Personal Profile
For years I have worked as a freelance Graphic Designer & Animator. I have managed to stay busy despite being in a business that exists in short term contracts. I have a good reputation and maintain a high level of quality with every job, even with deadlines looming. I am a mature and adaptable problem solver with a versatile skill set, whether that includes pencil & paper or computers. I am passionate about what I do and how I do it.
recent CAREER HISTORY
Seneca College; School of Creative Arts & Animation — August 2022 to Present - Professor
I'm currently part-time faculty teaching in Seneca's famed Animation program. I'm also developing curriculum for second and third year courses. I love it and plan on more for the future.
Alberta University of The Arts — December 2022 to July 2023 - Course Building; Intermediate Hand-drawn Animation
I developed an online Micro-credential Course that includes video demos, Powerpoints and related material for Intermediate Classical Animation.
Yowza! Animation — November 2019 to September 2022 - Layout & Animation Supervisor, Senior Layout Artist
Shows included “Nature Cat” for PBS, WB’s “Animaniacs”, Netflix’s “Green Eggs and Ham”.
Charlotte Productions — July 2019 to November 2019 - Senior Layout Artist
Tasked as Senior Layout Artist on a small team working on the feature film Charlotte, which premiered at TIFF in September 2021.
9 Story Ent./Brown Bag Films — September 2018 to July 2019 - Location Designer/Background Painter/Layout Artist
Hired primarily as Location Designer, but the need to fill-in multiple positions on Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues & You arose.
Nelvana Animation — May 2018 to September 2018 - Layout Artist
For the Sesame Street production Esme & Roy.
Portfolio Entertainment — March 2018 to April 2018 - Pitch Bible Development Artist
I freelanced on a production pitch that required three backgrounds/location designs and a vehicle design.
Smiley Guy Studios — July 2017 to March 2018 - Layout and Background Supervisor and Artist
I worked on 2 productions here: Corner Gas Animated as a layout and background artist. But most of my time was dedicated to the first Hatchimals web series. I did the layout for the entire show and supervised the background painting. I worked from concepts to solidify the environment for the series and set the style guide. I supervised up to 5 other artists.
Yowza! Animation — February 2016 to July 2017 - Senior Layout Artist
Kind of old school with a heavy dose of the new. Nickelodeon’s Welcome to The Wayne will be a stunner to look at. As a layout artist, I make sense of the storyboards, draw the BG, place characters and field guides, then hand it off to scene planning and BG paint.
Max The Mutt College of Animation, Art & Design — January 2015 to December 2015 - Teacher, Classical Animation
For two semesters (and a summer camp) I got to teach second year classical animation.
Chuck Gammage Animation — August 2015 to November 2015 - Animator
Character animator on Tom & Jerry, season 2 using Flash CC 2015 and After Effects.
Secret Location — March 2015 to July 2015 - Animation Designer
Concept design of props and texture map painting of 3D models for a mobile game tie-in of Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong.
Electric Pencil Productions — February 2014 to - Present Day Freelance Animation Artist: Animator, Illustrator, Designer, Filmmaker
I’m presently pursuing freelance work and building a sustainable business through my company, Electric Pencil Productions.
Capcom Interactive Canada/Beeline Interactive — March 2011 to February 2014 - Graphic Artist/Animator
I worked on a variety of social games including DreamPark, Smurf’s Life and the juggernaut that is/was Smurf’s Village.
EDUCATION
Sheridan College, Classical Feature Animation — 1999 - 2002
Georgian College, Cabinet Making/Finish Carpentry — 1997 - 1998
Sheridan College, Illustration & Design — 1987 - 1988
Georgian College, Cabinet Making/Finish Carpentry — 1997 - 1998
Sheridan College, Illustration & Design — 1987 - 1988