Randall Kaplan has been making films for over fifteen years and drawing his whole life. He has worked in multiple mediums and disciplines- spanning traditional animation, live action, stop motion animation, painting, drawing, design and illustration. He is also a musician, and has composed scores and soundscapes for his own films. In 2009, his short films were selected to be compiled into the horror anthology 'Beneath the Flesh'. He has since been working as a freelance illustrator and animator, and designing creatures for film and television. He is in the process of developing his first feature film, 'Boxhead', a fully hand drawn animated horror film. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ **Day rate** $240 per day **Key project experience** 2015-2019 - Creating original animated feature horror film, "Boxhead" after a successfully funded campaign on Kickstarter. 2018 - Animated original PSA for the organization Our Next 4 Years. 2017 - Created animated short film, "A Brief History of the Shadow People" for Amazon 2015 - Designed creatures for feature horror film, "Crabs!" 2010 - Animatic Editor for "Beavis and Butthead" **Qualifications and education** BFA in Film from the School of Visual Arts

Randall Kaplan

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Randall Kaplan has been making films for over fifteen years and drawing his whole life. He has worked in multiple mediums and disciplines- spanning traditional animation, live action, stop motion animation, painting, drawing, design and illustration. He is also a musician, and has composed scores and soundscapes for his own films. In 2009, his short films were selected to be compiled into the horror anthology 'Beneath the Flesh'. He has since been working as a freelance illustrator and animator, and designing creatures for film and television. He is in the process of developing his first feature film, 'Boxhead', a fully hand drawn animated horror film. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ **Day rate** $240 per day **Key project experience** 2015-2019 - Creating original animated feature horror film, "Boxhead" after a successfully funded campaign on Kickstarter. 2018 - Animated original PSA for the organization Our Next 4 Years. 2017 - Created animated short film, "A Brief History of the Shadow People" for Amazon 2015 - Designed creatures for feature horror film, "Crabs!" 2010 - Animatic Editor for "Beavis and Butthead" **Qualifications and education** BFA in Film from the School of Visual Arts

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Randall Kaplan has been making films for over fifteen years and drawing his whole life.

He has worked in multiple mediums and disciplines- spanning traditional animation, live action, stop motion animation, painting, drawing, design and illustration. He is also a musician, and has composed scores and soundscapes for his own films.

In 2009, his short films were selected to be compiled into the horror anthology ‘Beneath the Flesh’.

He has since been working as a freelance illustrator and animator, and designing creatures for film and television.

He is in the process of developing his first feature film, ‘Boxhead’, a fully hand drawn animated horror film.

Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

Day rate
$240 per day

Key project experience
2015-2019 - Creating original animated feature horror film, “Boxhead” after a successfully funded campaign on Kickstarter.
2018 - Animated original PSA for the organization Our Next 4 Years.
2017 - Created animated short film, “A Brief History of the Shadow People” for Amazon
2015 - Designed creatures for feature horror film, “Crabs!”
2010 - Animatic Editor for “Beavis and Butthead”

Qualifications and education
BFA in Film from the School of Visual Arts

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Adobe After Effects
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2D Animation
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Adobe After Effects
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Industry Experience

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    uniE608 Creature_Transformation_Pencil_Test
    #penciltest #animator #horror
    uniE608 'External Living' Opening Sequence
    The opening sequence I created for the independent feature film, 'External Living'. #animator #painter #illustrator #motiongraphics
    uniE621 Sara
    A character from my animated horror film, BOXHEAD. #illustrator #designer
    uniE621 Al
    The main character from my animated horror film, BOXHEAD. #illustrator #designer
    uniE621 Carl Jung
    A portrait of Carl Jung for the animated project "A Brief History of the Shadow People" #illustrator #designer
    uniE608 BOXHEAD [Trailer]
    All picture and sound ©2022 Randall Kaplan The trailer for my independent animated horror film. #horror #animator #animation #dark #film
    uniE608 Meditation to Die
    A piece of a music video I animated for the song 'Meditation to Die' by Christian Bernal. #animator #traditionalanimation #musicvideo #video
    uniE621 The Virus
    A painting I finished early on in the pandemic. #oilpainting #artwork #illustration #illustrator #designer
    uniE608 A Brief History of the Shadow People
    Original animation done for a short film for Amazon and Great Big Story. Watch it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er0APDX3_74 #animation #animator #illustrator #designer #dark #2danimation #adobe #aftereffects #photoshop #traditional #traditionalanimation
    uniE621 Worm
    Creature design commissioned by Ojala Films and used for an untitled Joe Dante project. #design #creature #concept #artist #illustrator
    uniE621 The Dreamer
    Oil painting study. #illustrator #painter #oil #artist #dark #nightmare #horror
    uniE621 Fallout
    An illustrated tribute to the original Godzilla. #illustrator #artist #drawing #ink #scifi #horror