ABOUT & CONTACT

hello!
I’m Natalie, and I hope you enjoy my portfolio! I am an artist from Canada with a background in animation as a storyboard artist and character designer, and hoping to further my career in illustration.
In my free time I like to veg amongst my many plants with my two cats; Basil and Nigel. Sometimes I will volunteer with local conservation efforts like weed-pulls and native plant… planting, and museums! I grew up in the rural prairies and was able to embrace my love of nature everyday, and have hands-on learning of the natural world around me. I enjoy gardening and going for hikes in the coastal rainforests, that I now call home. I’m also a big fan of folklore, monsters and cryptids!
If you would like to see my animation portfolio please click here
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I am humble and grateful for the experience of growing up most of my life in the beautiful landscape of Niitsitapi/Treaty 7 Territory, the traditional lands of the Blackfoot people of the Canadian Plains. I’ve since moved to the unceded land of the Stó:lō People, and am excited to learn more of their history and culture.
contact
nat.asplund@gmail.com
resume
Mainframe Studios September 2024-November 2024 | CG Storyboard Revisionist 2024- Contract Full-time | ||
Atomic Cartoons April 2024-May 2024 | Design Development The Cloud Train Temp Contract/Freelance | ||
Kickstart Ent. April 2022–January 2024 | CG Storyboard Artist Barbie Mysteries 2023 Contract Full-time CG Storyboard Revisionist Barbie Mysteries 2022-2023 Contract Full-time CG Storyboard Artist American Girl Doll 2022 Contract Full-time CG Storyboard Artist My First Barbie 2022 Contract Full-time | ||
Atomic Cartoons May 2021-April 2022 | Design Development Unicorn Island Contract temp April 2022 2D BG Painter Young Love Contract Full-time Jan 2022-April 2022 2D Designer/2D BG Painter Night at the Museum 4 Contract Full-time May 2021-Jan 2022 | ||
Amplomedia 2013-2014 | Board Artist & Illustrator various motion graphics projects | ||
Freelance 2006-2020 | Illustration, Boards & Design various projects |
Professional Education:
Multimedia Diploma from Lethbridge College (g. 2010)
Commercial Animation Diploma from Capilano University (g. 2012)
both achieved as honours with distinction.
(References available upon request.)