Carley Russell


Bachelors of Fine Art

Carley is an ambitious 2D Animator, Character Designer, and Comic Artist from Mansfield, Texas whose focus is about bringing stories, characters, and settings to life through the practice of animation and comics she learned attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Inspired by fantasy and sci-fi games, movies, and books from her childhood, she strives to make work that is unique in concept and dynamic in execution to inspire others like those who inspired her. Carley’s first act of her animated film Voir will be exhibited at Gene Siskel Film in Spring 2023.