Art By (Liv) Timms

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ESC (2024)

Written and Directed by Olivia Timms and Pamela Simoes Gomez
Puppet, Props and Animating - Olivia Timms and Pamela Simoes Gomez
Sound Design and Music - Osian Jones
Editing - Olivia Timms

'ESC' is my final film of my BA Animation degree course. It follows an office-worker rabbit who lives every day trapped in his monotonous work cycle, reliving the same moments over and over. One day on a smoke break he encounters a wild rabbit which shifts his life forever, haunting him with constant visions, long after and pulling him down the rabbit hole to confront himself and the nature of his reality.

Trailer

News

So far during our festival circuit of 'ESC' we have had an amazing reception to the film, being screened at HOME cinema Manchester, Hebden Bridge Film Festival, and SHORT to the Point Festival. As well as being nominated for Best Animation at the prestigious BFI Future Film Festival, our film was selected by BFI FFF to be included in screenings in venues across the UK.Most Recently, we have had the honour of not only winning the Best Animation category at the Royal Television Society North-West Student Awards, but we are now among 3 films from across the UK nominated for Best Animation at the National Royal Television Society Student Awards!

Squab (2023)

Written and Directed by Olivia Timms
Puppet, Props, Animating, and Editing - Olivia Timms
Sound Design and Music - Osian Jones

'Squab' is a stop motion short film created at the end of my second year of university. The film draws influence from the silent films of the 1920s, and German Expressionist cinema, whilst the story follows the last remaining pigeon in a not-to-distant future, who falls in love with a robot pigeon and soon discovers the lengths he must go to in order to be loved and accepted.

News

'Squab' was selected and screened at HOME Cinema, Manchester, as well as being featured in the Official Selection for Cardiff Animation Nights, Alternative Film Festival, and Wales International Film Festival. I was thrilled and so excited to have such a positive reception to my work during my first experience screening and entering film festivals!

Incredibly, 'Squab' was also nominated for Best Animation at the RTS North West Student awards in March 2024, and while it didn't win Best Animation, it did win the Craft Award for Animation Director!

Out Of Office (2022)

Written and Directed by Olivia Timms
Puppet, Props, Animating, and Editing - Olivia Timms
Sound Design and Music - Osian Jones

My final film of my first year at university.
Berta, a robot doomed to spend her life working alone in an abandoned office, catches a glimpse of the outside world and a promise of a freedom she's never felt, forcing her to consider how far she'll go to touch her dream.

News

In March 2023, 'Out Of Office' was nominated for Best Animation at the RTS North-West Student Awards!

human, nature (2021)

Created and Directed by Olivia Timms
Sound Design - Olivia Timms

The concluding piece to my final major project of my Art Foundation Diploma.
Entitled "human, nature", this piece synthesises exploration and research into the relationship between humans and nature, and specifically the reverence of nature expressed through nature worship and Paganistic cult practices. It also considers reasoning behind abandoning ordinary lifestyles in pursuit of the 'Supernature' and the reaction to an overwhelmingly modern and technological world.

Puppet Making

Puppets for 'ESC' (2024)

Felted Creature (2025)

'I See The Bear' puppet (2023)

'Mini Me' puppet (2023)

Puppets for 'Squab' short film (2023)

'Rod The Punk Rabbit'
Character Design Sculpt (2021)

Puppet and set for 'Out Of Office' short film (2022)

Concept Art

Character Design for 'Squab' (2023)

Initial Concept Art for 'Squab' (2023)

Concept Art for Rigged Character

Out Of Office Concept Art

Rod the Rabbit Concept Art

Illustration

Character Design

Inktober 2022

Mushroom Creatures Illustrations

North Wales Landscape Illustration

Cards

When I can make time for it, I enjoy drawing and making personalised cards for friends and family celebrations. Here are a selection of my favourites!

'Squab' stop motion short film

'Out Of Office' stop motion short film

Claymation Sting for MMU Animation

Clay Morph Animation

Magpie paper cut-out animation

Hello!

(I'm the one in the middle!)

Hi, my name's Liv and I'm a recent animation graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University. My focus within animation is stop motion, as I am a hands-on maker, however I love experimenting and creating across many mediums and skillsets!My interest in art ran all through school and into an Art Foundation Diploma, where I began to transition my focus from fine art painting to filmmaking, prop and model-making, and animation, leading me into my undergraduate studies. During my time at university, I have gained a wide range of skills including: stop motion animating, puppet fabrication, set design and fabrication, model-making, character sculpting, character concept art and design, storyboarding, scriptwriting and video editing.My films have been fortunate enough to be included in festivals such as the BFI Future Film Festival, and to have won two prestigious awards:
-The Royal Television Society North-West Student Craft Award for Best Animation Director for 'Squab'.
-The Royal Television Society North-West Student Award for Best Animation for 'ESC'.I'm eager to find my first steps into the creative industries, and I'm excited to continue to create, grow, and develop into my artistic practice!

Feel free to email me at [email protected] or alternatively message me via my Instagram or LinkedIn!