Experience:
Animation Artist: DreamWorks' Animation Television: HUB team, January 2022 - Present
- Provides support to CG animation teams for multiple shows
- Provides CG animation notes to partner studios
- Creates reference materials for animation production
Digital Animator/Compositor: DreamWorks' Madagascar: A Little Wild, August 2019 - December 2021
- Creates all 2D animation for 2D/CG hybrid sequences in Madagascar: A Little Wild
- Solves challenges outside the scope of typical CG animation pipeline with custom artistic solutions and retakes
- Works in a span of different disciplines and software as needed, including compositing, 2D rigging, CG modeling and texturing, motion graphics, and others
- Communicates closely with other production teams on asset planning and creation
- Assists on other DreamWorks shows as a Digital Animator on an as needed basis
- Provides support to CG animation teams for multiple shows
- Provides CG animation notes to partner studios
- Creates reference materials for animation production
Lead Technical Animator: Explosm, January 2019 - July 2019
- Maintained responsibilities held under Animator title
- Created organizational tools for animation and other artistic departments
- Coordinated with pre-production and production teams to improve production pipeline
- Managed asset delivery and technical animation solutions with out of house artists and studios
- Produced high quality Toon Boom puppet animation on a rapid turnaround
- Created custom solutions to problems beyond the scope of puppet animation through either traditional animation or technical animation tools
- Developed new organizational tools to re-purpose assets used by animation and character design teams
- Contributed frequently to other teams as needed, including animatics, character designs, and editing
Freelance Experience:
Freelance Animator: Lowbrow Studios, June 2018 - Ongoing
- Accepts contracts on an irregular but ongoing basis for projects in a range of styles using Toon Boom and Adobe Animate
- Works with supervisors and clients to implement feedback in web based studio environment
Freelance Head of Production: Untitled Series Pitch, October 2017 - February 2018
- Directed all visual aspects of production for grant-funded animated series pitch trailer
- Contributed art at all stages of production, including concept art, character design, animation, effects, and editing using Toon Boom and Adobe Creative Suite
- Reported directly to clients to plan and implement pitch’s visual development
- Recruited and managed a small team of artists as part of the production process
- Contributed animation skills and expertise as a member of freelance artist collective
- Consulted with head of collective to develop animated short advertising collective’s services
Freelance Animator: Oxinfree Studios, November 2015 - February 2016
- Produced animation and assets for Adobe Flash based short
- Collaborated with crew members to maintain consistency and quality in cloud based production environment
Short Films and Collaborative Projects:
- Collaborator: “GemAnimate 3: Let's Only Think About Love”, 2020
- Collaborator: “GemAnimate 2: The Answer”, 2017
- Maya Animator and Toon Boom Animator: “Father”, 2017
- Stop Motion Animator: “Aurora”, 2017
- Stop Motion Animator: “Systems”, 2016
- Maya Animator: “Get Well Soon”, 2016
- Director: “Travel Companions”, 2015
- Screenings at 27 film and animation festivals across six continents
- Best Animated Flick, Best Overall Flick (Flick: the Fledgling Filmmaker’s Festival)
- Nominated: Best Emerging Filmmaker (Emerge Film Festival)
- Semifinalist: Best Animated Short Film (Elche International Independent Film Festival)
- Toon Boom Animator: “Phylactery”, 2015
- Maya Animator: “Bat Dance”, 2015
- Maya Animator: “Plank”, 2015
- Flash Puppet Animator: “Azadae”, 2014
Education:
Savannah College of Art and Design, BFA Animation, summa cum laude, 2015- Earned four year BFA in three years while maintaining high academic standing
- Senior thesis film chosen as part of the juried Animation Graduation Showcase
- Organizations: Contemporary Animation Society, SCAD Queers & Allies, SCAD Drumline
Skills and Programs:
Skilled in animation, audio and video editing, storyboarding, illustration, interpersonal communication, task-management, and problem solving.Experienced with Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk Maya, Toon Boom Harmony, Storyboard Pro, Foundry Nuke, Dragonframe, Microsoft Office Suite. Mac and PC proficient.