Resume
Skills & Experience:
Over 10 years of professional animating experience.
Intuitive problem-solver with an artistic background in all mediums.
Started with traditional 24 FPS film reel animation with an emphasis on timing, composition, poses and strong silhouettes.
Able to give the illusion of weight to both objects and characters.
Adept at adjusting animation styles and character acting easily.
Able to MEL script facial rigs and intuitive stretch and squash into character rigs.
Competent at transferring seamlessly between motion capture and animation with ease.
Experience with rigging low res game models with easy to animate facial rigs.
Former Clients:
Curious Pictures, NHL, Versus Network, PBS, MTV2, Disney Channel, Reel FX, Blur, IBC Digital, Lucas Arts, General Mills, Mattel, Fisher Price, Office Depot, Centrum
Education:
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania • 1999 - 2003
Bachelors of Fine Arts
Film, Video and Animation
Edinboro, PA
Software/Languages:
Maya 4.5 - 2017, MEL Scripting, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premier, Fusion, Lightwave, 3D Max, CSS, Joomla CMS, PHP, HTML
Work Experience:
Freelance
Rigger, Animator, Graphic Designer and Web Designer
Rochester, NY • March 2009 to Current
Character Animation, Product Animation, Rigging, Rendering, Web and Graphic Design, IBC Digital
Rigger and Animator
Buffalo, NY • April 2004 to March 2009
Character Animation, Character Rigging, Facial Rigging, Animation over Motion Capture, Product Animation
Email:
Brad(at)BradEaston.com
References:
Available upon request