Your story is moving.

Hi! I’m Stacy Bias, a freelance animator and illustrator. I help academics, researchers and non-profits turn research into powerful visual stories that create impact and social change. I specialise in storytelling for creative dissemination via 2D animation, explainer videos and illustration.

Stories are the most powerful tools in the world for creating empathy, understanding and engagement. As an artist with a 20+ year history of social justice activism, I am uniquely positioned to help you harness that power in animation and illustration with care, ethics and compassion.

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ANIMATION SPECIALTIES

As a specialist in Health Communications animation, I have had the privilege of working with renowned institutions and organisations such as Penn State University, the Huck Centre for Infectious Disease Dynamics, University of Miami, and Cambridge University.

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Animation is a creative, fun and collaborative process between researcher and animator, and a way to turn research findings into something that can be easily understood by a wide range of audiences, including those without a background in your field of research.

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Animation is an engaging, accessible, and joyful artform that can break complex ideas into digestible nuggets. Its adaptable format can engage people intellectually and emotionally, and it can bring layers of excitement and resonance to technical subjects.

 
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ANIMATION PROCESS

Animation Scripting

First, the story! We’ll determine your goals (Empathy-building? Explainer animation? Educational animation?) and help you start scripting!

 
Storyboarding for Animation

Once we’ve finalised your script, we begin sketching out rough visuals so you can begin to see your story come to life!

 
Character Design & Development

Storyboard in hand, we’ll flesh out your aesthetic and develop the characters that will help you tell your story.

 
Voiceover & Sound Design

Narrator and character voices as well as backing tracks and foley effects are as important to the success of the project as the visuals. We’ll help source the right artists!

Illustration for Animation

The next to last stage is asset creation where all those rough sketches become rich and complete scenes with depth and gorgeous artwork.

2D Animation & Motion Graphics

The final stage is the animation itself – we’ll take all your ideas, the voiceover, music, characters and illustrated assets and set them in motion!

Hi! I’m Stacy Bias, an activist, artist and animator living in Glasgow, Scotland. 

20+ years of social justice activism informs my practice and makes me ideally suited to work with academics, researchers, charities, NGOs and other mission-based organisations. I love combining research with illustration and animation to create humanising narratives that amplify marginalised voices.  I also work frequently with academics in Health Communications, co-creating sensitive and effective educational resources for both practitioners and the communities they serve. My practice is collaborative and guided by the principles of intersectional feminism. My favourite projects target empathy and the places where it’s absent, asking questions about social legitimacy, barriers to access (both physically and socially) and the psychic and material impacts of exclusion.

EXHIBITIONS
  • The Cultural Animation Film Festival, Lost Voices of Partition (Nominee: Best Animation), (October 2023)

  • Feel The Reel International Film Festival, Lost Voices of Partition animation, (August 2023)

  • Madras Independent Film Festival, Lost Voices of Partition (Honourable Mention), (September 2023)

  • Pink City International Short Film Festival, Lost Voices of Partition animation, (September 2023)

  • The Monthly Film Festival (Glasgow), Lost Voices of Partition (Nominee: Best Animation), (August 2023)

  • Animated Women UK LIMITLESS Exhibition, embroidery pieces, (London & Norwich University of the Arts, 2023)

  • Reelout Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario. Refugee Arrival animation, (Newcastle University) (January 2023)

  • San Francisco Queer Film Festival, Refugee Arrival animation, (Newcastle University) (August 2022)

  • Refugee Youth, Public Space and Artistic Practice, Refugees & COVID-19, Refugees & Public Space, Refugee Arrival (Newcastle University), (June 2022)

  • Athens ANIMFEST, Refugees & COVID-19 (Newcastle University), (March 2022)

  • Hair, Untold Stories, Horniman Museum (and traveling exhibition), It’s Only Hair animation, (Dec 2021-2023)

  • London International Animation Festival, Figures In Focus Panel, Barbican, Flying While Fat animation, (Nov 2021)

  • Socially Engaged Art Salon, What Is Intersectionality? animation, (August 2020)

