Experience
Freelance Animator for Bigfott Studios (November 2010-January 2011)
- Worked on 9 short animations for a montage scene.
- Responsible for 100% of animation, pencil tests, and clean up drawings.
Contributing Artist for MS Paint Adventures (Summer 2010-present, casual position.)
- Assisted in creating full sprite sheets for characters, based on existing artwork.
- Animated walking loop for "[S] Make her pay."
- Completed illustration for calendar product.
- Assisted in organizing and hosting live drawing webcast.
- Completed full-color illustration for computer wallpaper and prints.
- Various other assets for Flash work.
Freelance Illustration (2007-present)
- Worked for primarily online clients, creating finished images tailored to their specifications.
- Works included ink portraits, editable PSDs of mythical creatures, and various depictions of clients' original characters.
Education
Vancouver Institute of the Media Arts
September 2008- August 2009 - Vancouver, BC
- Program: Classical Animation
Courses included:
- Traditional and Flash-based animation
- Life Drawing
- Storyboarding
- Layout & Design
- Animation History
Central Kitsap High School
2005–2008 Silverdale, WA
Skills
- Above average knowledge of PCs and networking.
- 10+ years experience with Wacom products.
- Quick to adapt to new software.
- Used to keeping an organized file structure.
- Some experience with CSS and HTML.
Software
Proficient with:
- Adobe Photoshop 7, CS3, CS5
- Adobe Flash CS3, CS5
- Paint Tool Sai
- Adobe After Effects
Familiar with:
- ToonBoom Studio
- ToonBoom Opus
- DigiCel Flipbook
- Autodesk Maya 2010
- portalgraphics openCanvas 1, 4
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Premiere
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Macromedia Flash MX 2004
