Experience

Bix Pix Entertainment
• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Animation Rigger

  • Oct 2021 - Present


Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Animation Assistant & Puppet Wrangler

  • Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

  Animation Assistant and Puppet Wrangler on Santa Inc. Responsibilities include, creating rigging to assist animators through shots. Creating costume tie downs and special rigging for puppets and art props. Working with Animation Directors and animators to create and modify rigs. Tying down puppets, blocking puppets for shot, track reading, preforming last looks on puppets. Keeping clear communication between Puppet Department, Animation Department along with AD’s while utilizing Shot Grid and Big Board to help anticipate stage and animators needs. Setting up and organizing 17 stages, animation station and puppet hospital. Trouble shooting computer issues, logging and delivering shots. Creating, organizing, cataloging animation assets, such as eyebrows/lids. Animated a few shots for various episodes.

• Puppet Fabricator

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2021

  Working with the Puppet Department during the creation of upcoming stop motion project. Responsibilities included detail painting and sculpting for character puppets. Along with creating tie-downs and prepping assets, sanding, priming and finishing. Working with various materials. Working with the Head of Puppets & Director for approval on finished puppets. Sticking to character design sheets. Along with Puppet Fabrication for a Simpson's Couch Gag. Fabricated Krusty the Clown, Trumpeters and background characters.

• Animation Assistant

  • May 2021 - Jun 2021

  Animation Assistant on Robot Chicken Season 11. Creating 2D & 3D practical effects for use in animation from various materials including clay color matching and mixing. Created blur frames, flash bangs, blood, teeth, etc. Created clay puppets used to cheat action during shots, painted directly onto puppets during hot shots. worked with puppets department, created rigging, cutting down threaded rods & brass stock to create custom tie downs and rigging. Track reading. Animated a shot on 90's Toys sketch.

• Puppet Fabricator & Puppet Wrangler

  • Oct 2020 - May 2021

  Puppet Fabricator & Wrangler for Crossing Swords II. Responsibilities included color mixing, mixed acrylic paints to match approved Pantone & fabric swatches. creating puppets fly rig & foot tie downs. Sculpting puppet details, from hair, and body parts too hard sculpted costumes. Detail painting, creating multiples of same character and keeping consistency. In charge of fabricating numerous main characters. Using many different mediums and techniques, wood carving, sanding, sculpting, priming and finishing. Keeping up with stages, stage support with puppet related issues, last looks, cleaning care and maintenance, fixing broken puppets and paint chips. Organizing and cataloging puppets and assists on and off stages. Kept clear communication with AD’s and Head of Puppets to prioritizes puppets to be made for shoot dates that get pushed up.



Imaginology Kids

• Retail

• Design & Scheduler

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2020

  Creating promotional digital graphics, business cards & social media. Designing, organizing and cataloging materials. Photographing promotional stills. Assisted in designing engaging activities designed to let children lead, imaginative play. Setting up online scheduling system. Assisting a startup child’s STEAM play & exploration space. Creating promotional digital graphics, business cards & social media. Designing, organizing and cataloging materials. Photographing promotional stills. Assisted in designing engaging activities designed to let children lead, imaginative play. Setting up online scheduling system. Assisting a startup child’s STEAM play & exploration space.



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Concept Artist & Builder

  • Jun 2010 - Apr 2019

  Created a short graphic novel for a manuscript currently in the publishing process. Responsibilities included character design and visual development working with the author to coordinate consistent storytelling. Create commission work for clients using various mediums. Pre-production concept art for feature length film, including creature and character design, prop and environment design. Creating the film’s poster and titles used in the film’s credits. Conducted in-depth research to establish aesthetic and incorporated into designs, working with all creative department heads. Designed and created model miniature Trojan Horse filmed. Designed, developed and colored the CGI post credit sequence.

• Prop & Set Painter & Prop Builder

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2019

  Responsible for miniature scale prop construction for Stop Motion short Sylvia, due for release in 2019. Working with the Director in painting various sets and constructing landscapes. Building and painting props while keeping in the style of the short. Assisting in assistant animation duties of detail sculpting for main character puppet.



Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Jan 2010 - Jul 2012

  Organized materials for school and community based programs. Designed fundraising event materials, ranging from recruitment through donation, committing time and effort to an array of areas. Responsible for the raising of funds for the program directly. Organized materials for school and community based programs. Designed fundraising event materials, ranging from recruitment through donation, committing time and effort to an array of areas. Responsible for the raising of funds for the program directly.