About Me
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Hello! My name is Heather Larkin. I am 25 years old, born and raised in Queens, New York. I graduated from Princeton University in 2006. In 2007-2008, I taught English in two high schools in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. I am currently living in Washington DC as a freelance artist and animator. I am actively trying to get into the animation world.
I am accepting commissions for a variety of multimedia projects:
- Illustration
- Web Design
- Graphic Design (Logos, Newsletters, etc)
- Flash Animation
- Flash Interactive Programs
Software: Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Painter, In Design, Illustrator and a variety of other web/graphic software.
Programming languages: HTML/CSS and Flash Actionscript.
Real languages: Advanced Japanese, Functional Spanish, Introductory Swahili
You can download my full resume here.
Please drop me a line at larkinheather@gmail.com. If you interested in commissioning some project, big or small, please contact me directly at the email above. Once we've started a project, we can communicate via Skype or MSN.
I have always known that I wanted a career in animation. Specifically, I desire to create quality animated works, driven by great stories. I am constantly learning, drawing, and looking out for story material. I am also passionate about biology, ecology and natural history.
Being on Japanese TV ..... Having a shark swim underneath me (no cage) ..... Being bitten by a chimpanzee ..... Petting a rhino, a bongo, Plains and Grevy's zebra, a warthog, an ostrich, impala, dik-dik, bat, hedgehog, and a coati ..... Seeing someone skin a marten ..... Seeing two female plains zebra fight over a newborn foal for three minutes ..... Riding an elephant ... Swimming beside a hawksbill turtle ..... Driving a snowmobile in the Canadian Rockies ..... Seeing a giant (4-5 feet) leatherback turtle lay eggs in the beach and return to the sea ..... Eating crocodile and camel ..... Meeting Prince William and having him say to me, "Escuse me, I'm like a vervet monkey" ..... Climbing Mount Fuji ..... Waiting all night to get my Wii ..... Kissing a giraffe ..... Seeing albino zebra .....staying in a treehouse in India ... almost getting run over by a zebra ....
