Abel Lima

Art and animation has always been a big part of my life. Comic book characters took over and animated movies amazed me. Growing up I spent hours upon hours in my room or during classes drawing and doodling whatever it was that came to mind. While my interests would wonder from time to time and I sought out other interests, I would always end up going back to what inspired me most.

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After getting my first degree in Communications with a focus in Mass Media from Rhode Island College, I started working for a small production company in San Francisco. After working there for a year and drawing all of the storyboards for an independent film we were working on, I realized that my true passion wasn't in live production and decided to reapply to art college. I was accepted into the Art Institute of California in Los Angeles and began the pursuit of my second degree in Media Arts and Animation.

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While working on my program I stumbled across some freelance work, doing some illustrations, character designs and a few animation projects for some independent films, websites and even Absolut Vodka. Upon graduation I returned to the east coast to be closer to family. Here I landed a job at a startup animation studio in Cambridge called Nimblebot. Being that it's a very small studio one has to wear many hats. Here I've worked on illustrations, scriptwriting, storyboarding, asset creation, character design and animation.