Animation, illustration & design

Hey! I’m Michael William Lester, an artist currently living and working on the West Coast of Canada.

I run Beginners studio and Art & Design Ruined My Life. For personal work find me on Instagram @michaelwilliamlester.

Clients

Netflix, Disney, Mars Inc., Hermès, Rimowa, Burberry, Nike, Etsy, Spotify, UberEats, Venmo, Xero, Moncler, Monocle Magazine, Kraken Rum, Talkspace, GQ, Accel, Allbirds, Granta, Mr. Porter, Loro Piana, The RealReal, Hyatt, Gusto, Nurx, City of Victoria, Orange County Transportation Authority, Ford.

Press

Creative Review Adweek Fast Company Under Consideration Design Week Designboom Bloomberg

Untitled

**ⓒ** Michael William Lester 2024 • Animator, illustrator & designer • [email protected] • @michaelwilliamlester

I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.