Willow Frain
BA Animation
I am a mixed media artist who specialises in stop-motion puppet fabrication. With a background in fine art, I have a focus on traditional painting and tactile art, my work often relating to themes of nostalgia and femininity with a soft, playful visual language. I am also experienced in stop-motion animation, editing and sound recording. I enjoy how each piece that goes into making a film tells its own story.
Alongside animation, I enjoy doing illustration, particularly narrative illustration and character storytelling. I plan on pushing this further by turning my final university project into a children’s picture book and have also dabbled in creating illustrations to turn into prints to sell.
Much of my artistic inspiration comes from the natural world, particularly animals and using different animals to imagine my own mythical creatures through character design.

