About Me

I’m a London/UK-based story artist who likes to draw things that make people laugh.

I have 15+ years of experience working in entertainment and media with the past 8+ years dedicated to storyboard roles. I’ve worked on projects for Disney, Netflix, BBC, Nick Jr., HBO Max and more across development and production stages.

I was born in Davao City, Philippines and grew up in Sydney, Australia. I graduated from College of Fine Arts UNSW in 2008 and moved to London, UK in 2014.

Check out my Interview with Toon Boom
Check out my interview by Chris Douch at The Comedy Loser.


Contact Me :

artbyarutea[AT]gmail.com


Curriculum Vitae 2023

EDUCATION

College of Fine Arts, UNSW
Sydney, Australia
(2004-2007)

Bachelor of Digital Media, Honours Class 1.
• Graduating projects exhibited at CoFA Annual 2006 and 2007.
• Honours animated short screened at Federation Square screenings Class of ‘07, Australian Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia.


Storyboard for Feature Film Workshop with Matt Jones (2021)

Women In Animation Mentorship Circle (Fall 2021)
”Growing Your Story Career” with Tamara Lusher.

Storyboard for Feature Animation with Rej Bourdages (2022)


UK WORK PERMIT

Residency for UK with work permit as an EU Family member with pre-settled status.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Blink Industries (June 2023 - Current)
Lead Storyboard Artist (Contract)
Providing storyboards and assisting the Head of Story in storyboard supervising responsibilities for an upcoming 2D/3D animated series (Title TBA).

Aardman (May 2023)
Storyboard Artist (Contract)
Storyboard artist on “There’s a Big Bad Wolf” animated short for Blue Peter based on the winning poem by Devon from Phoebe for 2023 Amazing Author’s Competition

Snafu Pictures (June 2022 - May 2023)
Story Artist (Contract)
Story Artist on Bad Dinosaurs, a CGI kids series for Netflix.

Concerto (Indie Project) (Jan 2023 - current)
Story Artist (Freelance)
Story Artist on Roy Stein’s latest animated short film “Concerto.”

Blink Industries (Jan 2022 - May 2022)
Storyboard Artist (Freelance)
Storyboard artist on Annie Award Nominated mixed-media short film by Ng’endo Mukii, part of Disney’s Kidscreen 2024 Award Winning original anthology series, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire

Daily Madness (Nov 2021 - Jan 2022)
Story Artist (Freelance)
Freelance Story Artist on an unannounced CGI project for Max.

BBC (May 2021 - Dec 2021)
Visual Development Artist (Freelance)
Creating character designs and storyboard beat panels for a pitch in development for BBC. My initial contributions to the project in May 2021 lead to funding being granted to further develop the project so the development team have asked me back to work with them more.

ReDefine / DNEG (April 2021 - October 2021)
Storyboard Artist (contract remote)
Storyboard artist on a CGI animated series, “Walk off the Earth” — an original project in development by ReDefine.

BLINK INDUSTRIES LIMITED / Mystery Q ltd (May 2020 - April 2021)
Story Artist (contract remote)
Providing storyboards for episodes on the 2D animated series, Dead End: Paranormal Park for Netflix. As a Story Artist, my responsibilities include punching up the story/dialogue and providing further writing passes when required.

Blue Zoo Animation Studio (February 2020 - May 2020)
Storyboard artist (contract in-house/remote)
Storyboard artist on Season 2 of the CGI preschool series, The Adventures of Paddington for Studio Canal / Heyday Films, airing on Nick Jr.

SLR Productions (October 2019 - November 2019)
Storyboard artist (freelance)
Freelance storyboard artist for CGI animated action/adventure series Space Nova.

Three’s A Company (August 2019 - September 2019)
Storyboard artist (freelance)
Freelance storyboard artist for 2D traditional animated Australian action/adventure series production, Tales of Aluna.

Kavaleer Productions / Watch Next Media (July 2019 - October 2019)
Storyboard artist / Animatic Artist (freelance)
Freelance storyboard artist on 2D animated comedy series, Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese for Gulli/RTÉ/CBBC/American Greetings. As an animatic artist, I was also responsible for providing rough animatic timing when submitting my storyboards.

Passion Pictures For Disney EMEA and Disney+ (Feb 2018-May 2019)
Storyboard artist
In-house storyboard artist working on Disney’s 101 Dalmatian Street, 2D animated series.

Althea Aseoche (Freelance artist) (2015-CURRENT)
Storyboard artist and illustrator

  • Freelance artist for film and television animation with a focus on storyboards.

  • Storyboard artist series credits include Nate is Late and Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives (animated TV series)

  • Illustrator and comic artist for children's literature for books, magazines and multimedia.

Nexus Productions (May 2015-March 2016)
Senior animated series designer (props, environments and character design) working on
Kazoops!

Flying Bark Productions (2012-2014)
Props designer and colourist for various film & TV projects.

Ambience Entertainment (2008-2011)
Props designer, storyboard artist, illustrator and graphic designer for projects in development and released on film/TV.

Animal Logic (OCT-DEC 2010)
Graphic illustrator

  • Worked on animated TV pilot episode, Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace.

  • Creating graphics in Adobe illustrator for 3D surface art for characters, props and vehicles, adhering to the trademark Lego style guide.


Full work history and references available on LinkedIn.


FILMOGRAPHY

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (TBA 2023) — Storyboard Artist
Short film by Ng’endo Mukii, title TBA

Bad Dinosaurs Season 1 (Release date TBA) — Story Artist
Episodes TBA

Dead End Paranormal Park Season 1 (2022) — Story Artist
4 x shared episode story artist credits

The Adventures of Paddington Season 2 (2021) — Storyboard Artist
3 x full episode storyboard credits

Space Nova (2021) — Storyboard Artist
1 x partial episode storyboard credit

Tales of Aluna (Release date TBA) — Storyboard Artist
1 x episode (draft only) storyboard credit

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese (2020) — Storyboard Artist
3 x full episode storyboard credits

101 Dalmatian Street (2019-2020) — Storyboard Artist
9 x Full episode storyboard credits

Falken Tyres TVC (2018) — Designer and Animatic Sketch Artist

Nate is Late (2018) — Storyboard Artist
8 x Full episode storyboard credits

Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives (2016-2017) — Storyboard Artist
7 x Shared episode storyboard credits

Kazoops! (2016-2017) — Senior Series Designer
K4ce (2017) — Background and Props Designer
Frog Kingdom III & IV (Release date TBA) — Background Painter
Tashi (2015) — Senior Props Designer
Blinky Bill: The Movie (2015) — Props Designer
Heidi (2015) — Props Designer
All Systems Go - for Life Education Australia (2013) — Concept Artist
Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (2011) — Character Designer
William and Sparkles' Magical Tales (2010-2012) — Concept Artist


Erky Perky Season 3 (2009) — Props Designer, Storyboard Artist
1 x Full episode storyboard credit: Paddle Whacker


SOFTWARE

High Proficiency in software packages including:
Storyboard Pro
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Shotgrid
Parsec

Experience using other software including:
Adobe Flash
Adobe Premier
Autodesk Maya
Blender
PanelForge
Teradici


Referees available upon request.