About Erika


Erika is a character designer and storyboard artist with over a decade of experience working in the animation and videogame industry. She is passionate about sincere storytelling and works hard to deliver strong designs.


Her most recent work includes character design on the Netflix show “Unicorn Academy” as well as design for “Barbie” and visual development across unannounced video games and features.

She’s also storyboarded on properties such as Netflix's Emmy award winning "Hilda", Disney's "Lorcana", Dreamworks' "All Hail King Julien", Mattel's "Enchantimals" and "Barbie", SpinMaster's "Hatchimals", Shining Isle's "The Wingfeather Saga" and other shows. She’s also designed toys (Hasbro) and illustrated books (GrapeSEED eduational readers).

​She’s currently working from Canada where she lives with her husband Nicholas Kole.

Info

erika.schnellert@gmail.com 

EDUCATION
Capilano University - 2D animation and design

EXPERIENCE / SKILLS
Character Design + Storyboarding

SOFTWARE
Photoshop + Storyboard Pro + Procreate

CLIENTS
Netflix | Hasbro | Mattel | Spinmaster | Dreamworks | Disney

Using Format