Hi, my name is Leandro Barros, a Senior Motion Designer living in London. I am 37 years old and have 18 years of experience in digital animation. I have a degree in communication, majored in multimedia publishing and before that I studied two years of industrial design in a visual arts university.
In 2016 I moved to London and started to work as a Senior Motion Designer at FGreat Studio working on several 2D and 3D projects collaborating with all stages of video process as creative, direction, coordination, design and animation many of them for the most important museums of London as Museum of London, British Museum, Imperial War Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, V&A Museum and museums from U.S.A and the United Arab Emirates.
During the whole year of 2017, I was responsible for coordinate our regular client at FGreat, Gram Games – Mobile Game Company, developing creative proposals, concepts and animations supplying all his monthly demand for online commercials.
In 2018, I returned to the market as a freelance to discover new opportunities in London. I’ve worked in many Studios and during 2019 I worked mainly with Hello Charlie delivering visuals for EMAs, VMAs, British Awards, Red Bull Game Sphere London, Dancing with the stars - USA, Calvin Harris Tour and many more Artists.
From 2020 to 2022, I started to work as the Senior Motion Designer for the Uptime.app since the launch of the app, being responsible for implementing and experimenting with new models of animations of 2D and 3D animation, design and 3D illustrations for the UI.
My skills in building motion design start from the manipulation of images to the creation of vectors and typography to the development of 3D objects.
From 2006 to 2015 I was the head of my animation studio in Brazil, coordinating four people and several freelancers at the same time. I worked for big brands and large market advertising agencies, and for four years we developed all broadcast visual for a Brazilian TV channel. One of my most significant regular clients for six years was the State of São Paulo’s biggest funding agency - Desenvolve SP, we were responsible for all their audiovisual material.
During those nine years, I developed my skills in all stages of the video construction process, making creative concepts together with writers, direction for live action, composing, editing, art direction, and animation.