Digital Animation & Broadcast Designer
Toronto, ON, Canada
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HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS________________________________
- Solid understanding of character acting, weight , balance, and action performance
- Skilled hand drawing to complete the process of storyboarding and animation staging
- Experience working within a tight pipeline developing animation for both TV series and video games.
- Well rounded training in the process of the technical tools for Animation, production and post-production
- Strong knowledge in visual arts and cinematography conceptualization
- Ready to work under pressure with the optimal direction, work flow and team responsibilities
- Trained and experienced on the professional use of common artistic and multimedia production software
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE________________________________________
Digital Animator / Digital Artists 2007 -2010
· IMAX, Toronto, ON
Animation and modeling for stereoscopic 3D interpretation.
· Alien Concepts Inc, Toronto, ON
Lead Artist. On-line based Video games: Animation for 2D &3D assets and multimedia development
· Dream Engine Inc, Torrance, California
Character animation, mobile comic book for The Spirit
· Elliott Animation Studios, Toronto, ON
TV animated series Rollbots Season 1, Amberwood-YTV. Character animation, rendering and compositing.
· Elliott Animation Studios, Toronto, ON
TV animated show Dunce Bucket. Leading character animation and designer.
· Pseudo Interactive, Toronto, ON
Character animation for video game.
· Chuck Gammage Animation Inc, Toronto, ON
Character design and construction of facial expressions and blendshapes.
· Story City, Toronto, ON
Web animated series Konstruction Zone. Character animation
Tutoring 3D development on Autodesk Maya
Instructor at Centennial College - The Bell Centre for Creative Communications, Toronto ON
Broadcast Designer
• VF Wrangler-Lee, Greensboro, North Carolina + Mexico City, Mexico (2000-2007)
• Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, Wisconsin + Mexico City, Mexico (1997-2001)
• Ciateq Advanced Tech Centre & Robotics, Queretaro, Mexico (1999-2007)
• TÜV Rehinland International, Mexico City, Mexico (1998-2003)
• Centennial College, Toronto, Ontario (2007)
• Created Animation for corporate identity assets, multimedia, Internet and TV applications: machinery and technical modeling and illustrative functioning Animation
• Produced storyboarding, design and production for audiovisual communication tools.
• Administrated, designed and improvement of Corporate Identity
Audiovisual Designer [Overseas Headquarters]
• Produced high-end Photoshop and graphic design applications for advertising art distribution
• Firms included: Toronto District School Board | Pfizer | 3M | Pharmacia & Upjohn | Continental | Ericsson |Goodyear Tire | Kellogg’s | New York Life |
EDUCATION____________________________________________________
Digital Animation
Centennial College, Toronto Ontario (Dec 2006-Jan 2008)
Relevant Courses
• Acting
• Character Animation
• Modeling, Rigging and Texturing in Maya
• Story Development
• Visual Effects
• Broadcasting Design
BA, Fine Arts
Royal City Museum, Ciudad Real, Spain (1993-1995)
• Classic Arts
•Human Figure Staging
BA, Communications
Metropolitan University, Mexico City, Mexico (1992-1998)
Relevant Courses
• Liberal Arts
• Cinematography
• 2D Animation
Certified Macromedia Graphic Designer
Macromedia Licensing, Mexico City, Mexico (2000)
SOFTWARE SKILLS_______________________________________________
Autodesk Maya | Character Studio | Flash | Photoshop | Combustion | Director | Premiere |FinalCut Pro | Illustrator | After Effects | MudBox
DVD Reel Available Upon Request
+Animation Showcase: click here to display...
+Some Life Drawing & Story Boarding
