Stephen

Stephenson

stephenson.animates@gmail.com

Hello my name's Stephen, I'm a freelance artist with a wide skillset working in branding, animation, film, and video games industry. Check out my showreel below or the Projects tab for my credited work.

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Animation

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Graduating in Animation & Motion Graphics. I have expertise in art & design principles, and technical processes in both 2D & 3D pipelines. Often using programs such as AE, Maya, and Unity.

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Film

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I have a keen interest in narrative and I have been credited with a wide range of professional roles in film ranging from editing, to DIT, to VFX, to grading. Working with programs such as Premiere, Davinci, AE, Nuke.

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Development

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My passion is in interactive storytelling, and Immersive developments have been a large portion of my industry work with a focus on developing content in Unity.

What I love about this medium is that it emcompasses all my skill sets.

Check out my projects and showreel below:

JADE - FUFN

Music Video

2025 / VFX Artist

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VFX work on the music video for JADE’s single - FUFN

‍Watch now on Youtube

BC&CF

VR Film

2025 / Art Director

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BC&CF is a VR film about the life Alberto Ascari, a racecar driver from the 50s following in his father’s footsteps. Available to watch at the MAUTO Museum, Turin.
My role on the project was Art Director.

‍Find out more at MAUTO's website.

The Rig - S2

TV Series

2024 / CG Artist

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The Rig is a UK Amazon Original drama series following on from season one. Available to watch on Amazon Prime.
My role on the project was CG Artist, working primarily on previs & compositing.
Find out more at Amazon’s website

‍Find out more at Amazon's website.

Doechii - Alter Ego

Music Video

2024 / VFX Artist

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VFX work on the music video for Dowchii’s single Alter Ego

‍Watch now on Youtube

Galapagos

VR Film Series

2023 / Editor

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Galapagos is a documentary VR film series presented by David Attenborough exploring the Galapagos Island. Available to watch on Meta Quest TV.
My primary role on the project was the online edit and colour grade.

‍Find out more at Meta’s website.

Angel Eyes

VR Interactive Film Series

2023 / Animator

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Angel Eyes is an interactive virtual reality comic book series. Available to watch through Meta Quest's App Lab.
My role on the project was primarily in animation and development.

‍Find out more at Meta’s website.

The Rig

Amazon TV Series

2022 / CG Artist

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The Rig is a UK Amazon Original drama series about a crew stranded on an offshore oil rig. Available to watch online and Prime.
My role on the project was as CG Artist, tracking and compositing visual effects.

‍Find out more at Amazon’s website.

Conquest of the Skies

VR Film Series

2022 / Editor

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Conquest of the Skies is a documentary VR film series presented by David Attenborough focusing on the evolution of flight. Available to watch on Meta Quest TV.
My primary role on the project was the online edit and colour grade.

‍Find out more at Meta’s website.

Looking at the Moon

Animated Short Film

2022 / Art Director

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Looking at the Moon is a short animated 3D film created with XR tools. It follows the story of Galileo and his friend the porcupine developing the first telescope.
As an Art Director, I focused on developing the characters, props, animation and visual effects.

‍Find out more on Youtube.

Child of Empire

VR Interactive Film

2021 / Art Director

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Child of Empire is an interactive VR docu-fiction film created as part of Project Dastaan. It follows the story of India’s partition in 1947. Available to watch through Meta Quest's App Lab.
I had multiple roles in this feature, my primary focus being Art Director and Lead Developer. This included asset generation and building the project in Unity.

‍Find out more at Project Dastaan’s website.

New Realities

VR Film Series

2020 / VFX Artist

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New Realities is a series of immersive films about 10 young women with a power to drive change in their environments. Available to watch online.
My role on the project varied from visual effects, compositing, and colour grade.

‍Find out more at Lenovo’s website.

Nobody's Listening

VR Interactive Film

2019 / VFX Artist

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Nobody’s Listening is a VR documentary film commemorating the genocide of the Yazidi religious group by ISIS, 2014.
My role in the project varied from developing the 3D photogrammetry environments, compositing immersive footage, graphic design, and film grade.

‍Find out more at the Nobody’s Listening website.

Heathrow: Cupsy

AR Instalation

2019 / Creative Lead

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Cupsy is an AR instalation project about correctly recycling coffee cups. The project was created as a development grant by Story Futures with the installation taking place at Heathrow airport.
My role in the project varied from concept creation, to the development and animation of Cupsy (the coffee cup character) in Unity.

‍Find out more at Story Future’s website.

The Female Planet

VR Film Series

2017 / VFX Artist

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The Female Planet is a VR film series following the stories of 5 female role models who are breaking barriers in their industries. The films are available to watch online or via Daydream.
My role on the project varied from visual effects, graphic design, and colour grading.

‍Find out more at Google’s website.