Email: laurie.uy[at]gmail.com
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Bio
Laur grew up in Manila, Philippines and has been drawing comics about her favorite characters since 1997. She served as art editor for her high school and college newspapers and her original comics have been published in print and online. Laur majored in History of Art at UC Berkeley and wrote her honors thesis on manga and female representation. In between day jobs, she created freelance illustrations, graphic design work and continued writing and drawing her own comics. In 2012, she won a Xeric grant and launched a successful Kickstarter campaign for her self-published young adult comic series Polterguys. Laur successfully deployed a lifelong passion for drawing and storytelling to a career in animation by 2017. She is currently a Story Artist for an unannounced Feature at Skydance Animation in Los Angeles, CA and is still working on personal comics. Previous Work Story Artist for Wondla Skydance Animation Jan. 2022-May 2023 Storyboard Artist for Abominable and the Invisible City DreamWorks TV Animation Nov. 2020-Nov. 2021 Storyboard Artist for Q-Force Titmouse Robin Red Breast Jul. 2020-Nov. 2020 Storyboard Artist for Chicken Squad Wild Canary Apr.-May 2020 Storyboard Revisionist, Madagascar A Little Wild DreamWorks TV Dec. 2019-Apr. 2020 Story Artist/Storyboard Revisionist, Spirit Riding Free DreamWorks TV May-Nov. 2019 Storyboard Revisionist, Cleopatra in Space DreamWorks TV Nov. 2017-Apr. 2019 Storyboard Artist, Deathstroke Animated Feature, Titmouse Animation Feb. 2019-Mar. 2019 Storyboard Revisionist, Skylanders Academy Activision Jul. 2017-Nov. 2017 Storyboard Revisionist, Puss in Boots DreamWorks TV Jan. 2017- Jun. 2017 Storyboard Artist, Soapbox Films Aug. 2015- Dec. 2016 Awards & Achievements
Publications
Education
University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) B.A. History of Art with High Honors (May 2007) Chabot Community College (Hayward, CA) President’s Award for Leadership Achievement (2004) Certificate of Illustration (2005) |