  • Deptford AnimaDocs Festival, Flying While Fat animation, (July 2019)

  • Persistence of Vision Symposium, Goldsmiths UOL, Flying While Fat animation, (June 2019)

  • Creative Writing for Social Research Symposium, Flying While Fat animation, (Nov 2018)

  • Factual Animation Film Fest, Flying While Fat animation, (Oct 2018)

  • Hair! Human Stories Exhibition, It’s Only Hair, (June 2018)

  • The Film Bunch, Flying While Fat animation, (Dec 2017)

  • DIY Cultures, Rich Mix Flying While Fat animation, (May 2017)

  • Tate Gallery, Liverpool Flying While Fat animation, in collaboration with DADA Fest, (Dec 1-3 2016)

  • Bluecoat Centre for Contemporary Arts, Liverpool Flying While Fat animation, in collaboration with DADA Fest, (Nov 19th – Dec 1st 2016)

  • Salon de Refusè, London “Big Bird” digital print, (June 2016)

  • Shortlisted, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition “Big Bird” digital print, (June 2016)

  • DIY Cultures, Rich Mix Yoga for Larger Bodies animation, (May 2016)

  • Working with Stacy has been wonderful!  Finding a creative that gets inclusion is so important – now more than ever, if you want to connect fully with your audience and you want an animation that you don’t need to retire – do it right the first time, Stacy will help you do that. In addition to this, she’s got the best personality and is a joy to engage with.Can’t wait to collab on something again! — Eleeshia Bauwise, UK Sport
  • Stacy is so wonderful to work with – her quirky, engaging and entertaining illustrations are brilliant and really bring things to life. As well as sourcing voiceovers, Stacy also makes helpful suggestions about scripts that really make the final illustrations first class. I recommend Stacy to you without hesitation! – Prof Peter Hopkins, Dean of Social Justice, Newcastle University
  • Stacy Bias is an extraordinarily gifted animator. She is not only an excellent artist, but she approaches the subject matter with uncommon sensitivity and an eye toward inclusion and diversity. I enjoyed working with Stacy at every stage, particularly as we carefully selected visual metaphors to help explain complex topics. I am looking forward to with her again on future projects. — Prof. Susan E Morgan, Assoc. Provost for Research Development, UMiami
  • Stacy Bias is an amazing collaborator! She asks relevant questions and listens to make sure she understands the goals of the project, and she does research to help make sure she is knowledgeable about the issues. Stacy is very creative in her approach. Her ability to take complex and abstract ideas and create visuals that make them easy to understand makes her projects truly exceptional. Stacy is very responsive and professional and I couldn’t imagine a better person to work with. — Prof Tyler R Harrison, Communication Studies, UMiami
  • Stacy’s work is second to none. She has an amazing ability to tell powerful and moving stories that amplify rather than belittle the voices of participants. A real strength of her work is her ability to work sensitively and empathetically to tell the stories of marginalised people’s experiences of stigmatisation in a way that encourages others to step outside of their positions of privilege and see things from another perspective. I cannot recommend her highly enough. — Dr Bethan Evans, Human Geography, University of Liverpool
  • Working with Stacy has been absolutely amazing, having the opportunity to collaborate and watch Stacy bring our story to life in such an understanding and diligent way was incredible, let alone the creativity and outstanding art she created. She carefully listened to our thoughts and transformed them beyond what we imagined, whilst also providing assistance on the script and voiceover. The final animation is exceptional! — Natalie Brown, Sports Wales

Why work with us ?

We are queer, feminist and woman-owned. We understand and prioritise inclusivity, social justice and accessibility. We are ethical, reasonably priced and passionate about changing the world.

We are Creative

We will go beyond literal interpretation and tell your story with innovation and imagination.

Timely Delivery

We only take on the work we can guarantee delivery of. We will meet your deadlines.

We love what we do

This is the best job in the world and we’re grateful every day we get to do it!

Have an idea ? Let’s get your story moving!

Drop us a line:

YourStoryIsMoving@gmail.com

or use the form to request a quote.

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