My name is Ade ‘Adzie’ Mayr. I’ve been a motion graphics designer for over 3 years, with an extensive background as a 2D animator and digital artist.
I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember — starting out with little ‘doodles’ and comics I shared with friends and family. This eventually led me to creating animations in whatever program I could find at the time like Studio Flipnote on my Nintendo DSi and later MS Paint & Windows Movie Maker. I eventually discovered Adobe Animate (Flash) and shared animations on YouTube and Tumblr. While most of these creations have been lost to time, I still really enjoyed this part of my creative journey.
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This creative output I harnessed in my spare time slowly pushed me to pursue art & animation academically, starting with Fine Art & Media Studies at A Level. After developing my style & skills, I made my way to Norwich University of the Arts. I achieved a First-Class degree in Animation & a Vice-Chancellor Commendation for my team’s collective, harmonious effort towards our collaborative film ‘Highway Hotel’.
On the road to graduating, I created my brand ‘imakedoodleslol’, and pursued creating digital art & animations for a growing audience in various online fandoms. I also opened up art commissions which ranged from profile pictures, social media banners & personalised gifts. I drew over 60 commissions for folks worldwide. This whole experience has been really impactful to me as a queer artist, often making art for other queer individuals & communities!
While settling into a part time job at Sainsbury’s, I continued to build my portfolio. With this came animation opportunities like promoting a children’s book, creating a music video and even working closely with one of my favourite YouTubers. In 2021, I quickly familiarised myself with Adobe After Effects & Illustrator in order to become a Motion Graphics Animator & Designer at an independent creative agency called Five by Five. I utilised my past experience in Animate, Photoshop & Premier Pro into finessing the skills required to master motion graphics. During this job, I created many adverts for both TV and social media, and in my second year became the lead animator on content for our clients at B&Q. I handled all aspects of pre-to-post-production so I’m highly familiar with creating concepts, storyboarding, editing footage, animating text & vector assets, exporting, and quality assessing projects. I also have experience localising videos for clients like Epic Games and CooperVision. Overall, I’m very proud to say my creative output was highly praised during my time there.
Since July 2024, I’ve been building myself up as a freelancer again, now with a broader skill set in video editing, animation and working with creative agencies.
I’m excited to see where this journey will take me next. I am open to all work, freelance or contracted - please reach out to imakedoodleslol@gmail.com