Sir Wade is a freelance Character Animator, VFX Artist, & Full-Time Content Creator.

After a short film about a sick superhero brought him to the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, he completed an online Character Animation education program to immediately be hired at DreamWorks Animation as a Technical Trainer / Educator. His role at DWA as an Artist Trainer evolved to include becoming the Lead Videographer and the Education-Liason for Animation, Surfacing, and Modeling.

After leaving the studio in 2018, Sir Wade has gone on to create one of YouTube's most helpful and entertaining animation resources for aspiring and professional artists alike.

Sir Wade has taught over 50 classes ranging from proprietary software for animation, layout, and lighting, to third-party tools such as Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, Substance3D, After Effects, Houdini, etc.

He has a large and engaged audience across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Patreon, Discord, and his own animation course website.

Sir Wade Neistadt

Animator, VFX Artist, Creator

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