With an MA degree in animation, I have also visited schools teaching about comics and animation.
Specialties
CelAction, Adobe Photoshop, Animation, Illustration, Storyboarding.
Employment History -----------------------------------------------
July 2010 – Dinamo Productions
April 2012 Lead Animator / Animator / Storyboard Artist / Design Development
Abadas - CBeebies / S4C / BBC Alba / RTE Jr
52 x 11’ episodes - a multi –layered interactive word and sound association series
for preschool viewers that mixes animation and live action.
Soli & Mo’s Nature Show / Heulwen & Lleu - CITV / S4C
26 x 7’ episodes - a mixed-media pre-school show which takes a look at nature and
its amusing range of animals combining a mix of animation and wildlife footage
Trust Mico - Online Shorts
6 x 2’ episodes – animations featuring recommendation sites’ mascot.
June 2010 One Hand Clapping – Barnacled Warship
Animator
Digital hand drawn animation on award winning music video that won
Best Animation at the LA Global Film Festival.
April 2010 - The Other
Storyboard Artist
Produced digital presentation storyboards for a pitch to a short film.
January 2010 - Skillset Screen Academy Wales
Storyboard Artist & Graphic Designer
Storyboard Artist on a short film featured on BBC Big Screens and backed by Keep
Britain Tidy. Also designed posters, graphics and DVD covers for marketing.
September - Good Story Productions - Ultramarines: The Movie
October 2009 Storyboard Artist
Storyboarded sequences as well as fixing other artist’s panels and prepared them for
animatic. Used Google Sketch-Up to interact with 3D sets to assist storyboards.
Dec 2008 - Read a Million Words in Wales, RCT
March 2009 Guest Speaker/Teacher/Illustrator
Teaching animation and how to draw comics to five comprehensive schools helping
students illustrate stories they had written. Also commissioned to illustrate a
students poem and short story.
Relevant Work Experience ----------------------------------------------------------------
June 2010 Dinamo
(1 week) Animator
Worked on concept art to suit style of upcoming pitch.
Animated tests in Flash and CelAction.
March 2009 Calon
(1 week) Storyboard Artist
Sat in with script and storyboard discussions with Director Produced storyboards
based off episode script.
Qualifications & Relevant Training -----------------------------------------------------
2010 Introduction to Maya
Central Saint Martins. London
2010 Animating in Flash
Virtual Training Company
Jan- April Post Graduate Facility Production Trainee
2010 Skillset Screen Academy Wales
2009 Volda University College
Acting for Animation Intensive Program - Pass
2004-2009 University of Glamorgan
2008-2009 MA Animation – Pass with Merit
2007-2008 BA(hons) Animation - First Class with Honours
2005-2007 Btec Higher National Diploma in Art and Design (Animation): Pass with Distinction
2004-2007 City and Guilds Life Drawing: Pass
2004-2005 Edexcel Diploma in Foundation Art & Design (Level 3)
(Specialising in Animation) - Distinction
2000-2004 Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School
2 A Levels, 1 AS Level and 9 GCSEs
References Available upon request--------------------------------------------------
