A SHORT BIO

I was born on 10 September 1985 in the city Almere, in the Netherlands. And I still live there.

I started drawing when I was very young. I was always fascinated by movement in animated pictures. When I was about 15 years old I realized that I wanted to become an animator but I didn’t know how to do it. In 2002 I went to school at the ‘Media college in Amsterdam’, and I studied to become a graphic designer. I started to work more with a computer and I made my first frame for frame animation on a home made light table. In my second year I switched to study 'Media design'. And I started animating in flash and I got my first small graphic tablet.

 
   

In my third year I went on two internships. My first internship was at ‘Condor Post Production’ in Amsterdam. Here I started working on 3D animation and I learned modeling. My second internship was at the animation studio ‘Lawson and Whatshisname’, also in Amsterdam. Here I learned more about 2D animation and compositing. In my last year at the Media college I specialized in animation and I graduated in September 2006. In the meanwhile I was excepted at the art school 'Hogeschool van de Kunsten in Utrecht' or 'The Utrecht School of the Arts'. Now I study Computer Animation and Visual effects.

My second year has started and I'm still having a great time. Next year I'll go on Internship again and I cant wait. And I'm planing to go to the animation festival in Annecy in France again this year.