Who we are

Anders Sundstedt

M.Sc. | Founder | Owner | Video Director | Illustrator | Animator | Designer

Work with Anders and…

• Work with a Swedish award-winning animator and illustrator with 92+ animated video film festival nominations, official selections & awards.
• None of your animated video production is outsourced. Everything is created from scratch, in-house in Scotland, UK.
• Work directly with the 2D animated video producer, not an agency.
• You won’t miss deadlines (perhaps you’ve had this problem in the past?)
• Work with an independent 2D animator that creates all assets, character designs, background art and animated content by himself.
• Work with a 2D animated video creator with a love of animation, illustration and a pride in the final animated video.
• Work with a friendly and disciplined 2D animator that takes pride in hard work but also having fun creating your project!
• Work with a director, designer, illustrator & animator who is up-to-date with the latest in 2D animation software and techniques.
• Pay a fixed video project price with no hidden costs or fees.
• Take a look at the awesome testimonials from existing clients.

Anders has received 92+ animated film festival ‘best music video’ awards, nominations and official selections in the past 3 years:

“It is without a doubt that I can say Anders is a unique animator because his goal is not to finish a project and move on, it’s to make something he enjoys to make and has pride in and the final product shows us his love of animation.”
Jeff Rolfzen
The Lark and the Loon

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Media Technology & Engineering (Visualization Profile) 4.5 years
• 10 years independent experience creating 2D animated videos and whiteboard videos
• Personally made 40+ animated video projects from scratch (explainer videos, marketing videos, corporate videos, animated music videos, lyric videos and whiteboard videos)
• Worked directly with many international clients creating 100% custom made animated videos
• Personally created 7 animated music videos for artist & bands worldwide
• 50+ music video film festival official selection, nomination or award (2017-2019)

ROLE

Anders Sundstedt, founder & owner of Sundstedt Animation, creating bespoke innovative content such as animated explainer videos, animated music videos, animated marketing videos, animated training videos, animated educational Videos, animated healthcare videos, animated demo videos, non-commercial videos, animated commercials, animated short films and animated whiteboard videos for a range of different sectors, clients, artists and agencies. Here are a few examples of animated videos that Anders has created, by himself:

ABOUT ANDERS

Has excellent creative skills in creating bespoke, custom made and unique handcrafted animation sequences. Has an eye for design and an exceptional attention to detail. Creates high-quality content for a variety of industries. Animated video work includes both startups, corporate, commercial projects and artists. Is experienced in working directly with clients early briefs and providing clients with regular animation project progress updates and previews.

“As an animator, Anders is highly proficient in Adobe After Effects. As an artist & illustrator, he creates original layered Photoshop artwork. He directs all videos, animating the layered artwork, together with voice/music files to create 2D animated explainer videos, animated marketing videos, animated music videos and animated whiteboard videos.”

Work you can hire Anders for includes

• Animation Direction
• 2D Animation
• Character Animation
• Animated Music Video Creator
• Animated Lyric Video Creator
• Design
• Illustration
• Explainer Videos
• Motion Design
• Whiteboard Animation
• VideoScribe Animation
• Video Skin Retouching
• Healthcare animation
• 2.5D Parallax Animation
• Title Sequence Design

ANDERS KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with the client to come up with bespoke visual style and creative concept
• Development of ideas, designs, artwork, illustrations, final designs and 2D animations
• Ability to take video briefs and turning them into unique animated video
• Creativity is key and implementing animations of high calibre
• Accomplish work to deadlines & animation project requirements
• Working on 2D animation projects from concept to completion
• Good teamwork, people and organizational skills
• Working from illustration to 2D animation
• Animating 2D graphics and vector artwork
• Good problem solving skills

IMPORTANT SKILLS

• Knowledge of 2D animation principles
• 2D/2.5D artist, animator & illustrator
• Drawing and sketching skills
• Expert skills in After Effects & Photoshop
• Compositing, character design, video editing
• Character Modelling, Rigging and Animation
• Creating 2D Background Designs assets for scenes
• Rendering, mastering and upload of animation
• Storyboarding
• M.Sc. Media technology & engineering
• Marketing, website development, SEO & social media
• New clients & sales

OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS

• Fluent English & native Swedish Speaking and writing
• Application Engineering
• WordPress, cPanel, Windows XP/7/10 Pro
• HTML, CSS, Adobe Scripting (Photoshop), PHP, Basic
• See more in biography below and at: Anders on LinkedIn

Biography

Anders is a Swedish professional creative director, designer, illustrator & animator based in Scotland, UK. He is the founder and owner of Sundstedt Animation, taking briefs from script and storyboard to production: doing concept, draft, art direction, design, direction, illustration and animation on every project from concept stage through to completion and delivery. He is also experienced in meeting tight deadlines and is able to follow strict brand guidelines for corporate videos. Anders has proven high-level working experience in Adobe Creative Suite, including After Effects and Photoshop.

Anders is Swedish and lives permanently in Scotland, the United Kingdom since 2004. He was born and grew up in Finspång, near Norrköping, Sweden. He realized early that he had a passion for drawing sketches and cartoons and later started drawing digital graphics and developing programming skills on the C64 and Amiga computers. For years Anders was active in the C64 Demoscene. As a Graphics Artist in the Demogroup Orbs and Mindlight Design using the handle/nick Jason, he attended Demoparties in the early 1990s.

University Studies

Anders finished school as a Technical College Graduate in Engineer & Electronics (4 years). He then went on to study at Örebro University where he studied Industrial Economics & Technology Courses from the Industrial Economics program in Linköping (2 years).

With an interest in animation, design, computers, drawing, computer animation, film and programming, he went on to study at the University and Linköping University where he completed a Masters of Science Degree (M.Sc.) in Media Technology and Engineering, with a profile in Visualization (4 1/2 years).

Moving to the United Kingdom

Anders had always been interested in using his skills within a creative field, so after graduating from University he moved to Sheffield, United Kingdom. There he spent the first 3 1/2 years of his career as an Applications Engineer – 3D Specialist / interactive games author. During this time he also created animated video specializing more in After Effects, Photoshop and Maya. Anders continued to learn more skills in animation and he knew the creative line of work was definitely for him.

Moving to Scotland

While moving to Scotland to work as a 3D/4D Photographer & Application Engineer for 3 years, Anders continued to spend his free time broadening his expertise in the creation of short 2D animated films and motion graphics, mastering various methods and software. When doing this he combined his creative, illustration and animation skills with directing and passionate storytelling. Anders has produced a range of professional animated short films, including explainer videos, online commercial marketing films and music videos. Anders is also pretty handy with WordPress having continued to regularly develop, modify and improve this website for many years.

Anders is now based near Glasgow, Scotland and his main interest and business are producing, designing, directing, illustrating and animating engaging story-driven online commercials, explainer videos, demo videos, brand videos, corporate animations, educational animations, music videos and infomercials. He has directed and designed many animated short films using a variety of 2D cartoon styles and motion graphics techniques, to get the client’s stories, ideas, products or services across. He continues to combine his strong technical background with his artistic skills in often unique and unexpected ways, to create the best possible high-quality productions with his own personal style, in animated video projects all over the world.

Anders has a good network of contacts in the sector, with a track record of project delivery in 2D/2.5D design for digital media in commercially-related environments.

By 2020, the number of videos crossing the Internet per second will approach 1 million. (Social Media Week)

Anders combines his strong passion for 2D animation with creative direction skills and marketing knowledge. He would love to chat about your projects & ideas. If you operate outside The United Kingdom, Anders is at your disposal for online collaborations. Feel free to browse this website and if you have any questions about animated video or explainers, he can answer them. There’s not a whole lot of independent animators out there!

Contact a professional explainer video company to make your video. Find Anders here:
Contact Page: Contact
Email: [email protected]
Interested in our services? Passion for animated video and skills-improvement is our aim. Chat Live with Anders on this website, or on Tawk to Anders Sundstedt.
Full updated CV/Resume available on request.

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