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Lafayette, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Responsible for creating gameplay animations used in multiple pc and mobile games.

I have been in contract with many organizations and studios where I created and developed character and gameplay animation for both film and game productions. I have worked individually and in large teams of artists, engineers and marketing teams.

Hilversum, North Holland, Nl

For Documentary Director Susan Kucera, I designed title card animations, animated 2d animation sequences for a feature documentary about Robert Trivers.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Animating Characters for a Virtual Reality Experience for Cisco’s promotion of techhardware for marketing and upcoming Tech conferences.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Create character animation and action sequences to be used in augmented reality for AT&T marketing during US Collage football games.

Using existing models of from League of Legends game I animated Idles for the marketing of the upcoming Netflix show Arcane due to be released November 6, 2021. Idles included characters Caitlin, Killjoy, Sett and Jayce.

Cupertino, California, Us

Create 2D character UX animations using Illustrator and After Effects. The animations were used for Apple Care staff training and marketing worldwide.

I am creating animation for characters for a fighting game using Maya and developed in Unreal Engine. My work is currently not for public release.

Hilversum, North Holland, Nl

Create 2D character animations using original art from The New Yorker Cartoonist Kaamran Hafeez for the feature documentary Hot Money Narrated by Jeff Bridges. Now available on Demand.

Us

Short Animation advertisement for this awesome skateboard company!

Newark, California , Us

Create multiple object animation sequences for proprietary software and hardware in the optical tech industry.

Universal City, Ca, Us

Animate a scene in where Thing is playing charades for an interactive promotional video.

I worked pro bono alongside Cooper Design staff during the San Francisco BarnRaise sponsored by Capitol One . Our goal was to help JUMA, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco that helps low income students get on the college track will offering employment and mentorship, find A way to support Youth Development Counselors (YDCs) with a tool kit of resources enabling them to become better mentors via a YDC to new incoming YDC knowledge and skill transfer.We have since heard back from Juma and they have praised great success and the use of tool kit and resources created for the YDCs.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

The Walt Disney Family Museum has a special place in my heart. I was blessed to work with and for Diane Disney Miller and Ron Miller for their vision of the animation studios, learning center and creative curriculum design for public engagement at the Museum. My life experiences really came full circle here being that I attended the Walt Disney School for animation CalArts.I can best describe my role as an unofficial Imagineer. I was responsible for the design of many unique and engaging visitor experiences in collaboration with top Disney, Pixar, Lucas Film talent that would correlate to a special exhibition or nightlife event. I also designed print media for our marketing department which included concept art and character designs. I worked with the education department to design unique classroom experiences as well as designing and prototyping tangible and unique art experiences that would allow the visitor to take home something they would create at the Museum. A favorite design experience of mine was creating and prototyping moviolas out of a single sheet of paper! One of my favorite visitor experience designs included my own original animated sequences that be used in a green screen where visitors would interact like in the movie Mary Poppins. I will always remember how much fun I had in the Master classes where I taught stop motion animation techniques.I was responsible for the budget to purchase and design, from conception, the animation studios in the learning center, the development of interactive & creative educational programming for public engagements as well as training a staff of 7 teaching artists and educators to run the programs that are still used today. I was the designated Office Manager for the education department while the training of my staff was complete.

BAYCAT is an exceptional media production house which has a non-profit arm that provides educational programming for youth in San Francisco Bay Area as well as employment for graduates of these courses. My role included delivering client based multi media design for video production and user experience. Some experiences included designing animation and graphic design online video tutorials. Although not originally included in my job description, designed a more streamlined teaching format for the summer camp and after school youth programming. In turn I directed the Zoom in Episode 16 made for broadcast with BAYCAT Youth Media Producers. Outside of the studio I provided professional development to SFUSD teachers in Adobe Creative Suite including Flash, Photoshop and Premiere.

This program I helped design was in collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Moana in partnership with the state of Hawaii.We were asked to design an animation program where middle school students could learn the basic principles of animation and storytelling and would receive a grade for their completion of the course. The students worked in Adobe Flash, produced multi-media and hand drawn animation as well as video production.At the end of this program I would Direct the first annual Iolani School Film Festival.The idea was to train teaching artists and programmers from I the University of Hawaii to teach the curriculum we designed once this pilot program concluded. Partnerships included University of Hawaii, Island Films, Linda Dorn and Iolani School

This amazing nonprofit has a prestigious reputation and many awards in arts education. I was lucky enough to discover this place I call home where I find mentors who have become family to me.I started as a volunteer in the arts program and through a wonderful collaboration with CalArts. I became a student of animation then teaching assistant in a Saturday animation program. As soon as I was accepted to the animation program at CalArts I became teaching staff.Once I graduated I was offered a position as animation instructor with Inner-City Arts where I oversaw all aspects of the animation curriculum, including daytime and after school classes with partners such as CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP). I taught traditional and experimental animation to k-12 students of all levels. Also Collaborated with artists and teachers to design student centered multi-disciplinary lessons aligned to the VAPA standards. During this time I consulted on expansion of the DreamWorks Animation Academy Grant awarded by DreamWorks SKG)

• Mentored CalArts animation college students to teach in annual 36-week after school program • Developed curriculum in a variety of animation mediums• Directed and co-edited over 16 end of the year student films screened annually at the Roy Edna Disney Cal Arts Theatre

• Trained artists to teach and develop multi-media arts curriculum for middle school students in an a non-formal after school teaching environment• Managed all aspects of program development, budget, and end of year video and art installation

Fashion: ZOOM IN Episode 16 San Francisco, CADirector / BAYCAT 2009 UNGAWA, Chow Nasty Music Video San Fernando, CAArt Department / H.K.S. Productions 2006Oedipus with Vegetables, Selection Cannes Film Festival Los Angeles, CAArmature Design / Puppet Fabrication for Mama’s Boy Productions 2002CAP Documentary, for PBS Syndication Valencia, CAAnimation Director / Community Arts Partnership 2001The 1 Second Film Santa Clarita, CAAnimator / Mullick Films 2001Coming Full Circle at a Higher Level Los Angeles, CAAnimation Director / KAOS Network 2000Into the Night Saugus, CAAnimation Director / www.deadzombie.com 1999Dizzy Dayz Valencia, CAAnimator / Director 1999

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Animation

Ux Design

Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics And Special Effects