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2025

Mart Smooth

Animator
Mart Merrick, Photo credit MJ O'Toole 2023

Mart Merrick was born in England but by 20 years old had lived in nine different countries and six US states. Her love of storytelling and art has found its way through illustration, animation, and writing. 

Mart graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2017 with a degree in film/animation/video. She has additionally studied at Brown University and Kyoto Seika University in Japan. She is also a former Intern at Nickelodeon on SpongeBob SquarePants. Post undergrad, she traveled around Europe as a commercial artist and most recently concluded four years as a teacher and freelance animator in Tokyo, Japan.

A green girl looks into a mirror, shocked. Her reflection is deviating from being a reflection and cheering her on.
Frog Seeking Frog
“Frog Seeking Frog” is an animated short based on the real experiences of Mart Smooth’s time living in Japan. Specifically, what it was like to participate in the casual sex scene of Tokyo, and how that compared to …
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