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Happy Women’s HIstory Month everyone! It’s a time to celebrate the members of the finer sex whom we don’t celebrate often enough. There are so many influential women in every field who do what they can to propel our society forward in the sciences, in the trades and, of course, in the arts. Being such an occasion, I thought it would be fun to bring attention to some of my favorite woman animators from online! I love the work of these women for their slickness, amazing color, satisfying movement and overall just good vibes coming from their animation. I’ll of course leave links to their social media and websites for every entry so you can go out and find them and give them the love they deserve, as well as links to my favorite work of theirs respectively. Without further ado, here are my 4 favorite woman animators from online!

1. Joanna Davidovich

Joanna’s animation style is oozing with charm. Bouncy, curvy, colorful, beautiful in it’s simplicity with great color and design choices, it always puts me in a good mood to watch her stuff. I’ve watched her above video, “Monkey Rag” at least 50 times at this point. It compliments the song it accompanies perfectly and gives off an uplifting Betty Boop kind of vibe. It’s adorable and sweet and is one of the most frequently played things I put on to get in the mood to animate. Her animation livestreams are pretty entertaining too IMO. It’s always interesting for me to see an animators work flow and to see what makes them tick. Joanna has a very curvy linework sort of art style that rarely has any sharp edges and it creates a great inviting effect. Plus her backgrounds are great too, they sort of remind me of a happier Samurai Jack. Other notable works of hers include, but certainly not limited to: Ads for Adventure Time,Ads for Looney Tunes, Creation Museum, pencil animation for Trix and Coco Puffs cereal commercials.

Here are her social media links: go subscribe and follow her!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMEixvInUOkzc_5c55sD4Jg

Twitter: @jothezette

Tumblr:  http://jothezette.tumblr.com/

Website :http://www.cupojo.net/

2. Vivienne “Vivsiepop” Medrano

So if you’re any fan of online animation, chances are you’re already well aware of Vivsiepop, as you very much should be. Her most popular video is her fan made music video of Ke$ha’s “Die Young”, and while I 100% agree that video is SPECTACULAR and a GREAT example of Vivienne’s talent, I’m personally more keen on her SVA thesis film “Timber”. It’s a bit simpler then the previously mentioned music video in it’s movement and character design but is still a great demonstration of Vivienne’s profound knack for color choice and WONDERFUL character design with dynamic and wildly expressive characters that sort of make me think of a mixture of Tim Burton, Dr. Seuss and Steven Universe all at once (anyone else see it? No? Just me? Okay.). Not to mention this short is also a great demonstration of Vivienne’s skill at visual storytelling with nice contrasting colors between protagonists and antagonists and a great gag I won’t give away. Other great works of hers include: Her fan made music video for Owl City’s “Silhouette”, The short “The Son of 666″, and her music video of “Most Wonderful Time (Of The Year)” in case you’re in a christmasy mood. Plus she has TONS of speed draw videos you can watch on her youtube channel and an online webcomic series called “Zoophobia” (Not to be confused with Zootopia) 

Here are links to her stuff! Go Subscribe and Follow her!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SpindleHorse

Twitter: @VivsiePop

Zoophobia webcomic: http://zoophobiacomic.com/