Sketchbook

Sketches, illustrations, life drawings, and other personal pieces.

'The Hunt' short film

Role: Art Director including character design, character model textures, background design and illustration, prop design, colour design, storyboard, artistic direction of animation and comp departments, and writing

'Limmy the Lemur' animated shorts

Role: Character design, prop design, background design and illustration, and writing

About

Deanna Hewitt is a Sydney based Visual Development Artist and Art Director for animation with over 6 years' experience. Deanna has experience leading talented teams across multiple disciplines including character design, background design, and storyboarding. She art directed and co-wrote ‘One, Two, Threebies!’ for the ABC, managed story artist teams on ‘Ollie and Friends’ and ‘Best Furry Friends’, and has designed animation projects including the ‘Everyday Helpers!’ series with Playschool. She has been intricately involved in developing several original series concepts with Armchair Productions as both a designer and writer. In her spare time, Deanna likes going for walks in the neighbourhood and meeting the local cats.

Photo by Claire Thomas