Rich Draper

Rich Draper – Designer

An animation artist for over 30 years who is now illustrating unique and colorful characters for children's books and more.

Overview

With decades of experience storyboarding and designing characters for animation I can quickly help bring stories to life with my unique character and design skills and create colorful worlds and illustrations that spark imagination and joy for young readers.

I really enjoy working with authors to help bring their manuscript to life. I always start with rough character and design sketches and then move on to storyboards and rough layout. My storyboarding experience guarantees strong visual storytelling and structure, laying the foundation for the whimsical and engaging final artwork.

I can adjust the style of illustrations to fit the author's needs and never use AI.

I have already illustrated several children's books and can't wait to share them when they are published.

Services
Non-Fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction
Fiction
Humor & Comedy Picture Books
Languages
English

Work experience

Self-employed

Nov, 2001 — Present
Freelance illustrator and animation artist. Jobs include creating storyboards and animation for various clients including Cartoon Network , UPS, Nickelodeon, ABC and Youtube. Have recently expanded my character and environmental design skills to illustrate children's books.

Lumistella

Jan, 2016 — May, 2019 (over 3 years)
Story artist on three Elf on the Shelf Christmas specials. Created storyboards and animatics based on the scripts provided.

Portfolio

Thinking About Psychology (High School)

Blair-Broeker, Charles

Worth Publishers

Illustration

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