Niall Laverty

Niall Laverty is an accomplished educator and creative professional with extensive experience in animation and illustration. Currently serving as an Assistant Lecturer at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Niall specializes in Advanced Life Drawing for Animation. As co-owner of At it Again!, Niall contributes as an illustrator, graphic designer, and writer, focusing on Irish literature through engaging pocket guides. Niall has held multiple teaching roles in gesture drawing at prestigious institutions such as GOBELINS, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, and The Animation Workshop, emphasizing the importance of capturing motion and expression in animation. Additional teaching roles include life drawing at Brown Bag Films and a Gesture Drawing Masterclass for Netflix during an Animation Week in India. Niall's educational background includes a BA(Hons) in Animation from BCFE/University of Dundee.