Escapee Amanda Costa Animator at Framestore

Amanda Costa Animator joins Framestore

Many congratulations to Escapee Amanda Costa who has joined Framestore as an animator.  

Amanda Costa took our short course in Computer Animation at Escape Studios, taught by veteran animator Lee Caller.  

After graduation, Amanda became a Studio Assistant at Escape Studios.

Escapee Amanda Costa Animator at ILM

Amanda Costa Animator at Industrial Light & Magic

Many congratulations to Escapee Amanda Costa who has joined Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) as an animator.  

Amanda Costa took our short course in Computer Animation at Escape Studios, taught by veteran animator Lee Caller.  After graduation, Amanda became a Studio Assistant at Escape Studios.

Amanda Costa "Prehistoric Planet" Reel

AMANDA COSTA - Animation Reel 2023 from Amanda Costa on Vimeo.

We're delighted to congratulate Escapee Amanda Costa on her latest demo reel, showcasing some of her best work on "Prehistoric Planet" Seasons 1 and 2, created at MPC in London.  Amanda took our short course in Computer Animation at Escape Studios, taught by veteran animator Lee Caller.  After graduation, Amanda became a Studio Assistant at Escape Studios, and then joined Jellyfish Pictures and MPC.  

Amanda Costa Animator at Jellyfish Pictures

Amanda Costa

Many congratulations to Escapee Amanda Costa who is now an animator at London's Jellyfish Pictures.

Amanda took our 12 week animation short course at Escape Studios, and now joins Escapees Luis Marcillo-Coronado, Laura Knight, Henry Fenwick and Rory Marchant who also found work at Jellyfish after leaving Escape Studios.

Jellyfish Pictures is one of London's largest and most successful animation studios, working on TV series such as "Dennis and Gnasher - Unleashed" and also doing feature film work on the Star Wars franchise.

Elena, Amanda, Daniel, Stephen & Joseph Roto Animators at MPC

Daniel Amor

Many congratulations to Escapees Joseph Sciberras, Amanda Costa, Elena Scala, Stephen Mealand and Daniel Amor who have all started new positions as Roto Animators at MPC.

Amanda, Elena, Joseph and Daniel took our 12 week animation short course at Escape Studios, while Stephen is one of our first students to graduate from our BA in 3D Animation. 

All five now have an amazing opportunity to start their career in animation at one of London's leading VFX houses.

Walk Cycle Tutorial by Amanda Costa

Walk cycles are part of the foundation of the study of animation. Animating a walk cycle introduces student animators to the basic principles of human locomotion.

Adding to our growing body of tutorial videos at Vimeo, we now have an introduction to walks by our very own Studio Assistant Amanda Costa.

The tutorial uses the Ultimate Walker rig, free for download, and can be found at our Vimeo Channel here.

Amanda Costa Studio Assistant At Escape

Amanda Costa

Congratulations to Escapee Amanda Costa who has just started a new animation job at Escape Studios this week, working as a studio assistant and helping to support our new cohort of undergraduate students learning 3D animation.

Becoming a studio assistant at Escape Studios is a great way to launch a career in animation and VFX -  our studio assistants invariably move on to careers in industry, after working and studying here, perfecting their demo reels and developing industry contacts.