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Hi, I'm Abby Davenport, a passionate animator and film director with a strong background in 2D hand drawn and rig animation. I love bringing stories to life through animation and have experience directing three animated short films, managing my creative teams, and specialize in music related projects. I enjoy collaborating and experimenting with other creatives to make something memorable and lead all of my projects from concept to completion! Over the years, I've worked with various production companies and studios, honing my skills in animation, directing, and visual storytelling. When I'm not animating or directing, I enjoy painting murals and teaching art to kids, allowing me to stay connected to the creative process in different ways. Flyingloafofbread.com…Hi, I'm Abby Davenport, a passionate animator and film director with a strong background in 2D hand drawn and rig animation. I love bringing stories to life through animation and have experience directing three animated short films, managing my creative teams, and specialize in music related projects. I enjoy collaborating and experimenting with other creatives to make something memorable and lead all of my projects from concept to completion! Over the years, I've worked with various production companies and studios, honing my skills in animation, directing, and visual storytelling. When I'm not animating or directing, I enjoy painting murals and teaching art to kids, allowing me to stay connected to the creative process in different ways. Flyingloafofbread.com

Abby Davenport

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Animator, Animation Director, Film Director, +3

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Hi, I'm Abby Davenport, a passionate animator and film director with a strong background in 2D hand drawn and rig animation. I love bringing stories to life through animation and have experience directing three animated short films, managing my creative teams, and specialize in music related projects. I enjoy collaborating and experimenting with other creatives to make something memorable and lead all of my projects from concept to completion! Over the years, I've worked with various production companies and studios, honing my skills in animation, directing, and visual storytelling. When I'm not animating or directing, I enjoy painting murals and teaching art to kids, allowing me to stay connected to the creative process in different ways. Flyingloafofbread.com…Hi, I'm Abby Davenport, a passionate animator and film director with a strong background in 2D hand drawn and rig animation. I love bringing stories to life through animation and have experience directing three animated short films, managing my creative teams, and specialize in music related projects. I enjoy collaborating and experimenting with other creatives to make something memorable and lead all of my projects from concept to completion! Over the years, I've worked with various production companies and studios, honing my skills in animation, directing, and visual storytelling. When I'm not animating or directing, I enjoy painting murals and teaching art to kids, allowing me to stay connected to the creative process in different ways. Flyingloafofbread.com

Available to hire

Winston-Salem, United States

Hi, I’m Abby Davenport, a passionate animator and film director with a strong background in 2D hand drawn and rig animation. I love bringing stories to life through animation and have experience directing three animated short films, managing my creative teams, and specialize in music related projects. I enjoy collaborating and experimenting with other creatives to make something memorable and lead all of my projects from concept to completion!

Over the years, I’ve worked with various production companies and studios, honing my skills in animation, directing, and visual storytelling. When I’m not animating or directing, I enjoy painting murals and teaching art to kids, allowing me to stay connected to the creative process in different ways.

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Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Beginner

Japanese

Beginner

Work Experience

Animation Director at Medusa's Gaze

January 5, 2025 - March 5, 2025

Directed a group of four artist to produce a 30 second film trailer for an animated project kickstarter called 'Infinity Care'. Handled Character Design, Background Design, Storyboarding, Rough Animation, Clean Up, and Compositing. Used Storyboard Pro, Toonboom Harmony, After Effects, Procreate, and Photoshop.

'KHIRKI' Music Video Animator at Sandylion Productions

May 31, 2022 - October 30, 2024

Completed rough animation, and clean up for the Music Video ‘Khirki’ for Pakistani pop star Taha G . Met with clients via video weekly and received feedback daily through Markup.io and discord.

Animated Musical Film Director at Shadetree Records

April 30, 2022 - May 30, 2024

Directed and remotely managed a team of 30 people to produce a 20 minute 2-D animated short film titled 'Faith and the Christmas Star'. Led story and design of characters and Backgrounds. Completed storyboards, Rough animation, Clean Up, 2 D Rig Animation, and Background Layout, Design, and Paint. Used Storyboard Pro, Photoshop, Toonboom Harmony Premium, Procreate and After Effects.

Mural Painter at Big Wok

December 31, 2020 - January 30, 2021

Painted and designed a large acrylic landscape mural for the restaurant, created detailed mock-up redesigns for other parts of the venue, and painted and designed multiple accent walls and furniture elements.

3-D Modeler and Environmental Artist Intern at Universal Phoenix Group LLC

May 25, 2021 - August 24, 2021

Created 3D assets using Blender and stylized backgrounds in Photoshop for animated projects, contributing to environmental art and modeling during the internship period.

Background Layout, Rough Animator, Cleanup Animator, and Design Artist at LATGBG

November 21, 2021 - November 6, 2024

Worked on early development, design, layout, and completed animation shots for the unfinished Indie pilot 'Lumi and The Great Big Galaxy'. Created pre-production art for scenery, props, buildings, background characters, and created style sheet for main cast character 'Felicity'. Reported directly to showrunner Evan Besser as well as Backgrounds Director Kelsey Claybrook for background layouts, and Animation Director Kaili Myers for rough animation and clean up shots.

Freelance Animator at Ace Animation

May 29, 2022 - October 28, 2024

Completed rough animation for unreleased short film using Toonboom Harmony. Communicated with directors, and fellow animators, uploaded files to google drive, and animated from storyboards and references of characters and props provided. Specialized mostly in shots involving hand animation.

Background Artist at SVA

August 7, 2024 - September 7, 2025

Received color scripts, storyboards, rough layout, and reference art style to create lineless graphical style jungle backgrounds for student short film 'The Circus Tiger'. Completed seven backgrounds.