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James O’Shea

Freelance
Storyboard Artist SA
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James O’Shea

Biography

Hello I'm James O'Shea, a Storyboard Artist and Illustrator. My experiences include working with Directors, Production Designers, D.O.P's, Producers and VFX Supervisors. Working across Film, Streaming Shows, TV Commercials and Advertising Campaigns. 

I love Storyboarding and Drawing, Films and Film Making. I am a Fine Art BA (Hons) Graduate of Exeter College of Art and Design. For many years I worked In Animation, working on Productions for  Walt Disney TV, Warner Bros Feature Animation, Fox Animation and Aardman, as Character Animator in Classical Hand Drawn Animation, then CGI and then as a Storyboard Artist where I segued into the Art Department for VFX, Commercials and Live Action Productions. 

As a Storyboard Artist and Illustrator I am comfortable working in a completely Digital Art Department, I draw and create all Artwork in Photoshop and do utilise some 3D Software too. I can also work in Traditional Storyboard Pencil Frames and fully Edited Animatics.

Recent Credits include "Light Bulb" for A24/Apple TV, "Heartstopper Forever" for Netflix/See-Saw Films and "Prime Target" (2025) for Apple TV/Scott Free Productions. I have also have extensive experience working on Pitches, recent Clients include Sky, BBC Studios, Appian Way Productions, pitching on, "Walking with Dinosaurs"-BBC (2025), "Call of Duty, Black OPs 6"- Activision (2024), "Hugo Your Own Way"-Hugo Boss (2025), "City of Genius"- Moncler (2025) and "Hyper Sail"- Ferrari (2026).

Please see a link to my Website below:-

https://www.jamesdeanoshea.com/

Please reach out anytime for an informal chat, thank you!

Please download my CV here
and download my Portfolio here


Member Information

First Name James
Last Name O'Shea
Company Freelance
Membership Level Storyboard Artist SA

Work Information

Preferred Work Locations All of UK, Anglia, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Remote, Scotland, South West, UK & Europe, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire / Humber
Other Experience
Concept Artist
Portrait & Pastiche Painter
Availability Unavailable
Experience - Budget Bands Band 1 TV (<£1.25M), Band 3 TV (£3M-£8M), Band 4 TV (£8M+), Film - Feature Film (£1-5M), Film - Low Budget (<£1M), Film - Major Motion Picture (£30M+), Film - Motion Picture (£5-30M), Other - Commercials, Other - Music Video
Skills & Software Adobe Creative Cloud, Concept Art, Sketchup, Unreal Engine
Agent Freelance

Credits

Lightbulb- Storyboard Artist
Heartstopper Forever- Storyboard Artist
Marblehall Murders- Storyboard Artist
Earth After Us (Sci-Fi Show/Development for Sky/BBC Productions)- Storyboard Artist
Prime Target- Storyboard Artist

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