EMILY CURRAN

Animator for The Land of Boggs

Emily Curran (she/her) has been an Animator on The Land of Boggs since 2021. She became interested in artmaking because her older sister was into painting, and Emily’s love of drawing and creating has continued. She was also inspired by cartoons on TV and knew animation would be a great fit. Emily is influenced by artists like Jim Henson and Q Hayashida, but her biggest motivation is her friends. They’re always making cool stuff - and it makes her want to make cool stuff! She hopes her work makes people laugh, and that in five years, she’s still making funny cartoons. At the Animation Lab, Emily takes rough storyboards and animatics and does the final animation. She enjoys listening to the dialogue and adding extra bits of animation and acting, picturing how a character would move while saying it. When Emily started at the Lab, she didn’t expect to be involved in the writing process, but brainstorming with the team is one of her favorite things about the job!

Emily’s shortcut of choice is symbols which makes animating in Adobe Animate a breeze. Her advice for aspiring animators is, “You don't need any fancy equipment to get started with making cartoons! I used to draw comics in a tiny spiral notebook in pencil growing up! Animation can also be done on paper! If you have an idea, don't be intimidated by a lack of equipment or experience with any kind of software!! Just make it with any resources already available to you!”

A New Yorker, Emily grew up on Long Island and now lives in Brooklyn. Her favorite thing about New York City (besides public transportation) is how many interesting things you come across just walking around. Once, she found a tiny parking lot with 15 whole loaves of bread just sitting there on the ground. Only in New York, baby! Emily’s been on a huge RPG kick (making her way through the Persona series), makes music with her friends, and loves to read manga. Neon Genesis Evangelion is her favorite piece of media ever. 

Find Emily on Instagram @fishy_frog and on YouTube @EmilyCurran2700