Tangi DION JAMES
Tangi James is a Caribbean-Canadian freelance illustrator and visual development artist for animation based in LA. After graduating with a BFA in Animation at Savannah College of Arts and Design in 2013, she has since worked as a character animator and storybook artist with clients like Disney, Universal Pictures, DC Studios, and Fisher Price.
She has gathered all her experience of storytelling and production from the past decade to debut Princess Peponi and a Spoonful of Moon, and is currently balancing projects with homeschooling her daughter.
Tangi is proudly represented by Carey Blankenship-Kramer. For general inquiries, connect with Tangi below.
EXPERIENCE
Owner Magna Minutiae LLC — Feb 2021 - Current
Produce and manage digital media, including photography, videography, and graphic design.
Storybook Illustrator, Visual Development Artist Wild Canary Studios — May 2022 - Feb 2023
Illustrated books for the test-screening of “Disney Junior Ariel” approximately 30% earlier than expected, which granted a promotion to the Visual Development Department for the remainder of said contract.
Senior Animator Fisher Price Studios — Feb 2020 - May 2022
Completed scripts, storyboards, animatics, and 3D animation for the series Imaginext DC Super Friends and Imaginext Jurassic World, which has generated approximately 177 million youtube views collectively.
Producer You in Danger Gurl Podcast — April 2020 - December 2020
Designed, recorded, edited, and managed You In Danger Gurl Podcast with actor Janelle James, which maintained a 4.9 star rating throughout its airing and placed #13 on the top 100 US Podcast Charts in 2020.
(Career Break, Parental Leave: July 2015 - Dec 2019 )
Design Animator Fisher Price Studios — Jan 2014 - July 2015
Animated, composed and directed various shorts and commercials as needed by Mattel’s Marketing and Engineering department for both internal purposes and product promotions.
EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Media - Savannah GA - Aug 2013
PROGRAMS
Photoshop, Premiere, Flash, Illustrator, After Effects, Procreate, Microsoft Office, Maya, Shotgrid, Slack,
REFERENCES
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