Chicken
medium: charcoal pencil and colored pencil
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- Heidi Smith
- I was the Character Designer for ParaNorman, and I won the 2012 Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production for my designs. In 2017, I illustrated my very first picture book, Lovely Beasts: The Surprising Truth, which won the Bull-Bransom Award in 2019 for excellence in the field of children's book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife. I have also worked as a character designer for Henry Selick at Cinderbiter, The Jim Henson Company, DreamWorks Animation, Warner Brothers Animation, Sony Pictures Animation, and Netflix. I have contributed character design and visual development work to films like Wish Dragon and The Wild Robot. I graduated from the California Institute of the Arts from the character animation program in 2008. All original artwork copyright Heidi Smith 2026. No content on this blog may be used or reproduced without express written permission from Heidi Smith.