Hey! It's Billy!

My name is Billy Wood (sometimes William on paper) and I am a Bay Area based animator.

My name is Billy Wood (sometimes William on paper) and I am a Bay Area based animator.

My name is Billy Wood (sometimes William on paper) and I am a Bay Area based animator.

Desk with keyboard and brown chair

I am passionate about 2D and 3D motion graphics driven by great design and stylish animation. Recently I've been pouring my time into developing my 3D animation skills with Maya and Houdini. My goal for 2024 is to continue Animation Mentor and move into a primarily 3D character animation role.


I used to play bass and mandolin in Scotty & the Late Nights, I make a latte every day, and I am obsessed with animation and VFX.

I mean I am a literal encyclopedia of VFX and animation.

I'm always gathering cool references and collecting videos of great work. I'm a big fan of the SOM group as well and I'm always trying to level up the artists around me.


If you make cool work, I've probably saved it and gushed about it with my coworkers. I've got my own segment at the end of our weekly meeting where I link out all the cool things I've seen and we chat about it!

If you're thinking about what it might be like to sit next to me for 40+ hours a week, let's hop on a Zoom call and chat.
(Phone calls totally work too)

Experience

Freelance Motion Designer

Motion Graphics, Animation, VFX, and Graphic Design

2016-Current


I freelance with multiple agencies and clients. Freelancing gives me the opportunity to explore the workflow of other agencies and helps expose me to a larger variety of clients and the fields they operate in. I have done work from small branding projects to contributing to a full animation pipeline. These days I tend to lean away from traditional print/graphic design and have poured my heart into motion design and 3D animation.

My previous contract gave me the opportunity to teach 3D (using blender!) and further develop my 3D animation skills by creating a custom pipeline with my producer and two other animators.

Revance Aesthetics

2D & 3D Motion Designer / Video Editor

November 2023-April 2024


Contracted through Solomon Page with the Revance studio team responsible for motion graphics and video editing serving the internal projects at Revance.

Accenture / Google

Staff 2D & 3D Motion Designer

September 2021-November 2023


I am part of the gUP Multimedia team responsible for supporting many of Google's internal projects include any 2D and 3D product walkthroughs, explainer videos, and gif animations. Accenture contracts me out to Google as a member of Accenture flex. Everything is NDA so if you want to hear more about it send me a message!

Rough House Editorial

Contract Motion Designer

September 2019-March 2019


Contracted for 6 months to support the internal RH staff with motion graphics and VFX for their retainer clients.

Spillt Agency of Design

Motion Design Intern

March 2019-June 2019


Responsible for tasks to help keep the team and projects running smoothly including pitches, boards, and original assets for animation. I worked with a team of other motion designers and freelancers for day-to-day tasks and designs. Clients include: BOA, Toonami, ServPro, and Spectrum.

Zenman

Web and Motion Designer

2017-2019


Responsible for designing large-scale Wordpress websites, google ads, printed case-studies, branding collateral, and other miscellaneous advertisement. The motion projects consist of explainer videos, interaction examples, animated ads, and billboards. This all culminates into 20 different clients with my Art Director and three Developers.

First Year Success

Web & print Designer

2016-2017


Responsible for the design and marketing promotion of 36 events per year for first year students at MSU Denver including printed marketing materials, handouts, email blasts, and website promotional material. Also responsible for updates and maintenance of the First Year Success Website.

MSU Denver - Communication Design

BFA in Communication Design

2014-2017


Bachelors of Fine Arts in Communication Design | NASAD accredited Art and Design Program
Member - AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
Member - Future Leaders of Design
Graduated in May 2017

Made with framer

while waiting on a render

while brewing coffee

after walking my corgi

after Maya crashed

while waiting on a render

Made with framer

while waiting on a render

while brewing coffee

after walking my corgi

after Maya crashed

while waiting on a render

Made with framer

while waiting on a render

while brewing coffee

after walking my corgi

after Maya crashed

while waiting on a render