I’m a recent Animation graduate with a strong focus on visual effects, motion design, and atmospheric storytelling. My work blends animation, stylized VFX, and sound design to create cinematic, mood-driven visuals for narrative and branded projects. I’ve worked extensively in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, creating hand-animated visual effects, rotoscoping, compositing, and environmental visuals. I’ve contributed to multiple promotional animated shorts, collaborating with creative teams to bring established worlds and concepts to life while adapting to feedback and production constraints. I’m currently seeking opportunities as an animator, visual effects artist, or motion designer where I can continue developing my craft, collaborate with creative teams, and contribute to meaningful, visually compelling work.

Trevor Smith

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I’m a recent Animation graduate with a strong focus on visual effects, motion design, and atmospheric storytelling. My work blends animation, stylized VFX, and sound design to create cinematic, mood-driven visuals for narrative and branded projects. I’ve worked extensively in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, creating hand-animated visual effects, rotoscoping, compositing, and environmental visuals. I’ve contributed to multiple promotional animated shorts, collaborating with creative teams to bring established worlds and concepts to life while adapting to feedback and production constraints. I’m currently seeking opportunities as an animator, visual effects artist, or motion designer where I can continue developing my craft, collaborate with creative teams, and contribute to meaningful, visually compelling work.

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I’m a recent Animation graduate with a strong focus on visual effects, motion design, and atmospheric storytelling. My work blends animation, stylized VFX, and sound design to create cinematic, mood-driven visuals for narrative and branded projects.
I’ve worked extensively in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, creating hand-animated visual effects, rotoscoping, compositing, and environmental visuals. I’ve contributed to multiple promotional animated shorts, collaborating with creative teams to bring established worlds and concepts to life while adapting to feedback and production constraints.
I’m currently seeking opportunities as an animator, visual effects artist, or motion designer where I can continue developing my craft, collaborate with creative teams, and contribute to meaningful, visually compelling work.

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Work Experience

Intern at More Frames
August 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025
Produced 4 promotional animated shorts for Marvel Snap. Work included Marvel Zombies background and character color, Spider-Punk background and character color with storyboard, Weapon X background color with VFX for security camera, screen crack and breath effects, and Dragons Rising featuring fire and laser sword VFX; audio and sound design.
Student Filmmaker - Senior Film at The Second Light (Edinburgh Film Festival project)
December 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025
After Effects VFX & rotoscoping; project featured in Edinburgh Fall 2025 Film Festival.
Student Filmmaker - Horror Short at Edinboro University Film Festival
January 1, 2024 - May 1, 2024
2D Photoshop animation; premiered at Edinboro Spring 2024 Film Festival.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Animation at Pennwest Edinboro
August 1, 2023 - December 1, 2025
Associate's Degree in Art at Harrisburg Area Community College
August 1, 2021 - May 1, 2023

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    paper Demo Reel
    Most recent Demo Reel of all my most recent projects
    paper Portfolio
    Variety of Backgrounds I've worked on for personal work or for clients.
    uniE608 Senior Film: A Second Light
    In this Student Film, I took on the single role of animator and sound designer exploring an atmospheric journey through visuals and original soundtrack. This linear, yet abstract journey takes us through the eerie journey of a shadow exploring the surreal world around him.