I am Lorenzo Mercanti, a young designer and visual artist born in Milan. I started studying graphic design and art direction, and developed my interest in animation and illustration since the first years of my studies. I’m now working both as a designer and as a freelance animator for the music industry and for agencies. With my projects, I love to explore surreal worlds and dreamy images filled with colors.

Puerto Rican animator at Gladius Studios and animation teacher at Escuela de Arte Berta Melendez, working on the industry for about 5 years. My work has consisted in 2D and 3D projects ranging from working with client work, developing IPs in house, from storyboarding, animating, to even the comp side of things. Nominated and won twice for the Suncoast Regional Emmys for the years of 2019 and 2021. On my free time I am part of Zebirdbrain's Shenanigang, helping young artists to get into animation, with Harmony and Storyboard Pro. Hoping to keep growing more and more so we can help lots of people in the process.

I’m Maxwell Racz, a lead 2D character animator in Vancouver, BC. I’ve spent most of the last decade working in both feature film and television for clients such as Disney, DreamWorks, and Hasbro. My favourite part about working in animation is the ability to bring international audiences together through diverse stories – even if we don’t share a language, animation makes it possible to communicate with anyone!