Andrea Garza — Visual Artist, Lighter and Compositor
My name is Andrea Garza and I’m an artist living and working on the traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations (Vancouver, BC). I specialize in 2D Harmony compositing and currently work as a compositor at Wildbrain Studios. I also love working with backgrounds and environments, improving my skills in 3D lighting and compositing, and doing personal illustration work. I love making art that tells stories that are both important and fun, and love working with people who want to do the same.
Click here to watch my award winning student short film!
About Me
I currently work as a 2D compositing artist at Wildbrain Studios. I previously worked at Bardel Entertainment as a 2D Compositor on Rick and Morty and other properties.
I am an artist and storyteller, and while I haven’t always wanted to do art and animation professionally, I have always wanted to tell stories. I grew up wanting to be a writer and spending my free time writing short stories, but as I got older I became more drawn to a multimedia, visual approach to storytelling which animation does so well.
I was born in Mexico, but grew up in South Florida, and attended boarding school in India for three years in high school. Then in 2014, I moved to Vancouver to attend the University of British Columbia. I got my Bachelor’s degree in English Literature, and graduated in 2018.
After that, I began pursuing art more seriously, and began attending Vancouver Film School in the Classical Animation program in August 2019. I completed the program at the end of August 2020.
My goal is to bring the skills I have as a writer and storyteller into my career in the animation industry, and I’m always excited about being able to tell fun, important, and engaging stories for a living.