I’m Claire Wilcox, I am a Pre-Production Designer, Project Manager, Director and Artist. But I am first and foremost a storyteller. Storytelling is my passion. I love telling stories because stories are so ingrained in our culture. Humanity has been telling stories since the dawn of our existence. Stories tell us who we are, who we were, and where we are going. They comfort us, and remind us of things we don't want to forget. They teach us, give us understanding, touch us and give us an escape from reality this is why storytelling is my love. If my story can make an audience react, whether with laughter or tears, I’ve done my job; I made them feel. Isn’t that the whole point of art, to make the audience feel something? I discovered my love for storytelling in the theater in high school and since then have never let it go. I also have always had a passion for the visual arts. I have been drawing for as long as I can remember and have never stopped.
I am currently an ATEC student at The University of Texas at Dallas as a Senior with a focus in Pre-Production and Design for Animation. I spent my first year of college as an Art and Design student at The Rochester Institute of Technology. I have experience in Photoshop, Animate, Illustrator, After Effects, Harmony, Dragon-frame, Tv Paint, Maya, Unity, ShotGrid, and many other digital art and film programs. I also have experience with Qlab, through my work as a projection designer on several theater productions. In addition to theses digital art skills, I am well versed in many traditional art skills including but not limited to: water color, paper mache, ink, charcoal, pastels. I'm also a skilled Project Manager. I'm well versed in Shotgrid, Microsoft, Excel and Google Suite. No matter my medium of expression the core of all my work is storytelling and that is what drives me to create.
Skilled leader, problem solver, creative and critical thinker. Organized, team player, attention to detail, & storyteller. Skilled in: Maya, Shotgrid, Harmony(ToonBoom), Animate, Photoshop, Adobe Suite and Google Suite. Word, Excel & Q-Lab, Can use many artistic mediums. Well versed in social media platforms.