MY STORY
Tristan has been consistently honing his artistic skills since childhood. He is currently working as a Freelance 'Traditional Hand Drawn/Cel Animator and Character Designer' living and working in New York City and Sydney. He can work in a vast array of different 'artistic and animation styles', as well as having a broad experience and understanding of different approaches to meet particular client needs.
Tristan has 24 years experience in the Animation, Character Design and Illustration industries. His career started in 2000, with 7 years working and being mentored up to the role of ‘Animator’ on many classic Walt Disney Feature Films, through the Walt Disney Toon Animation Studio.
In 2008 he then moved to New York and has continued his career as an Animator, Animation Director and Character Designer at such acclaimed studios as Buck, The Mill, MPC, Oddfellows and Nathan Love, while working on numerous high profile Advertising Campaigns for clients such as Apple, Facebook, Google and Nike. He also has worked on TV Shows and Music Videos for Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Rihana, Stevie Wonder, Ariana Grande and Ozzy Osborne.
PROJECTS/CLIENTS
New York City/Sydney based Animator - "drawing designs that can only come from me".
Apple - ‘Headspace' Oddfellows Studio Portland
McDonald’s - 'Dollar Menu’ Buck Studio Nyc
NBA - ‘Always’ Nathan Love Studio
Facebook - 'CyberSecurity ExpertTeams' Hornet Studio Nyc
Space Jam II - ‘Winning Pitch Animation‘ Nathan Love Studio Nyc
Google - ‘March Madness' Hello Scholar Studio Nyc/LA
Eminem ft. Snoop Dogg - ‘From The D 2 the L.B.C’ Nathan Love Studio Nyc. (MTV Hip Hop Video of the Year Nominee)
Nike - 'HyperVenom Lewendowski’ Buck Studio Nyc
Nike Lebron James - ‘Nike LeBron 11’ Charlx Studio Nyc
Starbucks - ‘Give Good’ Buck Studio Nyc
Pepsi/Starry - ’Struck‘ The Mill Nyc
Target - ‘Red Sea’ Not To Scale
Sesame Street CTW - Character Designer for 'The Monster At The End Of This Book'
Nintendo - ‘Sustain Playful Learning' Little Red Robot Studio Nyc
Ozzy Ozborne - ‘HellRaiser’ My Beautiful Jerk Studio Nyc
Goodyear - ‘Breakout’ MPC Studio Nyc
Goodbooks - ‘Metamorphasis Wild Hunter S’ Buck Studio Nyc/LA
Elizabeth Arden - ‘Be Seen’ Stardust Studio Nyc
Fila - 'Grant Hill First Step of Fame’ Scholar Studio Nyc/LA
Fruit Rollups - ‘Claw Machine’ Buck Studio Nyc
Delta Airlines - ‘Insta Trips Contest’ Nice Soft T-Shirt Studio Nyc
Perdue - ‘Vegiterian Diet, Never Imported, Verified’ Nathan Love Studio Nyc
Stella Artois - 'Ski In, Ski Out’ Stacey Studio Nyc
Cablevision - ‘Smooth Code’ Stardust Studio Nyc
STARkist Tuna - ‘Hello Charlie’ Stardust Studio Nyc
Airborne - ‘Playdate, Office, Hockey’ Ataboy Studio Nyc
Ketle One Vodka - ‘Lemon Slice' Chimney Group Studio Nyc
SNY Sports New York - ‘Famous’ Buck Studio Nyc
Lowes - ‘Never Stop Improving’ Catch Studio Nyc
Movantik - ‘Baggage’ Nathan Love Studio Nyc
Primera - ‘Chance Encounter’ Monkey Head Studio LA
Sugar Panda - ‘Hooked’ Transistor Studio Nyc
Why Water - ‘Water Crisis’ Buck Studio Nyc
Bet America - ‘Amazing’ Ataboy Studio Nyc
Carl Jr - ’Character Designer‘ MPC Studio Nyc
Fairly Laundry Detergent - ‘Tough Baby’ Hornet Studio Nyc
Marco Polo - ‘Character Designer’ Marco Polo
Cabrionni Biscotti - ‘A Good Story' Hornet Studio Nyc (Annie Award -Top 5 Best Animated Commercials of the Year Nominee)
Crackle TV - ‘Transend' Humble Tv Studio Nyc
Word Press - ‘Pachamama Coffee’ Humble TV Studio Nyc
Destination D.C - ‘Cherry Blossoms’ Ellen Su Nyc
J.C Penny - ‘Back To School’ Stardust Studio Nyc
Merck - ’Sleepless’ Nathan Love Studio Nyc
Double Duffle - 'In The Bag’ Flip Studio Nyc
Northwell - ‘Northwell Health’ EightVFX Studio LA
Banner Bank - ‘Cloud Bank’ Nathan Love Studio Nyc
Vagasil - ‘Itch, Sweat' Buck Studio Nyc
EDU - ‘Shaolin’ Flip Studio Nyc
Stevie Wonder ft. Ariana Grande - ‘Faith' (for Movie ’Sing’) MPC Studio Nyc/LA
Subway - 'Mr Men & Little Miss' Charlx Studio Nyc
Rihana - 'Savage Fenty Vol 4' Oddfellows Studio Portland
Beats by Dre/Apple - 'Extraordinary Hero’ Hello Scholar Studio Nyc/LA
Geico Insurance - 'Nature Nate, Reble Renee & Zen Zak’ MPC Studio Nyc
Redbull - ‘The Junction Bad Not Good' Buck Studio Nyc
Nickelodeon - ‘Nicktooons Thunder’ Frame Shop Studio Nyc
Gatorade - ‘Maintain Your Hustle' Hello Scholar Studio LA
Spiked Seltzer - ‘Follow Your Siren’ Buck Studio Nyc
Optium - 'International Calling’ Ataboy Studio Nyc
Visa - ‘Money Is Changing’ Sibling Rivalry Nyc
Perrier - ‘Beach House’ VML Studio Nyc
Herbal Essences - ‘Hello Aloe‘ Brand New School Studio Nyc
Toyota - ‘Surprise’ VML Studio Nyc
Acura - ‘Type-S GFX - 4 Burnin' Method Studio Nyc
Bleacher Report - ‘Sports Alphabet’ Hello Scholar Studio Nyc/LA
The Lion King 1½
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
The Jungle Book 2
Return to Never Land
Bambi II
Brother Bear 2
Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins
Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Tarzan & Jane
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
