About Me.

Mix Media Animator and Art Director

I'm Adriana Copete, an experienced Lead animator and Art Director with an MFA in Experimental Animation and Integrated Media from the California Institute of the Arts. My passion lies in intertwining digital media with traditional hand-drawn techniques, stop motion, and live performances to create visually evoking artwork.

My creative process is driven by memory, oral narratives, and animated documentaries. I have worked with interdisciplinary teams on collaborative narrative films and documentaries, bringing my expertise in animation to various collective international projects.

I have also expanded my artistic reach beyond the screen, designing art direction for philharmonic tour performances, creating live dome video dance performances at the Vortex Dome in Los Angeles, and developing video installations for the Independence Museum of Colombia. I have had the opportunity to work on all sorts of projects including a 360 VR animation for the 200th anniversary of Javeriana University and an experimental Virtual reality project for the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

My areas of expertise are

MIX MEDIA ANIMATION

Combine 2d animation, stop motion and direct techniques with emerging technologies.

Art Direction

Concept design from style frames to color scripts, character and background design.

ART EDUCATION

Online and in person classes for life drawing, digital animation and concept design.

Portfolio

A window into my professional experience

Art Statement.

Mix Media Animator and Art Director

My creative process is driven by memory and vulnerability, while also being guided by a powerful desire for endurance- both of the individuals depicted in my films and of the creative process itself. I am constantly searching for new ways to transform the production process into an integral part of the final piece by leaving traces of the process. I am also deeply invested in the use of emerging technologies with traditional drawing techniques and in pushing the limits of the unidirectional relationship between the film and the viewer. with a focus on creating multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary narratives

TEACHING

At the core of my artistic practice lies a deep passion for education as an intersection between the piece and process. Teaching for me is a two-way system. Students learn and get inspired by me and simultaneously I learn from them. Their inquisitiveness constantly keeps me in search of new techniques, technologies or interdisciplinary narratives. I bring to the classroom a questioning mind with a cross disciplinary approach, making an emphasis on the process and the multiple paths taken to experience a film. I manage time and film to its granular level; the frame, the sound, the composition, the line, the color. Using technology to reconstruct the elements to multiple venues. Besides teaching stop motion and 2d animation, I have taught storyboarding, editing, compositing, concept design, and drawing. As an arts integration consultant and animation/drawing educator, I have designed curriculums for high school and creative youth development centers, as well as conducted workshops at universities. I am dedicated to sharing my passion for animation and art with others, and helping students explore their creative potential.

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