Hello,

I am an Animator based in Orange County, California. Originally born and raised in Hawaii, I moved to California to be closer to the animation industry.

I graduated from the University of Hawaii with a BA focused on 2D traditional animation in 2012. As a student I had a positive 3D animation internship experience at Hawaii Animation Studios using Autodesk Maya. Fast forward to today I am a student at Animation Mentor to further improve as a 3D Animator. My ultimate goal is to create character animation for great story-telling experiences in films and video games.

​When I am not working on animation/filmmaking, I enjoy watching anime, nature documentaries, and musicals. Random note I'm also a big dog lover.


Thank you for visiting my website,

​Lauren Watanabe

Here's a sketch of my dog :)