I'm a freelance animator who's worked with ragtag groups as well as Emmy award-winners. I am a meticulous, hardworking animator who refuses to put the pencil down until the animation is just right.…

Aidan Chen

I'm a freelance animator who's worked with ragtag groups as well as Emmy award-winners. I am a meticulous, hardworking animator who refuses to put the pencil down until the animation is just right.…

Available to hire

I’m a freelance animator who’s worked with ragtag groups as well as Emmy award-winners. I am a meticulous, hardworking animator who refuses to put the pencil down until the animation is just right.

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Artist at C8P, LLC.
May 8, 2026 - Present
Responsible for the creation and revision of various character design assets.
2D Compositor at Asians in Animation
September 3, 2025 - September 27, 2025
Freelance Character Animator and Character Designer at Lee Tomlinson
October 2, 2024 - April 30, 2025
Responsible for rough, cleanup, and color animation, as well as final character designs, turnarounds, and mouth charts of all characters for the film 'All Mine'
2D Rough Animator at Freelance
October 19, 2025 - November 11, 2025
Responsible for rough animation for a shot within the short film 'StarFall' (dir. Emily Zhang)

Education

Bachelors of Fine Arts at Rhode Island School of Design
June 1, 2024
Graduated from the Film/Animation/Video Department

Qualifications

RISD Film/Animation/Video Award of Distinction
September 2, 2024 - May 31, 2024

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    Philly Animators Exquisite Corpse!
    I created this short animation as a larger part of an exquisite corpse alongside many other Philly animators. The goal was to start with a frame we had created and transform it into the next person's first frame over the course of about 5 seconds. In this case, I transformed this character into a Frame made by Lindsay Kovnat.…
    Demo Reel
    Work done in TVPaint, Adobe Animate, and After Effects. Can additionally work in Clip Studio Paint, but the animation work I've made in it can't be shown on here yet. animator tvpaint adobeanimate clipstudiopaint aftereffects…
    2D Animator for Pale Blue Dot Films

    Collaborated with the animation team to complete rough animation, cleanup, and color passes for 19 sequences over the course of the summer. Utilized industry standard software, responded promptly to feedback from the team and delivered work by the deadlines assigned.