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Visual narrative artist with over a decade of experience in illustration, animation, and video. Bringing a unique visual style to commissioned and creative projects across editorial, promotional, and educational work. Focused on sequential storytelling, illustration, logo design, and themes connected to the natural world, history, ethnobotany, and imaginative flights—while also writing and producing custom children’s books and animated content.…Visual narrative artist with over a decade of experience in illustration, animation, and video. Bringing a unique visual style to commissioned and creative projects across editorial, promotional, and educational work. Focused on sequential storytelling, illustration, logo design, and themes connected to the natural world, history, ethnobotany, and imaginative flights—while also writing and producing custom children’s books and animated content.

Timothy Joseph Ballard

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Visual narrative artist with over a decade of experience in illustration, animation, and video. Bringing a unique visual style to commissioned and creative projects across editorial, promotional, and educational work. Focused on sequential storytelling, illustration, logo design, and themes connected to the natural world, history, ethnobotany, and imaginative flights—while also writing and producing custom children’s books and animated content.…Visual narrative artist with over a decade of experience in illustration, animation, and video. Bringing a unique visual style to commissioned and creative projects across editorial, promotional, and educational work. Focused on sequential storytelling, illustration, logo design, and themes connected to the natural world, history, ethnobotany, and imaginative flights—while also writing and producing custom children’s books and animated content.

Available to hire

Visual narrative artist with over a decade of experience in illustration, animation, and video. Bringing a unique visual style to commissioned and creative projects across editorial, promotional, and educational work.

Focused on sequential storytelling, illustration, logo design, and themes connected to the natural world, history, ethnobotany, and imaginative flights—while also writing and producing custom children’s books and animated content.

Skills

Illustration

Animation

Editorial Illustration

Narrative Illustration

Book Illustration

Experience Level

Illustration

Expert

Animation

Expert

Editorial Illustration

Expert

Narrative Illustration

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Intermediate

Work Experience

Animator (social media promotions; series noted in resume) at Unibrow

January 1, 2022 - Present

Produced animations for social media promotions related to Protect Grandma (additional series noted in resume).

Animator (environmental documentary episode; role noted in resume) at PBS / Global Mosaic series, Water for Life

January 1, 2022 - Present

Created animated sequences for a short environmental documentary episode aired on PBS.

Illustrator & Animator (print/online articles; role noted in resume) at Kristeligt Dagblad

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Created animation and illustration for two articles published in print and online for Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad.

Animator (social media promotions; role noted in resume) at Unibrow

January 1, 2020 - Present

Created a series of animations for social media promotions for the band Unibrow’s debut album, Protect Grandma.

Animator (ethnobotanical/social impact animation; series noted in resume) at The Knight Foundation

January 1, 2020 - Present

Produced ethnobotanical-history animations connecting America’s caste system back to seeds planted in the Jamestown colony.

Filmed, Directed, Edited & Animated (environmental video series; role noted in resume) at Amargosa Conservancy

January 1, 2015 - Present

Filmed, directed, edited, and animated a series of informational videos for California desert land conservation.

Animator & Editor

January 1, 2014 - Present

Produces animation and video editing work including commissioned animated sequences and co-directed/animated projects such as the award-winning music video 'Oh My.'

Assistant Editor, Animator & Illustrator at Clients including CBS, CNN, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, PBS

January 1, 2014 - Present

Provide animation, illustration, and editorial support for client media projects across major broadcast and streaming organizations.

Freelance Illustrator & Writer

January 1, 2014 - Present

Create commissioned artwork for editorial illustration, event posters, non-profit organization logos, digital marketing, promotional materials, and t-shirt designs. Write and illustrate custom children’s books for individual clients. Manage and market a five-star Etsy shop selling self-published comics, t-shirts, and stickers featuring original artwork. Serve as an editor/animator/illustrator for educational and media clients; produced and animated award-winning music video content and illustrated/animated historical ethnobotanical stories.