Vanessa Luther-Smith is a freelance artist, animator and animation artist. She has thirty years' professional experience within the Animation Industry as well as working on commercial design and illustration projects. She teaches life drawing and animation, sharing her passion for drawing and working creatively.

"I love to draw the human figure; to observe and capture life and movement in my drawing. All the sketches are quick poses, no more than three minutes long. Some are made with a pencil, some with dip-pen and ink. I like to explore ways of representing what I see and, hopefully, produce work that gives pleasure to others. I have worked some of the poses into playful narratives and others remain as I first saw them, leaving the beauty of the model to make the strongest statement."