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Hi, I'm Diane Aarts, a passionate director and animator based in Toronto. With years of experience in animation, I specialize in bringing characters to life with personality, weight, and timing, making stories appealing and engaging. I love collaborating with teams to create clear, fun, and consistent projects, always pushing for quality and creativity. Throughout my career, I've worked on various animated series, supervising teams, strengthening stories, and crafting compelling visuals. I take pride in clear communication and offering solutions that minimize extra work, ensuring smooth and enjoyable production experiences.…Hi, I'm Diane Aarts, a passionate director and animator based in Toronto. With years of experience in animation, I specialize in bringing characters to life with personality, weight, and timing, making stories appealing and engaging. I love collaborating with teams to create clear, fun, and consistent projects, always pushing for quality and creativity. Throughout my career, I've worked on various animated series, supervising teams, strengthening stories, and crafting compelling visuals. I take pride in clear communication and offering solutions that minimize extra work, ensuring smooth and enjoyable production experiences.

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Hi, I'm Diane Aarts, a passionate director and animator based in Toronto. With years of experience in animation, I specialize in bringing characters to life with personality, weight, and timing, making stories appealing and engaging. I love collaborating with teams to create clear, fun, and consistent projects, always pushing for quality and creativity. Throughout my career, I've worked on various animated series, supervising teams, strengthening stories, and crafting compelling visuals. I take pride in clear communication and offering solutions that minimize extra work, ensuring smooth and enjoyable production experiences.…Hi, I'm Diane Aarts, a passionate director and animator based in Toronto. With years of experience in animation, I specialize in bringing characters to life with personality, weight, and timing, making stories appealing and engaging. I love collaborating with teams to create clear, fun, and consistent projects, always pushing for quality and creativity. Throughout my career, I've worked on various animated series, supervising teams, strengthening stories, and crafting compelling visuals. I take pride in clear communication and offering solutions that minimize extra work, ensuring smooth and enjoyable production experiences.

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Hi, I’m Diane Aarts, a passionate director and animator based in Toronto. With years of experience in animation, I specialize in bringing characters to life with personality, weight, and timing, making stories appealing and engaging. I love collaborating with teams to create clear, fun, and consistent projects, always pushing for quality and creativity.

Throughout my career, I’ve worked on various animated series, supervising teams, strengthening stories, and crafting compelling visuals. I take pride in clear communication and offering solutions that minimize extra work, ensuring smooth and enjoyable production experiences.

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Work Experience

Assistant Director at Epic Story Media

October 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

Adding notes for clarity, humour, posing, timing and story. Creating materials for marketing. Communicating with clients, creators, and fellow directors to problem solve and stick to schedule.

Director at Epic Story Media

January 1, 2022 - October 1, 2023

Working with multiple teams to create notes on storyboards, designs, layouts, animation, and scripts. Working to strengthen stories, improve quality, and keep episodes consistent. Punching up the fun and drama in a show inspired by music and nature.

Assistant Director at Epic Story Media

March 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022

Working with multiple teams to create notes on storyboards, designs, layouts, animation, and scripts. Making adjustments to designs. Creating Background brief for master backgrounds.

Animation Supervisor at 9 Story Media

November 1, 2019 - March 1, 2021

Worked with Adobe Animate and Shotgun supervising a team of animators on Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood- Season 5.

Animation Supervisor at 9 Story Media

May 1, 2019 - November 1, 2019

Using ToonBoom Harmony and Shotgun to guide animators and create lively, energetic characters with realistic creatures.

Animation Supervisor at 9 Story Media

January 1, 2018 - May 1, 2019

Worked with Adobe Flash supervising a team of animators on Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood- Season 4.

Character Animator at Brown Bag Films

May 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Creating character animation for PBS's animated series "Nature Cat" (season 2) using Toon Boom Harmony, and working with director and leads on revisions.

Designer at Little Tugboat Productions

March 1, 2017 - May 1, 2017

Designing and breaking characters, props, FX and backgrounds, compiled 2d props into Diorama shots for scene planner. Animated FX and cycles for animation.

Animation Supervisor at 9 Story Media

February 1, 2016 - February 1, 2017

Completed 9story's Management training program.

Character Animator at 9 Story Media

May 1, 2015 - February 1, 2016

Created character animations for Nature Cat series.

Stunt Animator at 9 Story Media

March 1, 2014 - May 1, 2015

Took on more challenging and complicated scenes and assisted with revisions.

Animator / Character builder at Big Jump Productions

February 1, 2014 - March 1, 2014

Created traditional style animation for NBC’s Community, episode “G.I. Jeff” using ToonBoom Harmony. Drew character turnarounds of original G.I. Joe characters for rigging in toonboom. Drew and coloured props and set pieces.

Stunt Animator / Character Animator at 9 Story Media

October 1, 2011 - October 1, 2013

Background painting Assistant at Big Soul Productions

May 1, 2011 - October 1, 2011

Painting digital backgrounds for TV series “by the rapids” using Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Content Art Internship at Fisher Price

May 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010

Created edited and composited Flash, pixel and photoshop animations for iphone apps and games. Designed over 50 characters for the Fisher Price Character Database. Built interactive virtual simulations of toys and games using Flash prior to final coding. 3D anaglyphing for Smart-cycle 3-D games.