Contact
Email
jakob@eiring.net
Phone
+47 934 00 925
About me
Hi! My name is Jakob, and I am a Norwegian artist, based in Denmark. I design, animate and direct. I have a bachelor’s degree in animation from Volda University College from 2020, where I made an award-winning animated short called PANDICULATION.
Softwares:
Photoshop
After Effects
TV paint
Storyboard Pro
Blender
Autodesk Maya
Final cut pro X
Premiere
Tumblehead AS 2024
I was contracted by Tumblehead AS to work on a project for (and with) LEGO. During my time there, I did 3D modeling and texture work.
Bridge films 2023
I made 10 tutorial films for the Norwegian Bridge Federation. The series was animated in Blender. Besides scriptwriting and voice work, I made the rest on my own.
Mikrofilm AS 2022 - 2022
In the summer of 2022 I worked as a Storyboard revisionist at Mikrofilm, an animation studio based in Oslo. I worked on a feature animated film about King Valamon (an old folkstale). ( The film is still untitled. )
«Asteroider» (Children’s book) 2021 - 2022
From August 2021 til March 2022 I illustrated a children’s facts book about asteroids. It was published late April 2022 by the Norwegian publishing house ENA forlag.
Animaskin 2021 - 2021
From October 2021 til the end of December I worked as an intern at the Norwegian animation studio «Animaskin». While I was there I worked on several projects. I mostly did character designs and backgrounds, but I also did some animation and storyboarding as well.
NAF film 2021
In April 2021 I made a short film for the Norwegian insurance company NAF. They reached out at the end of March and said they wanted å film to promote their new bike insurance system. During April, I developed the story, animated, and edited the entire film (with exception of a couple of scenes).
PANDICULATION 2019 - 2020
As my bachelor project, a fellow student and I made the award-winning short, PANDICULATION. It was produced at Volda university college and has since its release been accepted to over 15 different animation festivals around the world. It won the jury’s special price at “the Big Cartoon Festival” in Moscow, the biggest animation festival in Russia, and it won the prize for “best Norwegian animated film” at Reanima in Bergen. The film has also been nominated at Animafest Zagreb and is being screened at the Annecy festival. During production, I worked as Head of Story and character design.
Volda University College
2017 - 2020
At Volda I took a Bachelor’s degree in animation. There, I was introduced to all the fundamental aspects of the animation pipeline. We had courses in traditional 2D animation, digital 2D animation, analog, and digital cut-out, 3D, and stop-motion. We also learned about story development, designing characters, and much more. Of all the things we taught, I’ve focused on developing my storytelling skills, specifically within the pre-production stage. This is my passion, and where I shine the most.
Design School Kolding
2020 - 2020
I started a Bachelor’s degree in industrial design at Design School Kolding after the summer of 2020. Due to the pandemic, I ended up moving back to Norway, and rather focus on a career in the animation industry. During my time in Denmark, I learned about general design theory, technical drawing, and foundational principles such as perspective and composition.
