Emile Button
Stamford, CT
Advisor: Samantha Olschan
Artist Bio
Emile Button is an Animation student from UConn Stamford, getting his BFA in Spring of 2025. His specialties are 2D Animation, Character Design, Storyboarding, Character Concept, Motion Design, Motion Graphics, Logo Design, Character Rigging, Concept Art, and Concept Development. He has been hired for Logo and Asset design for streamers on twitch, VTuber Design and Rigging, and Animated Ad for Leadership Greater Hartford’s social media. He has mainly worked freelance, however he wishes to eventually work with either an indie animation studio or a corporate studio. His main influences are queer culture and media, history, comedy, mythology, and fantasy. Emile’s dream is to work in young adult animation, creating complicated and epic stories that involve queer characters in non-stereotypical ways. His main drive is to create more representation for those who do not see themselves in animated media. He hopes to one day work for Spindlehorse studios, his dream job.
Artist Statement
“Forest Potion” is an animated short set to the song Wolves by Milo Greene that I created using one of my favorite original characters. The main character Red is a tiny plague doctor-like creature that is about 3 inches tall living in the forest with his partner Blue. They are tiny, so their furniture is made of garbage humans leave behind and live in a hobbit-like hut. I wanted to make a cute story about how love and what one would do for their loved one. Blue wakes up sick, so Red starts to make him a potion to help him feel better. Unfortunately, they’re missing an ingredient! Red braves the outside and unknown world to go and find it. I created this character out of my love for creepy yet cute things, and to me that is the plague doctor mask. Its part of English history, and I just think the lore about plague doctors is just so funny. I then created Blue, his male romantic partner. As a queer person, it’s important to me to have subtle representation in all media. Subtle in the sense where it’s natural, not in your face, and just part of everyday life.
