Bowker Biography:
Shayne Hood

‘by shayne’ is a young company committed to providing educational and fun books to children of all ages.

The small publishing house was started by Shayne Hood, a work-at-home mom who began her career as an animator. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in filmmaking at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. Her first animation job was as an assistant effects animator for the feature Fern Gulley: The Last Rainforest. She has contributed to feature films, television, and CD-ROMs as an effects animator, character animator, and storyboard artist.

Shayne’s best productions came in the forms of a son and a daughter, both of whom are home schooled. Her Masters Thesis, a short animated film about a little girl and her pet giraffe, was based on her first book Jeremy Can’t Drink Milk which she wrote for her children. This title, as well as the film, will be made available to other children later this year.

Love of animation and love for raising and educating her children inspired Shayne to produce The Original Let’s Animate which teaches children, and young-at-heart adults, about animation as an art form. It also allows them to make their own short animation with an opportunity to have their work put to VHS tape.

 

Email: shayne@byshayne.com
Web: www.byshayne.com
Address:Shayne Hood, P.O. Box 221474, Santa Clarita, CA 91322 USA
Phone: (661) 254-0591