Anders Sundstedt

Founder | Creative Director | Professional Motion Graphic Designer, Animator and Illustrator | M.Sc. in Media Technology & Engineering

Job Description

Anders Sundstedt, founder & owner of Sundstedt Animation, creating bespoke innovative content such as Explainer Videos, Marketing Videos, Training Videos, Demo Videos, Commercials, Animation, Short Films, Motion Graphics and VFX for a range of sectors, clients and agencies.

ANDERS KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with the client to come up with bespoke visual style and creative concept
• Development of ideas, storyboards, designs, artwork, illustrations, final designs and animations
• Working on multiple animation projects from concept to completion
• Animating 2D graphics artwork in After Effects
• Creativity is key and implementing animations of high calibre
• Working from illustration to animation
• Marketing, website development, SEO & social media
• New clients & sales
• Working to deadlines and project requirements

ABOUT ANDERS

Has excellent creative skills in creating bespoke, custom made and unique 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 and commercial projects. Is experienced in working with clients early briefs and providing clients with regular animation project progress updates and previews.

IMPORTANT SKILLS

• 2D/2.5D Artist & Animator, Illustrator
• Strong 2D After Effects work & 3D Generalist skills
• Expert knowledge of Photoshop
• Technical, Media Technology & Engineering
• Composting, Character Design, Video Editing
• Ability to take a video briefs and turning them into unique animated video / motion graphics videos

OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS

• Application Engineering
• WordPress, cPanel, Windows XP/7/10
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Photoshop), PHP, C, Basic
• See more in biography below and at: Anders on LinkedIn

Biography

Anders is a professional creative animator, director, motion graphic designer and illustrator 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. He also has previous experience in Illustrator, Maya, Houdini, Sketchup, Maxwell Render and Premiere.

Anders 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 graphics and developing programming skills on the C64 and Amiga computers. For years Anders was active in the Demoscene. As a Graphics Artist in the Demogroup Orbs and Mindlight Design using the handle/nick Jason, he attended Demoparties in the early 1990s.

Anders finished school as a Technical College Graduate in Engineer & Electronics (4 years). He then went 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, computers, drawing, computer animation and film, 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).

Anders had always been interested in using his skills within a creative field, so after graduating from University he moved to the United Kingdom where 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 3D modeling & animation and he knew the creative line of work was definitely for him.

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, both explainer videos and online commercial marketing films. He has also worked in illustration, 3D modeling & animation while focusing mainly on handcrafted animated explainer videos. Anders is also pretty handy with WordPress having created and continued to develop this website.

Anders is now based in 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 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/3D design for digital media in commercially-related environments.

Anders combines his passion for 2D animation with creative direction skills and marketing knowledge. He would love to chat about projects & ideas. If you operate outside The United Kingdom, Anders is at your disposal for online collaborations. Feel free to browse this website. If you have any questions about animated video or explainers, he can answer them.

Video work by Anders Sundstedt

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Contact Page: Contact
Email: hello@sundstedt.co.uk
Full CV/Resume available on request.

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Summary in Swedish:

Anders arbetar med varierande projekt som omfattar allt ifrån illustration och grafisk design till avancerad animering och motion graphics design. Anders utvecklar helt nya visuella stilar från grunden och har ett mycket stort intresse för animerad filmproduktion och en vilja att ständigt lära sig mer och utvecklas. En avancerad utbildning – civ.ing. i medieteknik och erfarenhet inom 3D och visualisering är en del av Anders bakgrund. Anders har erfarenhet av att filma, fotografera och arbeta med hårdvara som Canon kameror och PC datorer. Sundstedt Animation är en produktionsstudio som skapar och producerar animerad film och motion design för bland annat webb och TV. Vi arbetar med både stora som små företag i hela världen. Med fokus på kvalitet och en egen stil hjälper vi våra kunder med sin kommunikation och marknadsföring med hjälp av animerade filmer, explainer videos och demo videos. Vi befinner oss i Glasgow, Skottland, UK. Läs mer på https://sundstedt.se

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