Character Design and Animation
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ABOUT ME
Hello There! I'm Davina, a passionate and aspiring character designer and 2D animator from Cardiff, hoping to turn my daydreams into an animated reality.
Most of my work is personal, but I have a few industry experiences. I worked on a live brief titled 'The Black Spider' during my second year of university and had the opportunity to work on 'The Ghost of MidWinter' at Cloth Cat during a two month internship.
Animation and illustration has always been a passion of mine and creating moving and silly stories is something that allows me to share those stories with people. I might be getting there little by little but I hope to achieve my goal!
Below is my CV.
Experience -----------------------------------------------------------
Assistant Animator -
Cloth Cat, Cardiff
September 2025 - November 2025
I worked with Cloth Cat as an assistant animator on the winter special short film, The Ghost of Midwinter where I developed my skills in Moho. My main tasks were layout, lip sync, blocking and shadow work, but was also given the opportunity to animate full scenes and build rigs for background characters, with the main rigs being the bunny and the Apothecary. I had to consider the purpose of each rig and how detailed each needed to be for the scenes they appeared in, making adjustments from notes I received from the director and lead animator.
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Sorted the layouts of scenes along with blocking to pass onto senior animators.
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Created a collection of rigs with different levels of detail and moveability depending on their use and scene.
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Animated said rigs and collaborating with background artists to create scenes.
Internship -
Cloth Cat ,Cardiff
August 2023
During my week-long internship, I was taught how to rig a puppet and animate in CelAction through their tutorials and the assets that were given to me. I adjusted my work from feedback given to me by Cloth Cat staff and was able to created a short showcase from the work I produce during my time their.
Volunteer – Cardiff Animation Festival, Cardif
April 2026
I volunteered at Cardiff Animation Festival in 2026, helping guest find their correct screens, handing out feedback forms, checking tickets and primarily helping in the gaming corner.
Kingd00dle - Etsy
December 2023 - Present
While looking for animator work I run a small Etsy shop where create and sell my art, I create monthly illustrations to use as posters, sticker, keychains and now have a small community.
Education -------------------------------------------------------- ----
Bachelor's (Honours) Degree in 2D and Stop-Motion Animation - University of South Wales, Cardiff
First Class Honours
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Developed my skills in industry-standard software; Toonboom Harmony, Adobe suite, Storyboard Pro and Maya
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Worked on a live brief with the Welsh National Opera to create animated segments for their production, The Black Spider.
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Created my final year film, Pair which was awarded Best animated 2D film at my End of Year Show.
BTEC Art and Design - Stafford College, Staffordshire
Distinction, Distinction, Merit
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Gained foundational skills and understanding in industry-standard software; Toonboom Harmony, Adobe suite, and Maya.
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Created a 12 page comic as part of my final year project which was awarded Best Character Design.