I've been working in the animation industry as an FX artist for about 7 years now, but it feels like a lot less! In that time I worked almost exclusively with European studios, but I'm branching out now further afield. I'm self-taught when it comes to FX and am always looking to improve. Having studied as an animation generalist, I never actually planned to end up in the FX department, but I'm really glad I did. It's a challenging field, full of super interesting people, and the atmosphere is electric!

I’m Maxwell Racz, a lead 2D character animator in Vancouver, BC. I’ve spent most of the last decade working in both feature film and television for clients such as Disney, DreamWorks, and Hasbro. My favourite part about working in animation is the ability to bring international audiences together through diverse stories – even if we don’t share a language, animation makes it possible to communicate with anyone!

Hey, I’m Joe and I have worked for several years in animation and preproduction with studios in Canada, Manchester and London for networks such as Nickelodeon, Disney and Netflix. Currently, I'm the Assistant Animation Director on the upcoming show Deadendia where I’ve been trying to push the expectations of what rigged animation can achieve. The reason I enjoy animation is due to its random nature: there’s so many ways to approach the same situation so it’s always interesting… and challenging. However, it's nowhere near as challenging as having a new energetic kitten!