Olivia Groves

Hey there,

My name is Liv!

I am an illustrator and motion artist who wants to create extraordinary art, work on amazing projects, and collaborate with other creative people and brands to create meaningful and impactful work. I have a strong interest in storytelling, using beautiful illustrations and motion to connect with people.

Since I was a kid, I have always loved creating and making things. If it wasn’t teaching myself multiple instruments or making music, it was graffiti, short films, traditional painting, building and wiring arcades, or my non-stop doodling in my sketchbooks.

I am a curious and open person who draws inspiration from all different disciplines and areas in life. I believe keeping myself open to where new ideas can come from helps me to be able to create unique solutions and stories.

I’m an adaptable person who loves to explore new opportunities, processes, and workflows. I love working with people and collaborating, as these opportunities provide a space to grow and learn about people and new ideas.

I will be a 2022 graduate from Swinburne University of Technology, majoring in Motion Design and Digital Advertising Technology for my Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Media and Communication.

Music Equipment Illustrations

Animated Client Logo

Festival Video Bumper

3D Asset Creation

InPatient Motion Graphic Videos

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.