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| 2D Animation Team at Escape Studios |
Who Teaches 2D Animation at Escape Studios? Meet our talented 2D Animation team, the folks who are delivering our 2D Animation BA at Escape Studios as well as our Evening class in 2D Animation in Toonboom Harmony.In recent years 2D Animation has experienced a significant revival both in the UK and overseas, as Studios such as Blue Zoo, Aardman Animation, and Brown Bag Films adopt new software such as ToonBoom Harmony.
2D Animation at Escape Studios
Shane Woodson
Toonboom Harmony
Shane Woodson Website & Demo Reel
Rebecca Perrone
Rebecca Perrone is an experienced 2D animator who joined us in 2024 to teach our “Level Six” 2D animation students in their third and final year of undergraduate studies at Escape Studios.
Steven Lall
Iliana Franklin
Iliana Franklin is a veteran storyboard artist and animator. Iliana Franklin runs her own production company Mediaframe, a UK based creative consultancy, specializing in content development and production for illustrative, interactive and screen based media.
Iliana Franklin‘s feature film credits include The Tale of Desperaux, A Monkey’s Tale (1999) and The Princess and the Pea (2002). She has also worked on many TV shows including Mecky and friends (1994), Hungarian Folk Tales (1992-1996), Spirou (1993–1995), and Carland Cross (1996).
Iliana Franklin teaches our Evening Class in 2D Animation in Toonboom Harmony. Iliana Franklin has worked in the animation industry for over 30 years, and is a Toonboom Harmony Ambassador.
Alex’s 2D film credits include Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Thief and The Cobbler, The Ling King, Pocahontas, The Iron Giant, Looney Tunes – Back in Action, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit – Stallion of the Cimarron, and Sinbad.
Alex has worked on projects at many major animation studios including Disney, DreamWorks, Fox, Sony and Warner Bros.
Kevin Richards
Kevin Richards is a traditional 2D animator who took our 12 week short course in animation at Escape Studios, and successfully made the transition to 3D animation in Maya.
Kevin recently worked as a Lead Animator on the Aardman Animation TV Series “Pop Paper City“, produced by LoveLove Films.
2D Animation Revival
Escape Studios is an ATC (Authorised Training Centre) for Toonboom Harmony, one of the leading software packages for the creation of 2D animation.
For students who want to get started with Harmony, we’ve uploaded a series of animation tutorials in Toonboom Harmony for our Vimeo Tutorial Channel, recorded by veteran animator and Escape Studios’ tutor Steven Lall.
Online Tutorial Channel
The Escape Studios Tutorial Channel is our main hub for our animation and VFX video tutorials, supporting our in-class tuition. Our tutorials cover Animation, VFX, Compositing, Rigging, Motion Graphics, Storyboarding & Character Design, Unreal Engine and Cinematography.
The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects.
