I am an illustrator and animator from Galway in the west of Ireland.
I grew up surrounded by nature, music and art, all of which guided me through my love of drawing.
After graduating with a BA in animation from IADT in Dublin, my career started out as a visual designer on a lot of fun projects in both film and television which has fed more recently into freelance illustration.
I am an adaptable illustrator. I like to work on all sorts of projects particularly in children's books and animation shorts/gifs. My love for children's books has always been with me from a very young age and my dream is to create my own picture books and short animations to go alongside them.
While I'm not illustrating I like to cook, watch films, crochet and spend time with those I love.
Achievements
- Longlisted for the World Illustration Awards - Animation Category - 2024
- Shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards - Animation Category - 2023
- Shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards - Exploration Category - 2023
- Winner Best Short Film - Art Director - 'Still Up There' - Belfast Film Festival - 2022
- Shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards - Exploration Category - 2022
- Shortlisted for the Irish Independent Graphic Short Story Award - 'In August and September' - 2019
- John M. Synge Award - 'Marrying the Sea' - BadFilm Fest - New York - 2015
- Special Mention - James Horgan Award - Best Director - 'Marrying the Sea' - Galway Film Fleadh- 2014
If you have a project you would like to collaborate on please don't hesitate to contact me: sarahhanahwalsh@gmail.com
Education
- Writing for Children - Sarah Webb - 2023
- Writing & Illustrating a Children's Picture Book with Adrienne Geoghegan - 2022
- Story Mastery - Michael Hauge - 2021
- Visual Story Course - Sergio Paez - 2021
- Drawing Comics Badly on Purpose - Adam de Souza - 2021
- Camera Thinking; Into the Spiderverse (David Morehead) - 2019
- Visual Design (Bruce Block) - 2016
- BA Hons. Animation (IADT Dun Laoghaire) - 2011 - 2014
- Animation Master Class (Tom Caulfield) - 2012
- Storytelling Master Class (Brenda Chapman) - 2012
- Animation Master Class (Eric Goldberg) - 2011
- Animation Master Class (Mike Nguyen) - 2011