Education
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Pratt Institute
BFA in traditional animation with honors
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Brooklyn, NY
August 2003 - May 2007
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Experience
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Designer
created backgrounds, props and other elements for Nick Jr's "The Wonder Pets!" utilizing Photoshop and traditional art mediums, including painting, sculpting, and sewing
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Little Airplane Productions
New York, NY
April 2008 - present
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Art Department Assistant, Intern
fabricated puppets, costumes, sets and props, dressed sets, and removed rigging from animation using After Effects for commercial and independant stop-motion projects
Notable Projects:
- Aflac "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" commercial
- Alltel holiday commercials
- They Might be Giants "I'm Impressed" music video
- Mates of State "Get Better" music video
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Bent Image Lab
Portland, Or
June 2007 - January 2008
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Intern
created sets, puppets, and props for stop-motion animation and live action puppetry
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Charged
Brooklyn, NY
August 2006 - January 2007
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Photoshop Artist
prepared collages to be animated for "Madison's Descent" theater show
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Mountclair State University
April 2006
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Lab Monitor
assisted students with Final Cut, Photoshop, and After Effects
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Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
September 2005 - May 2006
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Art Instructor and Cabin Counselor
taught drawing, sculpting, and jewelry classes for 8 - 13 year-olds, and supervised campers
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Hidden Valley Camp
Freedom, Me
June - August 2004
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Skills
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character and abstract animation in all mediums including drawn, stop-motion, cut-out, computer, and experimental techniques
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sculpting, mold-making, and a broad knowledge of puppet and prop fabrication, including materials and techniques
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rig removal and compositing for stop-motion with an eye for detail
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knowledge of the production flow of animation, especially stop-motion
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Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Final Cut, and Flash
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HTML and website design
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endless creativity and boundless enthusiasm
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Achievements
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captain of the Pratt Team, winner of the People's Choice Award
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2007 Kalamazoo Animation Festival International's Cartoon Challenge
May 2007
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Outstanding Merit in Media Arts at Honors Convocation
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Pratt Institute
May 2007
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pumpkin carving contest winner
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Ottawa International Animation Festival
September 2006 |
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Dreves Art and Design Scholarship in Media Arts
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Pratt Institute
May 2006 |
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winner with 30-second recycling commercial featuring stop-motion animation
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Re3 Commercial Contest
February 2005
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