SKILLS
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Character design
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Visual development art
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Digital illustration
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Screenwriting
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Video and animatic editing
SOFTWARE
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Adobe Photoshop
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Toon Boom Harmony
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Adobe Flash
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Adobe Premiere Pro
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Final Draft
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Celtx
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Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Digital animator, illustrator, and story artist with 5+ years experience in multimedia development. Capable of working in both individual and group settings while maintaining a “can do” attitude when faced with an adverse scenario or difficult timeline.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
What a Bee Studios Nov. 2017 - Current
Character Designer and Concept Artist (2D)
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Worked alongside with the creative director and developed character concepts and studies for an upcoming animated series pitch.
Breakiron Animation & Design, LLC Oct. 2017 - Nov. 2017
Lead Animator (2D)
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Created small sequences of an animated bird for a car commercial promoting a local business in Michigan.
Mighty K Bot Industries Dec. 2016 - Mar. 2017
Lead Character Designer (2D)
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Assisted the staff by developing intriguing mascots for their creative corporation.
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Revised and enhanced early character concepts provided by the company.
"Magda y Lenna" (animated series) June 2015 - July 2016
Lead Designer, Story Artist, Editor, Lead Animator (2D)
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Collaborated with the Trafigura petroleum company to compose animated shorts for a local community in Colombia, South America.
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Devised storyboards that carefully guided the company through the shorts’ narrative plot and development of each animated episode.
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Compiled the finalized 2D animated sequences in Toon Boom Harmony Essentials and edited the clips in Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Gathered the necessary sound files and arranged them in the appropriate segments of the final video.
A Gothic Tale (4th year thesis film) Sept. 2014 - April 2015
Producer, Director, Writer, Story Artist, Editor, Lead Animator (2D)
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Recruited staff members for the yearlong project, including an animator, sound designers, a casting director, voice actors, and a music composer.
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Coordinated and managed several production meetings with the crew, elaborating on schedules and breakdown sheets for the animated project.
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Utilized a single month to generate a storyboard, character designs, and a script for the short, and seven months to create the final animated video.
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Animated all the scenes in Adobe Flash CS6 and edited the movie files in Adobe Premiere Pro.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Filmmaking, with a concentration in Animation
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University of North Carolina School of the Arts (May 2015), Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Marceia Patterson
Animator and Illustrator
RESUME
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
3rd Year film, UnCandy , was selected for screening at the following film festivals:
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Cucalorus Film Festival (Nov. 2014, Wilmington, North Carolina) NC Carrboro Film Festival (Nov. 2014, Carrboro, North Carolina)
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Real to Reel Film Festival (Dec. 2014, Kings Mountain, North Carolina)
4th Year film, A Gothic Tale, was selected for screening at the following film festivals:
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Full Bloom Film Festival (Sept. 2015, Statesville, North Carolina)
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Cucalorus Film Festival (Nov. 2015, Wilmington, North Carolina)
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Beaufort International Film Festival (Feb. 2016, Beaufort, South Carolina)
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Cannes Film Festival (May 2016, Cannes, France)