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Education

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Seneca College, School of Communication Arts- Toronto, Ontario

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Art Fundamentals, Independent Illustration, and Animation 2009- 2014

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• Graduated with honours in Art Fundementals

• Displayed work in two group gallery shows

• Work featured in Seneca Alumni Magazine

• Majored in game art and animation

• Learned to handle an intense work load and developed strong leadership and teamwork skills

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Program Skills

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• Toon Boom Harmony

• Nuke

• Adobe Photoshop

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Professional Experience

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Jam Filled Entertainment- Ottawa, Ontario- 2023

2D Animation Compositor- Upcoming Netflix show

 

Portfolio Entertainment- Toronto, Ontario- 2022
2D Compositing Supervisor- Kizazi Moto: Episode 9 You Give Me Heart

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• Create Comp rigs/pipeline and comp bible for team to follow

• Organize, prioritize, assign shots and tasks to the team on Shotgrid and review work

• Manage the workflow both in and out of the comp dept

• Trouble shooting and helping artists where they need support of encounter issues

• Work closely with the Director, Art Director and Animation Director to maintain the visual style of the project, follow color script provided by Art Director for color palettes/lighting

 

Atomic Cartoons- Vancouver, British Columbia- 2021- 2022

Senior 2D Animation Compositor- Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

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• Perform Compositing role on a large scale and advanced production

• Assisted with a comp test for a complex lighting pass 

 

Fuse FX- Vancouver, British Columbia- 2021

2D Animation Compositor- Green Eggs and Ham
 

• Part time contract on season 2 to help with close out

• Baked down Photoshop layers

• Applied compositing treatments to characters and backgrounds
   

Oasis Animation- Montreal, Quebec- 2021

2D Animation Compositor- F is for Family

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• Applied compositing treatments to characters and backgrounds

• Adjusted character line art to match style

• Handled BG paint fixes in Harmony when needed

 

Portfolio Entertainment- Toronto, Ontario - 2020- 2021

 

2D Animation Compositor- Doomsday Brothers, Where Oliver Fits, Adult Swim Pilot
 

 

• Assembled final animation over background and applied compositing treatments

• Assisted with visual effects

• Trouble shoot rigs and animation when need arose

• Spearheaded compositing on various projects and advised other compositing artists

 

 

Company 3 Animation- Toronto, Ontario 2020

 

2D Animation Compositor- Space Jam

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• Three month contract on a fast paced 2D animated feature film

• Adapted to advanced and changing work flows per sequence

• Trouble shoot and adjust animation/drawings when need arose

 

 

Deluxe Animation Studios- Toronto, Ontario - 2018-2019

 

2D Harmony Animator- Dreamworks Short
 

• Used provided rig to construct key poses, breakdowns, inbetweens, and final animation for an animated short

• Created mouth shapes and hand drawings when needed

• Trouble shoot rig when required

 

2D Animation Compositor- Green Eggs and Ham, and Dreamworks Short

 

• Bake down photoshop backgrounds

• Compile characters, effects, and background elements into a streamlined script in Toon Boom Harmony

• Adhere to workbook notes and sequence continuity while applying highlights, tones, cast shadows, blurs, effects and specific shot notes.

 

Stereo D- Toronto, Ontario - 2015-2020

 

Colour Compositor- They Shall Not Grow Old

 

• Converted WW1 footage into colour

• Established Colour Keys for shots

• Composite coloured elements to footage

• Integrate VFX elements into shots

 

Depth Artist - Titles

 

• Convert feature film footage into 3D in Nuke using tracking, keying, rotoscoping, rotopainting, and Zdepth

• Address client notes to fix shots and project changes to get them approved for the pipeline

• Communicate with leads and supervisors to produce best quality work

• Utilize best practice methods in Stereo D proprietary software

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Legend 3D- Toronto, Ontario - 2014- 2015

 

Masking/Clean Plate Artist

 

• Key and track assets properly according to the footage

• Addressing all VFX notes / following specific directions given by the depth notes

• Construct clean plates according to VFX notes and lead advisement

• Utilize best practice methods in Legend 3D proprietary software

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About Me​

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I am a warm and kind hearted person who is creatively driven. In my spare time I like to watch Netflix, read, write fiction, play video games, and hang out with my little dog. I'm learning screen writing because I'd love to write TV shows, video games, and movies.

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References available upon request