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About Me:
Akira O’Halloran
21 Years Old
They/Them
Australian
Currently creating an animated pilot for my upcoming series Corrosive Death
Hey there! I’m Akira O’Halloran and I’m an artist, animator, writer, singer, and performer in musical theatre. I’ve been doing several creative things since a very young age. I have a vast knowledge of varies drawing, animation, and editing programs. If I were to try to describe my personality, I'd say I'm typically quiet in front of strangers, but I can be fun when I open up to people. I'm very resilient and dedicated to my craft.
I love animals (both real and mythical), collecting things, creative things and the environment. My ethnicity is Australian, Aboriginal, Irish, Torres Strait Islander, Filipino, British, Chinese, Malaysian, and Spanish. I’m nonbinary and queer. My current goal is to create a pilot, for my mature animated series to be, Corrosive Death.
Art is important to me because it is a way to let out my emotions, worlds in my mind, and ideas. All forms of art, whether that be animation, art, music, dancing, acting, or whatever have you, are all forms of communication that I feel are very important to the human experience.
Education
2022 - 2024 (Incomplete)
Bachelor of Animation
Griffith University
At Griffith University I learnt perspective, background art, still life art, Toon Boom Harmony, how to read the moving image, and some character design. I unenrolled the University due to health issues amongst other more personal reasons.
2021-2021
Diploma of Screen and Interactive Media
TAFE
At TAFE I learnt the basics of 3D modelling and script coding. And I furthered my knowledge in animation, and After Effects. Nearing the end of TAFE, I went through traumatic events that would stop others from doing the last of the few assessments left, however I was determined.
I managed to complete the course and succeed, which I'm proud of myself for. A highlight of my course was working on a class project where I got to be the 2D animator of a background video for DJ Brooklyn. Everyone communicated very well I had so much fun bouncing ideas off the class.
2019-2020
Cert III Visual Arts
Eagleby Learning Centre
In this course I was able to learn about colour theory, still painting, different mediums, and other fun basics needed for the foundation of being a good illustrator. My favourite part of the course was surprisingly painting on a skateboard. The teacher gave the class the task of painting what we think our souls would look like.
At the time I didn't like to paint, but when I painted the skateboard, I felt calm. I drew a feminine person with pink hair, small deer horns and deer ears surrounded by nature, butterflies, and a mouse. I drew this because I felt that I was a soft soul (hence the deer features on the feminine person) that loves nature and animals.
