About
ABOUT ME:
I am a dynamic animator with a passion for pre-production and animation. An avid 2D animator with 4 years experience in Toon Boom Harmony (20+), specialising in character animation, scriptwriting, storyboarding, and concept art. A record of creating interesting aesthetics and designs, structured storytelling, and thorough planning. I have experience in freelance work, teaching at Griffith University, short film productions and advertising.
BIO:
Zarah recently graduated from Griffith College of Art with a Griffith Award for Academic Excellence in 2021 and 2022, with a major in Art Direction and a deep creative drive for 2D hand-drawn animation (rough, clean-up artist, colouring) and cut-out animation. Zarah has also completed a Bachelor of Animation (Honours), researching the potential of 2D productions in the 3D, open-source program Blender and the add-on Grease Pencil and comparing it to specialised 2D software Toon Boom Harmony.
She has done several freelance commissions, short films and advertising work over the past three years, including the productions 'Spinal Injury Explainer Video' (2024) for the spinal injury clinical trial under the Clem Jones Centre, 'Kolperi Skies' (2022) by the Visions Splendid Outback Film Festival and the 3rd year short films 'The Tragic Life of a Fishman' (2023). She also worked as an Art Director in the 3rd year short film 'Change in Trajectory' (2023), also providing 3D mocap clean-up and animation in Unreal Engine 5. She also has a passion for pre-production materials, including storyboarding, scriptwriting and concept art. Her passions for and 2D animation strives her to express her artistic visions through movement and design.
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Productions
- MovieSpinal Cord Injury Explanation Video
- Year2024
- Role2D Concept Artist, Storyboard Artist, Rigger, Cut-out Animator
- CompanyClem Jones Centre for Neurobiology and Stem Cell Research, Griffith University
- MovieRecycle
- Year2024
- RoleFull production (Concept artist, Storyboardist, Paperless Animator, Compositor)
- CompanyGriffith College of Art
- MovieThe Tragic Life of a Fishman - 3rd Year Short Film
- Year2023
- Role2D Animator (rough, clean up, colour, water VFX)
- CompanyGriffith College of Art
- MovieChange in Trajectory - 3rd Year Short Film
- Year2023
- RoleArt Director, Scriptwriter, Storyboard Artist, 3D Animation, Mocap Clean up
- CompanyGriffith College of Art
- MovieKolperi Sky - Short Film Freelance
- Year2023
- Role2D Animator (rough, clean up)
- CompanyVision Splendid Outback Film Festival
- Commercial / AdvertisementPet-grooming Ad Internship - Back to Organic
- Year2023
- RoleStoryboardist, 2D Animator (rough, clean up and colour), Video Editor
- CompanyBack to Organic
Experience
Lecturing casual tutorials at Griffith University, College of Art. Previously taught '1116GFS Animating Mechanics and Motion' (2024) for the Bachelor of Animation course (applying animation principles, mechanics and character animation in paperless and cut-out sequences) and '1302GFS Foundations of Character Animation' (2025).
A commissioned hybrid explainer video to accommodate the Spinal Cord Clinical Trial launch during the Clem Jones Centre. Worked on the 2D sections – concept art development, rigging and animation via Toon Boom Harmony 22.
My 2024 Bachelor of Animation Honours project in the pursuit of higher education. This was a comparative analysis on Grease Pencil's (Blender's 2D vector tool) effectiveness in developing an entirely 2D hand-drawn animation and how this 3D open-source program works in a 2D pipeline. This was done by comparing its 2D tools with Toon Boom Harmony, a 2D industry-standard software.
2D paperless animator for the short film 'The Tragic Life of a Fishman' - rough, clean up, colour and water VFX. Through Toon Boom Harmony.
Art Director, Storyboard Artist and Rokoko Suit animation clean-up for the 3rd Year short film. Through Unreal Engine 5.
Remote volunteer work. Rough and clean-up animator for the short film 'Kolperi Skies'. For Film Harmonics, Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival and created with Toon Boom Harmony.
Remote internship for the Sydney company Back to Organic. Pre-production and production animator for a 2D animated social media post.