Hi, I’m Ninna Sogaard, a 2D animator and digital illustrator based in Scottsdale, Arizona. I started as a mostly self-taught artist and later honed my skills through college, studying Comics and Sequential Arts and Animation to master life drawing, anatomy, lighting, and the basics of independent short films. Today I freelance with a focus on high-quality, cartoony artwork and expressive animation. I’ve created YouTube animations with millions of views, worked as a volunteer animator for Underevent (plus background artist, concept artist, and character designer), and used tools like XPPen, TVPaint, Adobe Animate, Clip Studio Paint, and Photoshop to bring ideas to life.…

Ninna Sogaard

Hi, I’m Ninna Sogaard, a 2D animator and digital illustrator based in Scottsdale, Arizona. I started as a mostly self-taught artist and later honed my skills through college, studying Comics and Sequential Arts and Animation to master life drawing, anatomy, lighting, and the basics of independent short films. Today I freelance with a focus on high-quality, cartoony artwork and expressive animation. I’ve created YouTube animations with millions of views, worked as a volunteer animator for Underevent (plus background artist, concept artist, and character designer), and used tools like XPPen, TVPaint, Adobe Animate, Clip Studio Paint, and Photoshop to bring ideas to life.…

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Hi, I’m Ninna Sogaard, a 2D animator and digital illustrator based in Scottsdale, Arizona. I started as a mostly self-taught artist and later honed my skills through college, studying Comics and Sequential Arts and Animation to master life drawing, anatomy, lighting, and the basics of independent short films.

Today I freelance with a focus on high-quality, cartoony artwork and expressive animation. I’ve created YouTube animations with millions of views, worked as a volunteer animator for Underevent (plus background artist, concept artist, and character designer), and used tools like XPPen, TVPaint, Adobe Animate, Clip Studio Paint, and Photoshop to bring ideas to life.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Volunteer Animator at Underevent
January 1, 2024 - Present
Animated scenes and contributed as Background Artist, Concept Artist, and Character Designer for the Underevent YouTube series in 2024.
Freelance Animation at Gomotion
January 1, 2024 - Present
Freelance animation work for a YouTuber (video not released).
Freelance 2D Animator at Tattletail Animated
January 1, 2023 - Present
Worked on Don't Tattle On Me Remix for the Tattletail Animated Music Video.
Video Game Cutscene Illustrator at Friday Night Funkin’: Crystalized
March 14, 2023 - July 11, 2024
Illustrated a video-game cutscene (project canceled).
YouTube Animator at Deimos Speaks Spanish
January 1, 2022 - Present
Created the YouTube animation 'Deimos Speaks Spanish' which reached 2.7 million views.
YouTube Animator at Tricky Uno
December 31, 2020 - Present
Created the YouTube animation 'Tricky Uno' which reached 5.2 million views.

Education

AA, Comics and Sequential Arts at Phoenix College
January 11, 2018 - May 23, 2026
BFA, Animation at Arizona State University
January 11, 2022 - May 14, 2025

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    paper Underevent (2024-2025)

    Was hired as a 2D animator, but also worked as a character designer, background artist, and concept artist

    Underevent is a web-series created by a team of artists and animators inspired by the games, Undertale and Deltarune, created by Toby Fox. In this series, Undertale content creators and fan characters showcase Undertale and Deltarune fangames while dealing with an unknown entity known as the void

    https://x.com/underevent_show