Hamid Amini

Animation Specialist/Advertising Intern - GriffinWink Advertising Agency
January 2022 - December 2022
  • Developed advertising animation and storyboard

Freelance Animator, Art Director, Animation Director
January 2006 - January 2021
  • Production of short films, commercial animations, and motion
graphics
  • Character design, visual development, storyboarding, animation
direction
  • Management of full production pipelines for clients

Editorial Cartoonist - Freelancer (Isfahan, Iran )
January 2005 - January 2009
  • Created engaging editorial cartoons

• Animation Pedagogy and Learning
  Investigating how visual style, motion design principles, and narrative structure influence learning outcomes in preschool and K–12 audiences. Focus on cognitive load, symbol recognition, and visual attention in instructional animation.
• Visual Narratives and Cultural Representation
  Exploration of storytelling strategies in 2D and 3D animation, with emphasis on identity, cultural memory, social environments, and cross-cultural communication through stylized visual languages.
• AI and Creativity in Art Education
  Studying ethical, practical, and pedagogical implications of artificial intelligence in art and design curricula, including hybrid creative workflows, authorship, and the evolving role of human–machine collaboration.
• Hybrid Animation Techniques
  Development of mixed-method animation pipelines combining 3D CGI with 2D painted aesthetics to expand

• Amini, H. (2025). AI in Art Education: Innovation, Ethics, and the Future of Creativity. Art and Design Review, 13, 115–129.
• Moazzeni Khorasgani, A., Amini, H., & Asadi Eskandar, G. (2024). Animation and Mindscapes: Enhancing Urban Sustainability through Visual Narratives. Current Urban Studies, 12, 732–747.

• Karen McComish Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Award, 08/01/25, 05/31/26, H. Amini (with R. Martin), Visual Style and Learning in Preschool Animation
• Moline Acres Interdisciplinary Community Visioning Grant, 01/01/24, 12/31/24, P. Crawford, E. Tofte, R. Dalton, USD 28,000, Part of the SDSU–Kansas State EPA TAB partnership; involved collaborative work with 8 design students.

• Best Iranian Journalistic Cartoonist, 2007
• Best Thesis Nominee, Tehran Animation Festival, 2016
• International festival selections for Flutter, 2024–2025

• Hot Ketchup Soup, Brookings, SD, 10/01/25
• SD/GD Faculty Exhibition, Brookings, SD, 10/01/24
• What Would That Something Be?, Sioux Falls, SD, 04/01/24 - 08/31/24

• Flutter, 2024 - Director, Producer

      Appearances:

       - SALSA Film Festival, Germany

       - FIFAK, Tunisia

       - VSF, Egypt

       - Kuala Lumpur International Film Awards, Malaysia

- Authentic Global Film Awards, 2025

• Mayeh-Tileh, 2020, Director, Producer, Seven-episode animated web series
• Meraj Al-Saada, 2011, Director, Thirty-five episode ethics-based animated series
• Golvajeh, 2011, Director, Thirty-five episode animated poetry series
• A Carrot Story, 2013, Visual development, Directing, Character design
• Tazama, 2023, Visual development, Directing, Character design

• Student mentorship in animation and design
• Jury member for student art exhibitions
• Interdisciplinary research collaborations
• Community workshops and outreach

• English (Fluent)
• Farsi (Native)
• Dari (Fluent)