Shaikara David is a background painter, freelance artist for comics and children's literature & future art director with a passion for building and enriching bold new worlds by injecting storytelling and lore into animated series through a study of design, light and color.
Contact me at shaikara.david@gmail.com
Background Painting
Mercury Filmworks, Ottawa
APRIL 2017 - PRESENT
-Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, Disney TVA - October 2018 - Present
-Lion Guard Season 3, Disney TVA - June 2018 - October 2018
-Tangled Season 2, Disney TVA - November 2017 - June 2018
-Hilda, Netflix - April 2017 - November 2017
Wild Kratts, Ottawa
- Wild Kratts Season 5, PBS - November 2016 - April 2017
Freelance Illustration
- Comic Artist, ToComix Anthologies
- Children’s Book Illustrator, Akwesasne Mohawk School Board of Education
Education
Algonquin College, Animation -Ontario College Advanced Diploma
SEPT 2014 - APRIL 2017
Algonquin College, Pre- Animation and Illustration -Ontario College Certificate
SEPT 2013 - APRIL 2014