I started working in animation back in February of 1990, where I joined Sullivan Bluth Studios (later renamed to Don Bluth Animation Studios), as a Special Effects Artist. I later moved to the Layout department where I spent the rest of my time in the Studio before it closed in October of 1995.

During my time at Don Bluth Animation Studios, I learned a range of drawing styles and design disciplines in the Special Effects and Layout departments. I also learned about and gained experience in Background Painting, Character and 3D Animation during my time at the Studio.

When Don Bluth Studios closed down in 1995, I moved into the computer animation industry. where I have been since.

I have spent the last 14 years working in 3D animation on commercials, films and other projects. I have largely been responsible for every aspect of 3D that I have worked on, from initial creation, through to final grading.

 

 

What follows is a concise listing of my experience and skill set:

 

 

 

Experience June 2009 - October 2009
Europacorp
 

Project Supervisor, Lead Animator / Lead Compositor
  Project Managing / Supervising
  Animation / Directing
  Compositing and Grading
  2004 - June 2009
Windmill Lane Studios
 

Project Supervisor, Lead Animator / Lead Compositor
  Project Managing / Supervising
  Storyboarding / Desgn
  Animation / Directing
  Particle Animation
  Modeling
  Lighting
  Texturing
  3D Motion Tracking
  Compositing and Grading
 

2002 - 2004

Freelance
  Project Supervisor, Lead Animator / Lead Compositor
  Responsibilities and skills as above
 

1997 - 2002

The Element Post Production
  Project Supervisor, Lead Animator / Lead Compositor
 

Responsibilities and skills as above
 

1995 - 1997
Freelance
  Computer Animator and Compositor
 

Responsibilities and skills as above
 

1990 - 1995
Don Bluth Animation Studios
  Journeyman Layout Artist & Effects Artist
  Thorough knowledge of perspective, construction and set design
  Preproduction and conceptual development
  Storyboarding
  Thorough knowledge of camera mechanics and shot set-ups
  Varied range of design disiplines
  Solid drawing ability both technical and still life / characters
 

Special Effects artistry and animation

 

 

Skill Set 3D
  XSI, Maya, 3DS MAX , Lightwave, MudBox
   
  COMPOSITING

 

 After FX, Combustion, Digital Fusion
   
  3D TRACKING
  Boujou, Synthise, Match Mover, 3D Equalizer
   
  2D
  Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, Encore, Body Paint
   
  OPERATING SYSTEMS
  Microsoft Windows NT, SGI Irix, Apple OS/X, Unix
   
  PROGRAMMING
  Basic, Pascal, 6502/68K Assembly, some C++

 

Feature Movies      
  Rock-a-Doodle The Pebble and the Penguin Thumbelina
  A Troll in Central Park All Dogs Go To Heaven II Prey Alone
  Animal Farm Section 8  

 

Commercials      
  Red Cross Ireland Carlsberg O2 Ryder Cup
  Golden Discs O2 Communications Toyota
  Warner Music MacDonalds NewsTalk
  Tayto Crisps Hickeys Decor Carey Glass
  Club Orange Smurfit Golf Open Kelloggs Nutrigrain
  UCI Cinema Ident RTE Ident Ribena
  Galvin Clothes RTE Offworld Programme Federation Concrete
  Bupa Ireland National Rehab Lottery M&Ms
  CIE Tours Johnson's Lotion Eircom Broadband
  Aids Ireland ESAT Digifone Disprin
  Hunky Dory Crisps Maynards Eircom Communications
  Planet Rock Profiles Lyons's Tea Jacobs
  Dial-a-Ring People of theYear 2000 Danone Yoghurts
  Sunday Business Post Goodfella's Pizza Irn-Bru
  Diffneys Centra Foods Kraft
  Xsil Corporate FAS Corporates Guinness
  Accenture Corporate Dawn Orange Juice Kia Cars
  EMI Music Kittensoft Budweiser
  Roches Stores Helmans Lip Fusion
  Rehab Ident Four Star Pizza Next Door Off Licence
  Telecom Eireann River Rock Water Outsider Inc.
  Meteor Orange Communications Upright Access Corporate State Farm Car Insurance
  Diet Coke with Lemon Eircell / Vodafone Comms British Telecom
  Eircell Formula 1 Lyclear Powers Whiskey
  Cadburys Sunday World Heineken
  ACT Alpen Canadian Milk
  Playstation 2 Solpadeine Pepe Jeans
  O2 XDA Woodbrook Andre Clothes
  Silicon Systems Army Defence Irish Rail
  Archers Peach Schnapps Lucosade