Lara Schneidawind
Animation
Reel 2025 — Breakdown
Lara Schneidawind Demo Reel 2025
| Project | Timecode | Software | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Pathway" 2025 | 0:00 - 00:36 | TVPaint, Photoshop, After Effects | In progress senior thesis film, solo project. Background elements painted with gouache on watercolor paper. Compositing (including lighting and zoom) done in After Effects. 2D Animation done in TVPaint. |
| "Seagull and the Crow" 2025 | 00:36 - 00:40 | TVPaint | Collaborative film with seven students completed in four months, shared with permission. Acted as director and lead animator. Animated and colored each shot shown, including background animation. Background paintings and character designs created by Sophie Sala. |
| "Binary Pulsar Systems" 2024 | 00:26 - 00:54 | Photoshop with Anim Dessin plugin, After Effects, OpenToonz | Collaborative project with three students and Jeremy Hare, a NASA scientist – based on his research. Voice acting by Nina Reich and Firth Foote. Character designs by Zoe Lai. Coloring help from Zoe Lai and Danny Kloren Garcia. All animation and compositing by me. |
| "No One Ever Was" 2025 | 00:54 - 00:58 | TVPaint | Kickstarter animation directed by JP Jackson. Characters belong to Nintendo. FX animation by me. |
| "Pathway" 2025 | 00:58 - 1:03 | TVPaint, After Effects | Ending shot from the film. |
Bear Animation
Animated on paper, vectorized in Toonboom Harmony.
Horse Animation
Animated traditionally on paper. Big fan of these four legged folks!
Stream Animation
Painted in Procreate, separated into layers and animated looped motion in After Effects.
illustration
pathway | character design | paintings
pathway
Work from my ongoing senior thesis film.
Turnaround for the main character, the deer.
Poster for my thesis.
character design
Click for more of each project, or process.
paintings
A collection of paintings and other artwork from various projects or my spare time. Click to enlarge.
Illustrations for a video game concept where an encroaching plague is depleting the supply of oxygen, and thus magic and gravity, from the land.
Three stages of the final boss fight
Turnaround for the protagonist
Arena where the final boss fight would take place, outside the king's dilapidated castle.
Lineup and clothing details for a jackalope traveler who meets an unexpected companion in a live root vegetable.
Traveler and companion with their snow gear
Equipment detail for the jackalope
Equipment detail for the live root, fashioned for him by the jackalope
A team of alpinists. I am very interested in the psychology behind what makes people climb the tallest mountains in the world.
A re-imagining of Tootsie Pop's longtime mascot, Mr. Owl, with 3D animation in mind.
design process
Process of re-designing a longstanding mascot, starting with initial analysis and ideas, rough sketches and silhouettes.
Concept for headmasters of opposing magic schools, based on art and science.
Rough sketches for the concepts of the headmasters. Initial ideas based on magic versions of the real-life schools MICA and MIT.
about
Lara Schneidawind
is an animator and illustrator from Arlington, Virginia. She specializes in 2D animation and naturalistic subjects.Lara recently graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art studying animation and illustration. She has directed multiple animated short films including Seagull and the Crow and Binary Pulsar Systems, both of which were featured in the MICA Animation Festival and Stick in the Dirt Animation Festival.Lara loves anything green, deer, horses, and animating realistic motion. While not drawing or painting, she enjoys playing her harp, cosplay, and gaming. While currently based in Arlington, she is open to opportunities anywhere!
contact
Email: [email protected]