About me
My name is Adriana "Aidie" Suarez
2D animator and freelance artist specialized in direction and production of character and visual effects animation, and character illustration, with experience using different formats, platforms and software like Toon Boom and Adobe Suite.
Graduated in Digital Arts and Animación at TEC de Monterrey Campus Santa Fe, and specialized within the Classical Animation program at Vancouver Film School. Currently working as a freelance artist via VGen and as a producer and writer for an independent comic currently in pre-production.
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Awards and Honors
Certificates, laurels and more earned throughout my Bachelor's program, for my solo 2D animated student short film "Over Again" and more.
Best 1 Minute Film
"Over Again" 2D animated short film, selected April 2026
Expo Convergencia 2026
Participation in "Servicios Creativos y Culturales" with the multidisciplinary project "Ve lo que no se ve".
Roles: Director, producer, 2D VFX animator, editor.
3rd Best Project in class
"Perfecto Para Ti" live action short film, 2023.
Roles: Producer, writer, editor.
Official Selection
"Over Again" 2D animated short film, selected April 2026
Best Project in class
First place for the class "Arte Instalación".
Roles: 2D animator, concept artist.
Best New Blua Media Program
"Dos Tazas y Media" awarded in 2023.
Role: Social media post content creator.
Official Selection
"Over Again" 2D animated short film, selected March 2026
Best Storyboard in class
"Balding" 2D animated short film, 2023.
Roles: Producer, writer, background designer, editor.
Education
B.A. Digital Arts and Animation
at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe
My studies have taught me a lot about animation of different kinds mostly hand-drawn 2D, and 3D. This has helped me understand the different areas of the industry and where I wish to work the most. It has also pushed me out of my comfort zone and helped me organize myself and my teams to reach our deadlines.
During my time at TEC de Monterrey I have participated in multiple extracurricular activities from K-Pop dance classes where we even did a presentation at school, to Entrepreneurship activities like artist alleys and vendor events. I also was an active part of my career's Student Body, even becoming Social Media Director and helping organize events.
Classical Animation
at Vancouver Film School
In 2025 I was in the program as a part of my exchange program animation specialization. My studies at VFS helped me learn a lot about the animation industry and its expectations of new artists, as well as new ways of organizing myself and my teams to make even better results when reaching deadlines.
During this year I became Class Representative for my class (CA125), organizing events and later on in the year directing, producing and editing a production of a "secret project" where everyone in the class animated a part of a sequence representing our experiences through the year, our characters, teachers and ourselves.
I also became a Creative Ambassador, making content showing off moments from being at VFS and my program as well as my own creative process while working on my class assignments and final project.
Experience
SunkissedAidie
Freelance artist and art vendor
Have worked as an independent artist since 2022, creating a professional brand to create art, content for different social media and have participated in different art vendor events, most notably in 2025 participating in the Spark CG animation festival Artist Alley.
Amar a México
Illustrator
From 2023 to 2024 worked to create illustrations to showcase Mexican culture, investigating interests, trends and notable slang to make the pieces.
Cine Chat
Live stream manager and video editor
From 2024 to 2025 I worked on weekly live streams, finding images and moving things live so everything worked properly and was visible to the audience during the show. Later helping edit short form content for Instagram about movies and other related themes.
SALAD (Digital Arts Student Body)
Social Media Director
From 2023 to 2024 was part of the Student Body, creating a new identity for the group, creating easy to follow guidelines for the content creation team and looked to create a better sense of community in our social media. Continuously helped the organization, scheduling and development of events.
BLUA Media
Content Creator, Editor and Illustrator
From 2022 to 2024, participated in several different programs within the network which spoke of different topics, from video games, to music, to general life interviews and even helping organize events and the general BLUA social media. I worked as an illustrator, video and post editor throughout the years depending on what each show required.
Experience Certificates/Photos
Softwares
Photoshop
Characters and Background sketching and illustration.
Toon Boom Harmony
2D hand drawn and rigged animation, special effects and compositing.
Flow
Organization and submitting work for review.
Premiere
Editing for long and short form content and short films.
Storyboard Pro
Planning out stories and movements for school and personal work.
Maya
3D modeling and minor animation.
After Effects
Special effects, 2D rigging and motion graphics.
Microsoft Office
Organization and writing for school and personal work.
Illustrator
Character illustration for 2D rigging or motion graphics.
Google Workspace
Organization and writing for school and personal work.