Hullo!

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.

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

Arts University Bournemouth / BA Animation Production

October 2020- July 2023, Bournemouth

King Edward VI Camphill School for Girls / A Levels

2018-2020, Birmingham

Stockport Grammar School / GCSEs

2015-2018, Stockport