Visual Development artist
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Sonu Thomas is a visual development artist. As an animation graduate, Sonu currently spends her days pushing her boundaries experimenting with styles and creating new concepts for stories and shorts. In her spare time she naps at whatever time of day (or night) and tends to her plants.
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Sonu Thomas
Visual Development Artist | Character Design
sthomas1402@hotmail.co.uk | Sutton Coldfield, UK
Skills
Visual Development
Character Design
Prop Design
Background Painting
Storyboarding
Photoshop
Adobe Premier Pro
Adobe After Effects
ToonBoomStoryboard Pro
Procreate
Experience
The Man Who Loved Flowers / Director, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Visual Development Artist, Background Artist
October 2022-June 2023, AUB
- Led a team of seven students, working closely with producers (Maria Da Silva Martins and Shizuka Homewood) to assign tasks and keep on schedule.
- Oversaw the film's art direction, ensuring each member was consistent with the style from my initial designs and concept work .
- Wrote and narrated the poem for the film.
- In charge of storyboarding and adjusting the animatic with changes from the story department.
- Provided specific feedback for each department and recorded notes from weekly production meetings with the team.
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Undertaker/ Assistant Layout Artist
February 2022, AUB
-Created multiple compositions for assigned layouts before redefining selected compositions in detail.
-Adjusted layouts according to the film's style and feedback from director and production team. re
Education
Gobelins Paris/ Summer School in Visual Storytelling
July 2024, Paris
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Arts University Bournemouth / BA Animation Production
October 2020- July 2023, Bournemouth
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King Edward VI Camphill School for Girls / A Levels
2018-2020, Birmingham
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Stockport Grammar School / GCSEs
2015-2018, Stockport
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