Freelance 3D animator 2024- Present Buck
Animated characters and environments on large-scale Ad campaigns
Animation Director 2020- Present Chromosphere LA
Led animation teams on projects for Netflix, Viacom, Meta, Discord, AirBnB, Epic, Cartoon Network, Lego, and more.
Provided feedback and notes for teams of animators both in office and remote.
Created 3D layouts for the animation team to work from
Provided 2D drawn storyboards for various client projects as well as internal projects
Freelance animator and Motion Designer Dec. 2023- Present MEISTER
Created 3D character animation for a short film project
Served as a motion designer on various client projects
Freelance Animator Sep. 2022- Dec. 2022 Comedy Central/ Viacom
Assisted on animation and FX for "Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens" season 3
Freelance Animator Oct. 2022 Ruggable
Helped with development of a new ad campaign using 2D animation
Senior Animator Nov. 2018- 2020 Chromosphere LA
Supervised animation on the majority of studio projects including “City of Ghosts”, “Steven Universe the Movie” (opening titles),
“Sinclair Snake”, “Yuki 7”, as well as various advertisements and shorter form sequences.
Freelance Animator Nov. 2017- June 2018 Chromosphere LA
Animated on the “Steven Universe/Dove Body Confidence” campaign, the opening title sequence for the
“Carmen Sandiego” Netflix series, and the “Lenny” pilot for HBO.
Freelance Animator Feb. 2018 - May 2018 Hero4Hire Creative
Animated various characters for a short educational children’s series.
Animator June 2016 - Sep. 2017 Bardel Entertainment
Animated on season 4 of “Teen Titans Go!” for Warner Brothers/Cartoon Network.
Freelance Animator May 2016 - June 2016 Planet Nutshell
Animated characters and motion graphics for a well known client project.
Freelance Animator Dec 2015 - May 2016 Hero4Hire Creative
Animated on a television pilot for Nick Jr.
Junior Animation Artist May 2015 - Dec 2015 CloudKid Studios
Animated content for “Sesame Street”, and various other PBS properties.
SKILLS:
Adobe Animate, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator,
Autodesk Maya, Toon Boom Harmony, Blender, Logic Pro
Cel animation, symbol-based 2d animation, 3d animation, after effects animation,
Illustration, 2d compositing, video editing.
RECOGNITION:
Annie Awards 2020:
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game: “Sinclair Snake: Museum Mischief”
Nominee
Daytime Emmy Awards 2020:
Outstanding Main Title for an Animated Program: “Green Eggs and Ham Season 1”
Nominee
Daytime Emmy Awards 2022:
Outstanding Main Title for an Animated Program: “Green Eggs and Ham Season 2”
Nominee
EDUCATION:
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Graduated 2015
BFA, Major in Animation
Kyosil, 3D animation mentorship program 2023
REFERENCES:
Chris Turnham: Art Director and Illustrator: turnhamillustration@gmail.com
Denny Khurniawan, Art Director/Senior Visual Designer at Google- dkhurniawan@gmail.com
Eastwood Wong: Art Director at Disney Television Animation- Wongeastwood@gmail.com
Eusong Lee: Animation Director- leeeusong@gmail.com
Keiko Murayama: Character Art Director at Netflix- mupayama22@gmail.com
Nelson Boles: Animation Director- nelsonboles@gmail.com
Sylvia Liu: Art Director at Chromosphere LA: sylvialiu.art@gmail.com