Tom’s Story

Born and raised in Sydney. I completed a bachelors in Games Design and Interactive Entertainment at SAE back in 2014. After receiving good feedback for our final project, I co-founded a small independent studio called Sleepyhead Studios with some friends and we released Barking Iron’s on Android/iOS in 2015, of which we presented at PAX and drummed up some backing for ourselves. I worked as a 2D artist/animator amongst many odd jobs required throughout development of many prototypes. I felt an itch in a different direction after a few years and decided to focus more in my love of drawing.

I took all my best pieces and threw them at the Animal Logic Academy staff and they gave me a shot at their Master’s program. After working in the studio for a year (primarily in the Art Department) on our fantastic 2 short animations I am proud of what our cohort achieved and can say I upskilled quickly.

My main interests lie in storyboarding - illustration comes first in everything I do. Whether its live film, tv or animation, if there is a great story I would love to board it.

When it comes to life outside of the creative workspace. I’m a gamer and I love sport, particularly climbing and tennis. I also love music deeply - I wouldn’t have made it anywhere without the musicians I took with me and I regularly try to catch live gigs when I can.