Leo Antolini

Animator, caracter designer and illustrator

About

Hi! My name is Leo I'm an animation director, character designer and illustrator. I've been drawing fun and silly stuff since I was a kid. I've always loved cartoons and dreamt of making my own, with my own characters. Some years ago I started teaching kids how to do it themselves: whether it's designing their own weird characters, creating hilarious stories, or making school projects fun using animation, I'm always inspired by my students' work. I grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, then moved to San Francisco, California, where I graduated with a BFA in Animation – Visual Development/Character Design from the Academy of Art University.

recent artwork

See some of his work and workshops here.

CV

For over 18 years I’ve been a designer, storyboard artist, and director. I’ve worked in children’s book illustration for Hachette UK, Little Tiger Press and Oxford University Press, designed characters for animated series at RTVE and Paka Paka, directed animated shorts for The Good Country and Latin Grammy-winner Mister G and art directed games for Skidos.

Leo@crafterscollective.dk

2023 – Character design lab at TUMO Berlin (Germany)
2023 – Character design lab at TUMO Berlin (Germany) 2023 – Character design lab at TUMO Lyon (France)
2022 – Drawing activity for kids at Europa-Huset, as part of Kulturanatten (Denmark)
2022 – Character design workshop for Ukrainian kids at Association Af Ukrainere I Danmark (Denmark)
2021 – Character design lab at TUMO Paris (France)
2019 – Storytelling workshop for teachers at the National Library of Latvia (Latvia)
2019 – Storytelling workshop for teachers at the Animated Learning Lab (Denmark)
2019 – Animation production lab for kids at the MICE film festival (Spain)
2018 – Character design lab at TUMO Yerevan (Armenia)
2018 – Character design workshops for kids in 4 primary schools at the MICE film festival (Spain)
2012-2014 – Weekly animation production class at Olivos del Sol primary school (Argentina)