Hey there, My name is Jacob Mackay! I’m Freelance Artist and Animator from Brisbane Australia. If it’s not immediately apparent, I have a pathological need to draw fantasy and sci-fi things. If you need me to draw a space elf with glowy hair, I’m there!
I graduated from Griffith University in 2017 with a Bachelor in Animation, majoring in Art Direction. My driving force is just to make cool and interesting stuff. I’m constantly trying to learn what I can about every individual aspect animation, film, and game creation. I genuinely find joy in all of it!
During the brief moments I’m not found drawing, animating, or writing, I am playing games to relax, or taking a far too long of a walk for someone born with wonky legs.
Freelancing has afforded me the opportunity to wear almost every hat, from artist to animator, graphic artist to compositor, script writer, storyboard artist, and even sound designer.
For over 5 years I was the sole creator of a series of internal and external animated training videos for NTI. I have worked on advertisements with 3P studio, promotional animations for Brisbane’s Animation Festivals (AIAF 2018 & Love Animated 2023), wrote my own books (The Metacombs & The Siren Ilse), and worked on a large Music Video project 'Synchronise' that can be seen throughout my showreels. And that’s not even considering all my personal works and daily drawings.
I will go above and beyond to make your next project as amazing as it can possibly be!
Don’t hesitate sling me an email for work or if just to chat: info@jakobos.art