Her name is Anna and she is an animator. Not a job you often hear about, but one we see more results from than we think. Many films and advertisements have animation. Anna works with hand-drawn animation: each picture is drawn separately. She does this on the computer with a screen tablet: a computer screen on which she can draw directly with a special pen that acts as a mouse and also registers the pressure on the pen.

But then, how does one end up with animation? From the moment she understood that she could make pictures, she has been busy with that. It started with finger paints and grew to learning how to hold a pencil. She also used to turn colouring pictures around, so that she could make her own drawing on the back of the sheet. After first trying a "normal" study, which didn't work out, she started looking for where her passion lies. Drawing, of course! She had always drawn on everything that was loose and stuck anyway. So it had to be art school. There, she went into animation to breathe life into her own drawings.

Now, after a bachelor and master degree in animation, she is a freelancer. Sometimes she works for studios and then she has to work on location, but for many other types of projects she works from home. That's why she has her own screen tablet and why she wanted a sit/stand desk. And now she has one!

As an artist, it is easy to sit at your desk curled up like a little shrimp. Only thing is, you need your whole arm. Drawing is mainly done from the shoulder, so you want to make sure your whole body is healthy. And sitting on a chair for eight hours at a time with your nose pressed up against the screen is clearly not going to help that. Many people will recognise the concept of "being in the flow". Especially in creative professions, it is important to be able to continue working undisturbed. For Anna, it was therefore important to find a sit/stand desk that would disrupt my process as little as possible and the NO ELECTRIC sit/stand desk does that for me! Press the button, slide the desk up and continue immediately. No hassle with turning a crank or having to wait for a slow electric motor... Really super!

For Anna, it is really nice to be able to stand while working. She likes to put her desk a bit higher, so that she is not bent over her screen. Just being able to stand up and relax in between meals does so much for her! Not only does it make her body feel better, but it also gives her more energy, which is very welcome.

And coming back to the screen tablet... That thing is SO heavy! The standard desk top is very heavy, so you would immediately be over the limit of what the desk could carry and the laptop wouldn't even be on it. But that was quickly solved with a lightweight #greengridz desk! This saved 18 kilos of material compared to a solid top! And the nice thing about it was that I had a lot more choice in colours! So in the end I went for a dark green top with a white frame for the desk. It gives me a bit of a birch tree feeling.

Besides work, Anna also enjoys her workplace on her own time. She still likes to sit and draw in her free time and is busy figuring out a story that she thinks would be fun to tell. She personally likes telling stories that have a message in them that really brings people something! Short stories with life lessons! In her own work, of course, she can easily do this because then she is the only one who has anything to say about it! And if she can also get this into her paid work, that's a great bonus. According to Anna, this is especially possible if there is a fine synergy with the client, something she herself likes to strive for.

And on the sporadic occasions when Anna is not drawing, she is usually chatting with friends and soon the games come out. Or she is enjoying singing, although that can also very well be done at the same time as drawing, haha!

If you read all this and now think "hey, maybe a fun collaboration is possible there," please take a look at my online portfolio and send me an email!

http://annapietjeblom.com/

annapietjeblom@gmail.com

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