Anthea was born in New Jersey, and grew up near the new York area. She went to Montclair State University and graduated with a BA in Fine Arts in 2001. During her undergraduate years, she spent a year abroad at the University of Reading, England, where she met many great friends and backpacked all around Europe.

After returning to the US, she attended New York University and received a Masters of Science in Digital Arts. At this time, she decided to become an animator and joined the very first class of Animation Mentor. Shortly after joining AM, she moved to Los Angeles, and only seven months later, she landed her first animation job at Walt Disney Feature Animation...

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Every animator has their own process; I am still experimenting and trying to learn all I can from others. In my case, preparing to work on an assigned scene begins on my first day. If the movie has already been in production for a while before my arrival, then it's important to see the whole movie in its current state to understand the story and the character's arcs and motivations.

It's also important to see the scenes that have already been animated of each character and talk to the lead or supervisors about the style of animation and persona- lity of each character. Even within one movie, many characters may have a different style of acting, and the director may want different results. For instance, in Planet 51, Skiff is more cartoony while Lem is far more realistic....

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