Leticia is a passionate stop motion artist and illustrator. She works with rough materials and combines both analogue and digital techniques. In her personal work she is passionate to contribute to society by sharing socially engaged stories about psychology and human behaviour. Her work is often humorous with a serious undertone.
Her work mostly inspired by people, cities and psychology.
Since graduating from the Bs of Illustration Leticia worked at several animation studios as a modelmaker and set dresser, including 5AM studios in Amsterdam and Beast animation in Mechelen. recently she graduated from the master of animation at AVK st. Joost with an animated documentary 'Virtue of Voice'.
Education
2022 - 2023 Master of Animation, AKV|St. Joost
2020 Erasmus exchange, University of Arts London
2017 - 2021 Bs Illustration Design, Artez University of the Arts
Direction
2024 ‘The Virtue of Voice’ (9:20) Animated documentary
Selected for KABOOM
Selected for Annecy
Selected for NFF
Selected for KABOOM
Special mention for Best Documentary at Animest
Selected for Movies that Matter
Selected for GoShort
2022 ‘Motherhood’ (5:20) Stop motion amimated short
Selected for Festival de Cine Colectivo
2021. ‘Geese in the Violet Evening Sky’ (4:24) Bs Graduation film
Selected for NFF 2021
Selected for Icona animated festival 2021
Selected for Festival de Cinema Estudantil de Guaíba
2020 ‘Supershoes’ (2020) Stop motion animated short (4:40)
Selected for NFF
Nominated for Kepler animatieprijs 2021
Selected for Athens International Children’s Film Festival
2020 ‘Immer Drinnen’ (2:04) Stop motion animated short
Roles
Directing, storytelling, illustrating, model making, set dressing, costume design and fabrication, painting, stop motion animating, editing, and puppet making
Software
Dragonframe, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Premiere Pro, TVpaint and Illustrator.