About

Layouts, keyframes, and coffee.

Creative

Hands-on

Detail-oriented

Curious

Collaborative

Expressive

Hi, I’m Patti Milton, a Designer and Animator creating visuals with story, character, and focus.

My work blends clean design thinking with expressive character driven instincts, creating visuals that feel polished, intentional, and full of personality. Whether I’m building a brand moment, designing a product piece, or shaping a moving image, I’m always looking for the small details that make something memorable.

My experience includes work connected to major entertainment brands including Marvel and Warner Bros., where strong visuals, clear communication, and production-ready execution matter at every stage. That background taught me how to think cinematically, solve creatively, and make design choices that support a bigger story.

As a designer, I’m drawn to work with charm, clarity, and a little bit of mischief. I love expressive characters, playful design systems, bold visual moments, and anything that gives a project its own voice. My style is professional, but never stiff.

At the center of everything I make is visual storytelling. I want the work to feel alive, whether it’s printed on packaging, worn on apparel, moving across a screen, or sitting quietly on a page. My goal is to create design that connects quickly, communicates clearly, and leaves people with something they remember.

What I get hired for

And what I love to do

Animation

My home base in film and TV. I work in previs and postvis, blocking shots, timing action, and bringing characters and creatures to life so a sequence reads clearly long before it’s finished. It’s fast, collaborative, story-first work, and it’s where I learned to think cinematically.

Graphic Design

Design you can hold. I create packaging, branding, apparel, and layouts that feel polished on a shelf and true to the story behind them. Whether it’s a retail collection or a piece of merch, I sweat the small details, the ones that make something feel considered instead of just decorated.

Visual Development

Setting the look and feel. From concept and visual development to the finishing details, I shape the visual direction of a project so every choice supports the story and carries a bit of character. It’s where design thinking and animation instincts meet: professional, expressive, and never stiff.

Illustration of storyboarding and editorial design

Storytelling

Illustration of 3D product design and modeling

Branding

Packaging

Illustration of creative strategy and ideation

Concepts

Apparel

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before getting started

Collaborative, clear, and trustworthy. I ask all the details I need upfront and keep you in the loop with regular check-ins and honest feedback. I sweat the details so you don’t have to.

Working across film, 3D, and design means I think in motion and story, not just static frames. I am used to working in fast paced environments where quality and speed are important.

Nail the concept and the layout before polish so I'm not wasting time on the wrong idea. I work fast because I plan, not because I cut corners. I'll flag an issue early when something needs to flex.

Anything with a story to tell and to make it feel something. That could be design or animation. Anything where personality gets to lead.

The number of tiny iterations behind every frame, and how much coffee it took to get there.