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.
Abby’s love for fish-keeping often makes an appearance in her work.
Apart from rigging for various productions, Adrián has also worked as a compositing artist in Toon Boom Harmony on the movie Robot Dreams.
Ahmed won two awards from children juries, in Egypt and India.
Ale learned the craft of animation from the internet and from reading books.
Andrea has been a WIA mentor, as well as a panelist and mentor at CCD Conecta, and a volunteer mock interviewer for Exceptional Minds.
Andreu has tried and try to jump to the 3D world several times, but is best known for his work in two dimensions.
Apollo’s initial motivation for learning how to rig was to prove to a skeptical peer that rigged animation wasn’t always stiff, and could be fluid if you had a good rig at your side!
Ayla painted all the BG Builds art patches or adjustments for French and Textless localizations on the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs TV series.
Alongside Julia Schoel, Birgit co-directed the short film ‘The Legend of Pipi’!
Brad has been using Toon Boom for over a decade!
Carlos learned Storyboard Pro by himself while preparing for his role at The SPA Studios, and when he got there was the artist who knew the most about the software.
Charles started my professional artistic career as an intern at the award winning practical effects shop, Stan Winston Studio (now known as Legacy Effects).
As a self-described overthinker, her most difficult experience was when Wes (at The Line Animation) told her she should put “cool first and sense later.”
Chris makes graphic novels and doesn’t show them to anyone.
Before Dave worked in animation, he worked at suit-and-tie corporate jobs for over ten years.
David initially studied software engineering for a couple of years before ultimately pursuing a career in art and animation.
Elisa started as 2D cut out animator but then decided to go back to drawing storyboards.
Fabio is self taught, from learning Toon Boom Harmony to learning how to actually animate.
In Freddy’s off time, they work on pitches for animated shows. One of them is inspired by shonen anime and Costa Rican suburbia.
Gustavo did some voice acting for the first show he worked for.
Janice used to tuck in chins for Adam Sandler and Tom Cruise as a VFX Artist.
During hard times in the early aughts, John spent time handing out test screening tickets on the streets in Hollywood.
Joshua was originally a fully qualified mechanical engineer until he took up animation.
Kennedy is preparing to create a crowdfunding campaign for her series, Towards Galaxy’s End.
Laetitia graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animation without technically ever finishing the course. (She found full-time work as an animator on her first TV production for Netflix.)
Landon’s thesis film Garg! was in selection at SCAD’s Animation Fest and was covered by ScreenRant.
Laura has exclusively worked on independent animated webseries, including as Helluva Boss, Monkey Wrench and NOXP.
Luhan previously studied in the sciences, on the path of becoming a biochemist.
Marcella is always looking for different character designers to team up with to make free rigs.
Mateus moved from a small countryside town to Rio de Janeiro with just a backpack and a bed booked for a week at a hostel dorm.
Following an interview, Matt and his producer learned they lived near different identically-named cities.
Mauro is a self-taught animator.
Mohamed is a huge fan of The Muppets, and had a chance to be a lead animator on a Sesame Street project.
Nghi owns a small merchandise brand (Sil Lỳ Projects) that sell silly items.
Nilayan is one of the co-directors of the animated short film Petrichor and loves drawing comics with abstract shapes.
Rachel voiced a character once in a past production (the Nanny in RWBY: FairyTales), and also has basic experience as a mocap actor.
Ryan still has all the old VHS tapes from his childhood, even though he has access to them online now.
Sam recently designed and directed the 2D retro film in the middle of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget.
While studying for a degree in video game development, Sarah’s 2D animation instructor introduced her to a studio opportunity.
Sidney shares a birthday with other prominent animation artists. (June 18th.)
Sonia got her first animation job through a Screen Ireland program for early-career animation talent.
Thy animated on Post Malone’s “Wrapped Around Your Finger” music video in collaboration with Adult Swim!
Vincenzo found himself talking in his sleep like characters from a children’s series he worked on.
Vitor studied sculpture in fine arts and left to start working in animation. He realized sculpture and rigging have a lot in common.
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