; helped design logo for their Youth Program; planned and worked events, including selling merchandise. Also participated in fundraising campaigns. Learned to work with others as a team.

Software Skills:

Autodesk Maya

Zbrush

Substance Painter

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Premiere Pro

ToonBoom Storyboard Pro

Procreate

Procreate Dreams

Adobe After Effects

DragonFrame

Nuke

Arnold

Freelance Work-General Examples:

Storyboarding and 2D Animation

Video Editing

Art Commissions on specification;

Collaborations on Reanimate projects: Ouran Reanimated.

Illustration collaborations/Zines: Total Drama Pride collaboration. (These are posted on my Instagram account or on Youtube.)

Social Media and Radio promotions, specifically for the LGBTQ Center.