Shamiek Hinkle

BFA ’21 Animation/Interactive Design

Artist Statement
Ever since I was a child, I have watched cartoons and played games. I was so naive that I thought cartoon characters had to be real people, they were too expressive to be fake. When I realized the created nature of these characters, I became enamored with the skill necessary to make them. How can a character go from serious to comedic to scary, so fast? How could someone create all these things I see on the T.V. or in these games I am playing? That is what I strive to learn and reproduce, as an animator I want people to look at some of the things I make and ask themselves those same questions I asked myself when I was young.