ABOUT

Hello! I’m Leigh. I’m an experienced and versatile 2D artist and animator. 

After studying Fine Arts I began my career as a commercial illustrator in the publishing industry - the majority of my projects being educational resources for schools and children’s books. 

In 2017 while working as an in-house illustrator at Firefly Education, Under the guidance of their in-house motion designers, I became the dedicated character animator when expressive, nuanced animation was needed. Following that role I contributed to various freelance projects as character designer and animator with friend and collaborator Liam Carlin, head of Carlin agency.

In 2023 I joined the digital products team at DEPT agency for the production of the CoComelon - Learn Your ABCs and 123s mobile application. While there I gained invaluable experience designing, rigging and animating assets in Unity and working collaboratively with other artists, animators, developers and producers.

In 2025 I joined the team at Kit (the pocket money app, built by CommBank) as Motion and Visual Designer. At Kit I’m part of a small but talented team delivering interactive educational content. My role is to design, rig and animate assets in Rive for the application and to deliver animated videos for the marketing department.

I bring a deep knowledge of the history of animation and a genuine interest in contemporary animation to my work - I can maintain the visual style of existing IPs as well as create original IP for projects that require it. My greatest strength as an artist is the ability to quietly observe the world and to apply that authentic, meaningful detail and warmth to my work.

If you are interested in my work for your next project, I’d love to hear from you.