James Chambless (MFA, University of Central Florida) is currently a Visiting Lecture in SVAD’s Experimental Animation Track. He currently instructs introduction and intermediate animation. James’ expertise is in 2D hand drawn digital animation, visual storytelling, narrative development, environment design, and cinematography. His versatility among the animation pipeline comes from 15 years of experience with digital animation software. Experience accumulated through educational settings, contract-based freelancing, digital marketing, studio production, research, and personal projects.