Hi, I am Aurora Jimenez, author and artist.
Since childhood I have always loved comics, cartoon strips and graphic novels, and creating insane amounts of characters and their intricate worlds. Spending my days and nights drawing, my childhood passion turned into a career working in Animation.
I am an experienced production designer, art director, and character designer with over 20 years of experience in the animation, film and video game industries. My work as a Designer and Visual Development artist spans feature animation films at major Hollywood studios, including: "Bad Fairies”, “Vivo", Gendy Tartakovsky's "Hotel Transylvania 2 & 3", "The Tale of Despereaux", “The Emoji movie”, "The Smurfs: The Lost Village", "The Bad Guys" and “Trolls band together”.
I also served as the production designer for the animated feature film “El Guerrero Sin Nombre” (Tornasol Films) and contributed to character and environment designs for Electronic Arts on The Sims franchise.
In 2022, I was honored with the Concept Art Association Award for Excellence in Animation Feature Environment Concept Art for my work on “Vivo” (Sony Pictures Animation).
For more examples of my work in feature animation and games, please visit: www.aurorafilmdesign.com.
Publications:
‘ARTISTA’ volume 1_2019
‘A-MUSE-ME’ volume 1_ 2019
‘Menu Degustacion’_ 2019
Currently working on my first graphic novel and developing my first animation short film; LATENTE. Co-directed with Carlos Zaragoza.
Originally from Spain, I write in Spanish, English & sometimes in Spanglish because I split my time between two cities: Los Angeles and Madrid.