Natasha Canepa

Born in 1996 in the island of Puerto Rico, Natasha Cánepa always had an active mind when it comes to art. She would usually draw characters from TV shows she'd watch as a kid in an effort to mimic their respective styles all the while doodling in her notebooks during class-time. Her interest in the arts would soon flourish as she got involved with her school's art club along with subsequent classes in local museums and activities centers during her high school years. Through these she established her keen eye to detail and color on top of experimenting with different art styles to see which one fitted her best. With her early experience in developing a varied skill-set paired with stubbornness to improve, she was accepted into the bachelor's program for Animation of Savannah College of Art and Design in 2014. Throughout her time in college, she pushed herself to become better with every studio class with the field of Animation and Drawing, the latter of which she earned a minor for by the time of graduation in 2018. With each course, she would start to expand her range of talents through several facets of production like storyboarding, character animation and post-production, inspiring her to take on multiple projects including her own student shorts with her third-year film "Ready to Fight" and her personal project "Lay Your Hands on Me", an abstract animation with Boom Boom Satellites's namesake song as its main theme. Her college path was soon topped with her senior film "Magic Play", a project made by a small team of students, which was recognized by both SCAD and over a hundred festivals around the world including Puerto Rico's Lusca Fantastic Film Fest where it would earn the award for Best Local Animation. Today, she is working as an independent artist with her one-woman studio, Natasha Cánepa Animation Studios, offering multiple services in animation production along with leading the brand Forever Boricua which covers her traditional hand painted works inspired by the vibrant lifestyle of her island. Her client work ranges from advertising to educational material with each one being taken care of with highest regards to quality. Meanwhile, her production work can be recently seen in the short film "Metro6" as Writer, Storyboard Artist and 2D Effects Animator, Min Micglaugh's All Nighter Survival Guide as Storyboard Artist and in her next short, "Place to Place", a project that was primarily made during quarantine in 2020. Outside of work, she would connect with young artists on social media and regularly help them with sharing their art and her advice in developing their brand in the digital age.