Al “Sonny” McClelland, Jr.
McClelland, Jr.
Al is developing a series called SCALE, about mice with swords fighting dinosaurs!
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Each year, we select 50 ambassadors who advance the craft of animation using Toon Boom Harmony or Storyboard Pro. This program is intended for artists who make exceptional use of our software – whether they are professional animators, freelancers, educators or hobbyists. You can learn more about this year’s slate of ambassadors below.
Al is developing a series called SCALE, about mice with swords fighting dinosaurs!
Alex is a mentor for Screen Skills UK!
Bonnie has worked in layout, asset design and animation, both hand drawn and cutout!
Bradon has screen credits as an animation director, technical director and animator!
Brooke’s junior film, The Spellening, was awarded Rookie of the Year in the 2D animation category!
Carlos’ first project after founding Catarata was directing an animated commercial for KFC!
Chaz was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment for his studio’s work!
Chike shares many of the Harmony rigs he builds in his spare time on Gumroad!
Derrick’s storyboard samples include recurring chDerrick’s storyboard samples include recurring characters named Doc and Gabby!aracters named Doc and Gabby!
Dorielle animated for the CBC Gem series Dreams In Vantablack, on the episode ‘I Spy!
Bruks created the free Little Miss Hellraiser rig for Toon Boom Harmony for animators to practice cutout animation with!
El published a webcomic called PROVIL, featuring a hero and villian… who might also be in love?!
In her spare time, Élodie creates character designs based on her friends’ Dungeons & Dragons party!
Erin Soo’s animatic, The Bread Thief, features a wolf trying to escape from an angry baker!
Evally has worked for 8 years at Mighty Animation, an award-winning studio in Mexico!
Fernando is the director of the feature-length film Clarice’s Dream!
Inaya’s thesis film, Pari, explores South Asian mythology!
Jack was a character animator on The Prince, FARZAR and City Island!
Jake has worked as an episode director on Duncanville and Krapopolis and is a supervising director on Bad Crimes!
James is the co-founder of and creative director for Raging Viking Productions!
Javier worked as a 2D FX Animator in Wolfwakers at Cartoon Saloon and on Marvel’s What if..?
Juan drew the cover for the episode ‘This Dog Looks Weird’ from NPR’s Radio Ambulante podcast!
In addition to being a talented rigging artist, Kasia also draws comics!
Kevin has an Annie Award for storyboarding the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode Mystic Mayhem!
Leo is working ona sci-fi graphic novel featuring a romance between two alien boys!
Maggie started their career as a 3D animator before getting hired as a storyboard artist!
María animated and directed trailers for videogames including Blasphemous, Temtem, CrisTales or Friends vs Friends!
Micky completed her Masters in Directing Animation at the National Film and Television School!
Originally from Brazil, Milena has worked in Sydney, Vancouver Ireland!
Narissa is a 2D FX Supervisor working at Verdiverkstedet!
Nicolò’s personal projects include Invasion of Turtles, An Ordinary Day and Big Monkey!
Nikolaos contributed 2DFX animation to Klaus!
Praveen is currently completing his Masters in Animation at Salford University, specializing in 2D rigging!
Ramona first created her Cali rig back in 2015 as a student at Algonquin!
Rob Zilio participated in Mercury Filmworks’ shorts program, leading to the creation of The Girl and the Alien!
Rutopa’s thesis film from Sheridan was Piece of Cake!
Sabrina’s thesis film from her time at Sheridan was titled Mission Impawssible!
Sam was a participant of Sisler CREATE’s Orange Tree Project, which paired talented student with mentors from Nickelodeon!
Sam’s film, LILITH & EVE, was featured as a Vimeo Staff Pick in 2022!
Sergio was a 2D character animator and cleanup artist on 2D feature films such as Klaus, Space Jam 2, and Princess Dragon!on!
Vicente Luis’ favourite thing to draw is people riding bicycles!
Wilma is an animation director at Apeship Studios!
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