I discovered this artists illustrations online on the website DeviantART and followed her progress as an artist for years. A few years back she removed herself from the online artist community, because of some sort of problem in her life as an animation student; but I googled her and sure enough, it seems as though this past idol of mine is reborn!
Here's her showreel of animation related work from 2013:
When I was studying as a fine artist I began developing my skills as a character designer and Shamines illustrations and animation work was a wake up call for me. Despite being inspired at that time by animations by Disney, Studio Ghibli and Freelance French studios her work was the only work that inspired me from an 'animators' point of view. She was studying animation, creating her own worlds and doing what she loved and I wanted to be just like her. I'd never considered studying animation as something I could go into past studying in college; I just assumed I'd go into another area of fine art. But this artist inspired me, not only with her illustrations but her stories, her comics, her ideas and what she was doing with her talents. Shamine is currently engaging with the animation industry and looks like she may be applying for some sort of character design or concept job rather than an animator, on top of that she's also maintaining a steady freelance commissioned illustration job which she advertises on her social media platforms. I'm so happy she's back and uploading art again!
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