Sophia
Spanos McGill
Illustration
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Fueled by boundless curiosity and perpetual creative drive, Sophia is a digital artist who can rise to any challenge. As an illustrator who delights in breathing life into stories, she’s got a knack for cooking up character designs, piecing together worlds, and setting visuals into motion.

RGD, Quake Award for Creative Innovation Honourable Mention 2022
Dean’s List 2021–2024
Worldbuilding development for Prophecy of the Phoenix, an animated show concept that explores the conflict of religion versus technology.
Character Designs for Prophecy of the Phoenix is an animated show concept that explores the conflict between religion and technology.

Visual development for Regulus Rex, a worldbuilding concept revolving around an underwater medieval turtle village.
Storyboards, keyframes and final animation segments for an explainer video on the ten stages of Genocide.
Character development for Handlebars, an animation concept for a small-town queer coming-of-age story.
CREDITS: PROJECT MENTORED BY ANDREW WEST.
Storyboards, greyscale animatic and coloured animatic for a teaser trailer for Handlebars, an animation concept for a small-town queer coming-of-age story.
CREDITS: PROJECT MENTORED BY ANDREW WEST.
Character designs for The Temptation, a story concept for an 80’s retelling of the myth of Pandora’s box.