Sandra Suarez

♥︎ Artist / Director / Animator ♥︎@threedollars21 on socials!

♥︎ Welcome to my website! I'm an artist living in Los Angeles, California and Mexico. I enjoy mixing 2D, 3D, and stop-motion animation in my projects- be it films or music videos. I help create stories that excite, question, and heal.♥︎ Available for short-form creative projects and concept development.♥︎ Contact me here to work together.

Projects


Luciérnaga (2025)

Luciérnaga Music Video

I directed a small team to create a 2D animated music video for José Madero, a Universal Music artist in Mexico. The song is about a real femicide case and features the mother reading a poem she dedicated to her daughter she lost.I adjusted the project based on notes and the scope in what resulted a heartbreaking music video released on International Women's Day 2026.

Roles:

  • Director

  • Editor

  • Storyboard artist (uncredited)

  • Character Animator (uncredited)

  • Background Artist (line art & some paintings)

Roots (2025)

Wrote and directed a stop-motion and 2D animated short film called "Roots." The project won the LFI Fellowship sponsored by Netflix and had a special screening June 2024 at the TCL Chinese Theaters.This project was personal to me because it dealt with a condition I have called trichotillomania. It's a disorder where a person compulsively pulls out their hair. I haven't seen much representation for the condition and thought it best to show how it feels through a tactile medium like stop-motion and contrast the textures with 2D animation.Many international artists worked on this short film. You can read more about the project and upcoming news on the link below.

Roles:

  • Director

  • Writer

  • Producer

  • Stop-motion Animator

  • Editor

  • 2D Clean Up and Color Artist (uncredited)

The Cursed Hacienda (2022)

The Cursed Hacienda

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, I directed and animated a stop-motion and 2D animated promotional video for the US television channel SYFY.The story is inspired by my short visit to a mummy museum in México when I was a little girl. The experience fueled my curiosity of the supernatural and the gothic horror genre.I led a small team who helped with sound effects and prop fabrication.

Roles:

  • Writer

  • Director

  • Editor

  • Puppet Fabricator

  • 2D & Stop-motion Animator

  • Storyboard artist

Fido is a Hot Dog Now (2022)

Fido is a Hot Dog Now

Completed short film for Aardman Academy's Stop Motion 2 Course.
Cotton the Clown sings a tragic song about their dog Fido in hell.

La Ofrenda (2020)

La Ofrenda

Completed short film for Aardman Academy's Stop Motion 1 Course. Michael, a silly skeleton man, celebrates Day of the Dead.

Call of the Aisle (2020)

Call of the Aisle

Helped create an animatic with 4 teammates for a virtual festival. With a limited time frame of 1 month, I assisted brainstorming the story, create a thumbnail pass of the storyboards, designed background characters and edited the final animatic.

Services


Animation and Visual Storytelling

  • Stop-motion animation

  • 2D animation

  • Animatic editing

  • Storyboarding

  • Concept art

  • Character design

Illustration and Character Art

  • Digital painting

  • Drawing

  • Pixel art

  • Fursona drawings

Story and Script Support

  • Screenwriting

  • Transcribing English-Spanish

  • Concept development

Contact

Do you want to work together or have a question? Send me an e-mail with the form below!