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I'm Sara Anderson, an Australian-American illustrator and Background Designer specialising in animation, visual development, and children's book illustration. I work across environment design, world-building, and visual storytelling, creating spaces and imagery that ground characters and narratives in a fully realised world. My experience spans visual development, production work, environment design, and children's book illustration. I'm passionate about contributing to a creative team and am actively looking for opportunities in animation and illustration.…I'm Sara Anderson, an Australian-American illustrator and Background Designer specialising in animation, visual development, and children's book illustration. I work across environment design, world-building, and visual storytelling, creating spaces and imagery that ground characters and narratives in a fully realised world. My experience spans visual development, production work, environment design, and children's book illustration. I'm passionate about contributing to a creative team and am actively looking for opportunities in animation and illustration.

Sara Anderson

Illustrator, Children’s Book Illustrator, Freelance Digital Illustrator, +4

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I'm Sara Anderson, an Australian-American illustrator and Background Designer specialising in animation, visual development, and children's book illustration. I work across environment design, world-building, and visual storytelling, creating spaces and imagery that ground characters and narratives in a fully realised world. My experience spans visual development, production work, environment design, and children's book illustration. I'm passionate about contributing to a creative team and am actively looking for opportunities in animation and illustration.…I'm Sara Anderson, an Australian-American illustrator and Background Designer specialising in animation, visual development, and children's book illustration. I work across environment design, world-building, and visual storytelling, creating spaces and imagery that ground characters and narratives in a fully realised world. My experience spans visual development, production work, environment design, and children's book illustration. I'm passionate about contributing to a creative team and am actively looking for opportunities in animation and illustration.

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I’m Sara Anderson, an Australian-American illustrator and Background Designer specialising in animation, visual development, and children’s book illustration. I work across environment design, world-building, and visual storytelling, creating spaces and imagery that ground characters and narratives in a fully realised world.
My experience spans visual development, production work, environment design, and children’s book illustration. I’m passionate about contributing to a creative team and am actively looking for opportunities in animation and illustration.

Skills

Experience Level

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Expert

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Expert

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English

Fluent

Italian

Intermediate

French

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Work Experience

2D Background Designer at Boulder Media

January 1, 2025 - Present

Created and refined 2D background artwork and environment assets for a short film project ('Cry of the Phoenix'), ensuring consistency with established art direction and shot pipelines.

Illustrator at I Hear Her Say (Children’s Book)

October 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023

Created backgrounds for animated productions with a consistent style and on-time delivery. Designed key environments supporting narrative tone and visual style. Produced spreads, spot illustrations, vignettes and environmental illustrations, character designs and scene concepts.

Illustrator at Funhouse Studio

January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022

Designed characters, environments, and props for animated content; contributed to art direction and visual storytelling.

Animator / Designer at Animal Logic

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2022

Assisted with background and environment production in the studio pipeline; contributed to animated backgrounds and assets in a high-volume production environment.

Background Designer at Boulder Media

October 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023

Created backgrounds and characters for children's educational program. Designed key environments supporting narrative tone and visual style. Produced spreads, spot illustrations, vignettes and environmental illustrations, character designs and scene concepts.

Illustrator / Designer / Animator at Mingle with Animation Ad

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2022

Produced animated backgrounds and assets; worked as Animator and Character Designer.

Animator / Character Designer at Animal Logic

January 1, 2019 - Present

Assisted with background and environmental production in the studio pipeline.

Illustrator at Fun House Studio

January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022

Designed characters, environments, and props for animated content.