Michael Bellhouse

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Primarily a 2D artist and animator and open to new opportunities. More of my work can be found here: _Website not available.

Projects · 4

This was a 2D animated advert promoting recycling at the picture house theatres in York. I designed everything myself, then storyboarded, animated and put everything through post production. The short followes Fern, a butterfly trying to encourage Beatrix to take a break from her work with her through helping find a solution to the mess on her farm. I used Adobe Photoshop, Toon Boon Harmony and Premiere Pro to put this all together.

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Unfortunately, 2025 was not as productive as I would have liked it to be, but still some good examples! Some work I did in my final year, most of which from my final majory project 'The Inconceivable Truth'. Unfinished, but something I hope to kick back up one day!

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My full animated section of a collaborative short film called Grounded. This went into a 7 day short film anthology about bugs, started by Stemms_ The story followed a butterfly losing his wings to a bird and having to learn how to adapt without them. I designed the monarch butterfly, animated this section and coloured this character for three other scenes. The full short can be found here: https://youtu.be/zWlmeKMvBNQ?si=goBjp2sBQtFN2cG4 The full anthology can be found here: https://youtu.be/3NFA8zCEz7c?si=kTr6YvAj7av8Ywo6

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Work experience

2D Animator for a Recycling advert · PicturehouseApr 2024 – Jul 2024 · 4 mos

[Uni client project] Created a 30 second 2D animated advert encouraging people to throw away their rubbish after going to the cinema.

Freelance art and animation · Multiple ClientsApr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

Currently taking on commission work in my spare time. This mostly consists of character art.

Book Illustrator · ClientMar 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Created book illustrations for childrens books written by Sarah Bellhouse, including 'A Thorn In Their Side' and 'Terrance The Thunder',

Education

Bachelors In Animation · York St John University2022 – 2025

Developed my skills in animation, learned how to work as part of a studio, individually and how to follow a production pipeline and meet deadlines. Grade: 2:1

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