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Bringing creatures to life, perfectly crafted to their project infused with memorable design, charm and exceptional storytelling.
Irish-born Molly Heady-Carroll is a 2D artist and animator based in the Netherlands who specializes in all things creatures. Always obsessed with studying animals (especially reptiles), she now makes up her own as a Creature Consultant in the games and animation industry.
In 2013, Molly co-founded Arcane Circus, the game studio behind "Crap! I'm Broke" and the Kaiju-based pan media IP "Zenibeasts", whose recently released animated short “Kaiju Cutie” just blew up on YouTube. Molly freelances for clients such as Netflix, Universal Pictures, Night School Studios, BBC, Impact Gameworks, Crackshell Games and Anikey Studios. She also gives lectures about creature design at conferences and schools all over the world.
Get in touch at molly@creatureconsultant.com
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Highlights include: Digital Dragons, Devcom, Develop Brighton, BLON Lithuania, Framed Groningen, SAE Alumi Convention, Indigo, Trojan Horse was a Unicorn: Career Camp, AMAZE Festival Berlin, Ted X Talks Amsterdam, Tokyo Indies and Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki & London
- In-studio lectures given for studios such as 3D Realms / Slipgate Ironworks and Glindalohki Studios and educational institutes such as SAE Zurich, SAE Amsterdam, Utrecht University of the Arts, Breda University of Applied Sciences
- Presenter of Animating Creatures in Clip Studio Paint with Molly Heady Carroll (2024) https://youtu.be/2nD00es-Ii8?si=Fw3R21fIkd22_A2o
- Presenter of Clip Studio Webinar Make a Hit Indie Animation in Clip Studio Paint with Molly Heady Carroll (2024) https://youtu.be/02RvzVm9ERQ?si=wWBvxGGuVzMwwjxk
- Host for Adobe Live Masterclass "Bring Your Own Hero: Comic Illustration with Klaus Scherwinski" (2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nExvE6UgYVU&ab_channel=AdobeLive
- Host for Playgrounds The Art Department Eindhoven Mainstage (2024) https://youtu.be/9OiUrcPaGVk?si=X9vgxTooXEEFQ56-
- Host for Playground: In Motion Festival, Breda (2023) https://youtu.be/WmGU4bS3VhE?si=WkjjQI92_DAazJa7
- Creature Design module teacher at Utrecht University of the Arts (2023-2024)
Pixel Artist for Bosses in an upcoming remaster of Hammerwatch.
Welcome to Puzzle Explorers, a puzzle/RPG hybrid that combines grand JRPG tradition with exciting falling block puzzles! Experience an epic story with familiar faces & new characters alike, build your party, upgrade the town of New Riverstone, and discover the mysteries of an all-new land.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUDW_gRnZ-I&ab_channel=ImpactGameworks
Bribe the dragon to leave the realm and claim the throne in this easy-to-learn interactive adventure game!
An ultrashort animation about the transience of essential connection and our deep desire to experience this in spite of everything.
A figure is trapped on a lonely voyage, floating on an uncontrollable course. But then another figure becomes visible and audible – far away. It seems that their courses are going to intersect; nervous and enthusiastic anticipation follows. And then: an intense, almost timeless encounter. But soon the figures drift apart again, forced to continue their solitary, uncontrollable courses.
A showcase of Fifth Tribe's Interactive Campaigns can be viewed here: http://showcase.fifthtribe.com/
Enter the magical world of Tangledeep, a beautifully polished dungeon crawler inspired by classic 16-bit RPGs! Colorful characters, a unique job system, tons of skills, items, and diverse environments with deep, turn-based roguelike gameplay. A different adventure every time you play!
A Podcast on all things weird, mysterious and down right crazy with MathasGames, Jesse Cox and Alex Faciane. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy9DXTFAGxA&t
Join Reggie on his bizarre adventures through space and time, and experience the sensation of turning gravity upside-down in a classically-cut platform game full of surprises on every level!
An upcoming Kaiju-themed digital card game from Arcane Circus.
http://kaijackcardattack.com/https://dark-universe-universal-monsters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mummy:_Dark_Universe_Stories
The developer is Night School Studio, of Oxenfree and Mr. Robot fame, and will be an episodic, supernatural adventure where players take on the role of Nick Morton, Tom Cruise's character from The Mummy, in a story with multiple narrative options and dynamic comic-style illustrations.
Crap! I’m Broke is a hectic life management game with a Cubist art style for iOS and Android. Do mini-game style jobs (like scrubbing dishes and flip burgers) to avoid eviction and keep starvation at bay.
Señor Wooly is a series of Spanish lesson music videos with funny, creative, and absurd stories with unexpected twists. Music videos include Billy la Bufanda, ¿Puedo ir al baño? Guapo, Las Excusas, and Sé Chévere, among many others.
"The Señor Wooly Video Game" is an expansion of the universe that introduces a karaoke style game with all the characters, charm and absurdity you have come to love from the music videos.
Vision Soft Reset is a 2D action-adventure platformer that lets the player perceive the future. From this fundamental concept comes a plethora of unique and empowering possibilities in combat and exploration.
Animated Short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1GMLU7oZvA&feature=youtu.be
la Minute Caprice was a viral marketing campaign promoting the new packaging for En Cas de Caprice. A one minute film festival ran online for 24 hours, bringing the number of films shown to 1140.
A cinematic story driven JRPG game with incredible music. Set in the beautiful city state of Lorna, uncover the conspiracies and broken souls within.
Kimono and Chibby Chan is an animated web series following the psychedelic adventures of everyone's favorite luchador mask doting dynamic duo.
Brock Crocodile is a platforming adventure game in which the player takes on the role of a walking and talking red crocodile. The character Brock has two abilities that allow him to combat his foes and overcome obstacles such as using his whip to help him swing of chasms and pitfalls and his long distances attack in the form of his fruitgun, loaded with one of your five a day!