About - Skip Wrightson

Full name

Skip Wrightson

Title

Artist/Animator/Cartoonist

Blurb

www.mrmeteor.com

Biography

Skip Wrightson is a comics maker, a musician and a folk animator. His life long interest in tiny universes of various dimensions has guided him through 25 years in film animation and arts education. His work explores the mind’s compulsion to find and create synchronicity between to independently composed things like movement and sound.

His 2011 film Fizzy Beverage amused and befuddled audiences at Ottawa International Film Festival’s Salon de Refuses program, as well as at the 2011 Annecy+ in Annecy, France.- the rejected programs at the two of the most prestigious animation festivals in the world.

While playing guitar or bass in bands of the bar and surf kinds, Skip worked for various filmmakers and studios contributing design and animation. From Boston to NYC to Los Angeles to Western MA. After Boston based Soup2Nuts studio ended its 30 year run Skip headed west to Los Angles. While in California, he produced several digital shorts, panicked about possibly having made and big mistake, swam in the ocean, panicked, ate greasy food at diners all over southern CA, met his future wife and published three mini-comics (Sea Creature Story, Skip to the End Vol. 1 and Infinity Man 13th Anniversary Edition).

Since then Skip has published more comics and folk animation, learned the art of spirit distillation and produced 25 gal of single malt aged spirits, married one lady and fathered one child,Skip has taught art at the Northeastern University, Provincetown Art Association Museum and Saint Sebastian’s School. Currently, he teaches at Westfield State University occasionally works on his animation and enjoys life in Easthampton, MA with his artist wife and child.

"I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way"

The Revolution is here 2026

Experience

Designer

Soup2Nuts

Watertown, MA · 2013 – 2014

Member of the design team for Astroblast Seasons 1 thru 2- a flash animated show for 2-5 year olds currently airing on Sprout and NBC. Produced conceptual drawings and finalized BG’s, props and characters.

Adjunct Faculty

Northeastern University College of Professional Studies

Boston, MA · 2009 – 2014

I taught the Animation Basics course in the Digital Media Program at NEU’s College of Professional Studies. The course covered the principles of animation (squash, stretch, spacing timing, staging, weight, etc.) Class time utilized animation demos, animation history lectures and individual projects.

Producer

You-Toon.com

Boston · 2009 – 2013

Partnering with a former client, we created a web service which provided custom tailored animated shorts, e-vites and save-the-dates catering to the wedding planning industry. Many of our jobs were animated wedding proposals, birth announcements, and wedding anniversary gifts.

Assist. Animator & Clean Up artist

Lev Polyakov (independent filmmaker)

Brooklyn, NY · 2008 – 2009

Produced traditional animation using a Wacom tablet with Flash for and independent animated feature called Only Love. Animated 15-20 sec. per week over rough keys done by the lead animator. Multiple characters, lots of action scenes.

Studio Assistant

Michael Kelleher Graphic Design

Agawam, MA · 2007 – 2009

Digital painting / Digital Color Restoration / Flash Animation
Clients included Marvel Comics and Tokyo Pop

Animator/Colorist

The Park Entertainment Inc.

Los Angeles, CA · 2006 – 2007

Worked in the VFX department on post-production of an independent documentary about comedian Eddie Izzard called Diva 51. Animated on paper several sequences of a character performing different acts. Each bit was around 12 seconds in length. Used Flash and AfterEffects for compositing.

Animation teacher

Charles River Creative Arts Program

Dover, MA · 2004 – 2011

Animation Teacher at the summer arts camp, worked with kids aged 8-14.

Instructor

Provincetown Art Association Museum

Provincetown, MA · oct 2017 – may 2018

Digital Art teacher at PAAM’s Art Reach program. MCC sponsored youth program for at risk students. Lead a small group ages 15-18 in mostly student designed projects ranging from digital music composition to stop mostion animation to 2D game design. Photoshop, Dragonframe, zines and comics.