Hi, my name is Julian Laing. I am an animator and visual effects artist and I have been working professionally for about 10 years in both computer games and television production. I grew up in Scotland and I'm currently living in London. I previously lived and worked in Edinburgh and I would consider further relocations in the future, especially if the job is attractive.

Much of my work has been producing 3D character animations for a variety of situations including shots for television or cutscenes and also actions for computer games. Over the various projects I have worked on I have been lucky enough to have been animating a wide variety of motion styles and acting situations. Although I consider animation to be my main forte, I consider myself flexible with a variety of skills across different disciplines including modelling and texturing. I have also done some character rigging work using Maya. For a couple of game titles I also branched out into producing visual effects, stuff such as blood or magical effects or explosions for which I produced both the artwork and animated the dynamics of the effect.

After over 8 years working in the computer games industry my current job is my first taste of working as an animator for television. It has brought a different set of challenges and has been an enjoyable experience. I will soon be including some samples of my latest television work into my showreel on this website.

Initially my background was in traditional hand-drawn animation. I graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor Of Design degree with honours at Duncan Of Jordanstone College in Dundee. I've continued since these days to do some observational life drawings whenever possible and I've recently been planning to produce some traditional animated work again in my own spare time. Hopefully in the near future I will be able post some samples of that here on my webpage.