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About Me Hello! My name is El and I am a story artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles. I have animation industry experience in both studio and freelance settings, and my main areas of expertise include storyboarding and comic art. I love working on character-focused stories with fantasy or horror elements. In my free time, I like to go out in the woods at midnight and fight off vampires. I also play the accordion badly. Like, really badly.…About Me Hello! My name is El and I am a story artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles. I have animation industry experience in both studio and freelance settings, and my main areas of expertise include storyboarding and comic art. I love working on character-focused stories with fantasy or horror elements. In my free time, I like to go out in the woods at midnight and fight off vampires. I also play the accordion badly. Like, really badly.

El Dettmann

Animator, Storyboard Artist, Illustrator, +2

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About Me Hello! My name is El and I am a story artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles. I have animation industry experience in both studio and freelance settings, and my main areas of expertise include storyboarding and comic art. I love working on character-focused stories with fantasy or horror elements. In my free time, I like to go out in the woods at midnight and fight off vampires. I also play the accordion badly. Like, really badly.…About Me Hello! My name is El and I am a story artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles. I have animation industry experience in both studio and freelance settings, and my main areas of expertise include storyboarding and comic art. I love working on character-focused stories with fantasy or horror elements. In my free time, I like to go out in the woods at midnight and fight off vampires. I also play the accordion badly. Like, really badly.

Available to hire

Los Angeles, United States

About Me

Hello! My name is El and I am a story artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles. I have animation industry experience in both studio and freelance settings, and my main areas of expertise include storyboarding and comic art. I love working on character-focused stories with fantasy or horror elements.

In my free time, I like to go out in the woods at midnight and fight off vampires. I also play the accordion badly. Like, really badly.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

Expert

ShotGrid

Expert

Blender

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Production Coordinator at Adult Swim

July 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025

Worked with showrunners and voice talent during live record sessions. Organized and shipped materials to overseas animation studios.

Freelance Storyboard Artist at Newscape Studios

February 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025

Storyboarded action-comedy episodes for animated series.

Digital Production Assistant at Cartoon Network Studios

January 1, 2022 - July 1, 2023

Conformed and exported storyboards, communicated with storyboard artists and animatic editors. Tracked and exported post-production assets for final picture editing.

Animator & Storyboard Artist at Newscape Studios

November 1, 2020 - December 1, 2021

Storyboarded and pitched action-comedy episodes for animated series. Created hand-drawn animation with TVPaint Animation.

Production Intern at Cartoon Network Studios

June 1, 2019 - August 1, 2019

Assisted production staff in organizing design material, preparing story pitches, and sending materials to overseas studios. Prepared and presented an animated series pitch to the Development staff at Cartoon Network Studios.