Áine Mc Guinness
Art Director
Áine Mc Guinness (they/ them) is an art director and designer for animation from the East coast of Ireland.
With over 15 years experience in the animation industry, they have worked on numerous short and feature length films, tv shows and development projects.
Their latest work includes Art Direction for the Cartoon Saloon, on the short film 'Éiru' and the Netflix feature film 'My Father's Dragon.'
They specialize in concept and colour design, collaborating with directors to explore ways of enhancing story through colour, design and composition.
Áine is currently based in Brussels, Belgium.
Aine McGuinness
Events featuring Áine Mc Guinness
AVFX Talk 11 - Art Directing Éiru
Join Áine for a talk on Cartoon Saloon's beautiful film Éiru and hear how they connected to Éiru’s story in order to align with the director, Giovanna Ferrari.
The talk will discuss the story themes and how they are represented visually, in particular the Goddess Brigid and Irish folklore. They will talk about the pipeline of the film, and the different departments involved, and focus primarily on describing the design process, art direction, backgrounds and colour as well as their collaboration with the director and the other artists on the team.
Áine will talk about the different challenges they overcame, what they have learned from the experience and the luxury of being able to make a short film and the positive aspects of working in this format.