Roland Lamers
storyboarding, visual development, concept art, comic art, illustration and 2d-animation
Hi! I'm Dutch freelance illustrator and animator based in the creative Utrecht area.
I bring your ideas and concepts visually to life by storyboard, concept design, illustration, animation and design.
Having an established commercial background, so i know the I collaborate with teams and think commercially aswell creatively.
Being a freelancer, my work ranges from individuals wanting a portrait to large animation work for big studios.
I'm passionete about concept art and animation and pride myself in creating various styles of art that are dynamic and have clear focus. Storytelling comes first!
If you like what you see or want to work with me, feel free to hit me a message.
Visual storytelling . Storyboarding . 2d-animation . Concept design . Concept art . Character design . Comic art . Book covers . Album covers . Tabletop games . Card games . Splash art . Photo-manipulation . Visual design . Brand design
Procreate . Abobe photoshop . Adobe Illustrator . TVPaint . Adobe After Effects . Adobe Premiere . Adobe animate (Flash) . Adobe Chacter Animator . Sketch . Adobe Indesign
2016 - present
Working as a freelance concept artist/ illustrator in commercial campaigns, animation, films and anything in between.
okt 2020 - present
At Submarine I am working within a great team of various 2d-animators. I work within ink&paint and shade the roto-animations, do technical tracking animations like screens and paper . I also do the accasionally special ink and paint and additional roto animation.
oct 2019 - feb 2021
I worked on concept designs for their various clients and making various storyboards for an exciting yet -to be announced- project for a client of theirs. I addition I made some key visuals to help the team and client find the right mood for their video.
feb 2020
Media Monks asked me to help to help with their Star Bucks campaign by storyboarding and making concept sketches
dec 2019 - feb 2020
I helped a very creative innovator visualising their ideas and concepts for several clients.
jun 2019
At Kaliber I helped realising a banner campaing for their clients
may 2018 - may 2019
At Submarine I worked within a great team of artist with various disciplines. I did ink&paint and accasional special i&p animations. I also worked on technical animations like tracking, screen animations and background charackters.
jun 2018
feb 2018 - dec 2018
I worked with their creative team on a storyboard and hand-drawn 2d-animation for a short-animation for one of their clients
2014 - 2016
As a visualiser and animator, I worked on a lot and varied projects. One notable is Brain Trip for which I did the storyboarding and 2d-animations. Brain Trip received various recognitions.
2006 - 2014
2005 - 2006
2000 - 2005
1999 - 2000
Golden Eurobest . Silver Spin . People’s Champ Pixel . Public Favorite Lovie . Bronze Lovie
Animation for interactive installation
Golden Spin . Silver Cyber Lion
Animation for online campaign
Golden Spin . Silver Cyber Lion . Silver ADCN Lamp . Bronze Eurobest
Animation for online game experience
Golden Spin . Silver ADCN Lamp
Animation for online game experience
Nienke Van Heusden
Managing Director at Kaliber Interactive
Matthijs Roumen
Strategy Director at M2Media
Sander van Pijkeren
Senior Marketingadviseur bij Ordina
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