Hey! It's Billy!
My name is Billy Wood (sometimes William on paper) and I am a Bay Area based animator.
I'm a character animator with a deep obsession with the craft, the kind who can tell you exactly how a shot was done, which studio made it, and why it works. My background is in motion graphics and design, but over the past few years I've gone all-in on character animation, completing the Animation Mentor program and sharpening my skills in Maya and Houdini.
I'm endlessly curious about how great animation gets made. Ask me about a piece of work you love and I probably already have it saved, and strong opinions about it. I've even got my own segment at our weekly team meeting where I share the best things I've seen that week. It's a thing.
I care a lot about the artists around me, not just my own work. I tutor at Animation Mentor and love helping junior animators I work with level up. I wouldn't be doing any of this without the incredible artists that helped me, so I love bringing that energy back to help artists.
I used to play bass and mandolin in Scotty & the Late Nights. These days my hobbies are making a latte every morning, taking my lil corgi to the beach, and collecting references I'll definitely use someday.
If any of this sounds like your kind of person, let's get on a Zoom call, or a phone call, those work too!
Experience
Odoo
2D & 3D Motion Designer
July 2024-Current
Part of the Odoo marketing team responsible for 2D & 3D motion graphics promoting the Odoo application through tour videos for YouTube and social media. Primarily using Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Blender, and Houdini.
Freelance Motion Designer
Motion Graphics, Animation, VFX, and Graphic Design
2016-2026
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