Summary of Qualifications

 

   Bee is an upbeat artist and alumni of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Although specialized in 2D art and character animation, she also has experience in storyboarding, concept art, and illustration.  She is always enthusiastic to learn more about her craft, has an exceptional work ethic, and is a massive nerd for animation and comic history. When not at her desk, she can usually be found hiking or playing tabletop games.

 

Software

 

Sprite Builder • XCode • Perforce • Toon Boom Harmony • Animate CC • Photoshop •

In Design • Premiere • Microsoft Office Suite • Windows • Mac

 

Skills

 

• 2D Animation • Storyboarding • Toon Boom Character Rigging • Concept Design • Illustration •

• Graphic Design • Creative Writing • Social Media •

 

Work Experience

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Zynga

2D Animator | 2021-Present

• 2D character and effects animator for Wizard of Oz Slots mobile game.

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Primal Screen

2D Animator | 2021

• 2D character animation on a still-in-production PBS pre-school show.

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Awesome Inc

2D Animator | 2020-2021

• 2D character animation using ToonBoom Harmony on Adult Swim's Bird Girl.

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Bento Box Animation

2D Animator | 2019-Present

• 2D character animation using ToonBoom Harmony for Hoops, Paradise PD, The Masked Singer, and others.

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Copernicus Studio

2D Animator | 2016-2019

• 2D character animation done using Toonboom Harmony and Adobe Animate CC. Shows ranging from the Emmy-nominated pre-school show "Give A Mouse a Cookie" to award-winning hit "Teen Titans Go!", with a few projects in the middle under NDA.

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Jensenix Inc

2D Artist | 2016

• Building assets for mobile games.

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Savannah Derby Devils

Graphic Design | 2016

• Designed the logo and merchandise that will be used for a summer WFTDA tournament attended by many teams in the southern US, as well as the halloween logo later in the year.

 

Illuminated: Art & Beautiful Writing

Marketing | Summer 2015

• Handled the social media and advertising presense of the Illuminated calligraphy workshops, and final gallery show.

 

Ex Libris

Art Supply Associate | 2011-2015

• Knowing the where-it-is and what-it-does of thousands of art supplies.

• Customer Service

 

Jen Library Special Collections

Comic Archivist | 2013-2015

• Processing and organizing comic donations to the Library.

 

Education

 

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, GA | May 2015

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation

• Minor in Sequential Art

 

Courses include: Art History (Ancient - Modern), Human Anatomy, Visual Storytelling, 2D Character Animation, Digital Cel Animation, Storyboarding for Animation, Intro to 3D Animation.                                          

 

Films and Accomplishments

 

SCAD Juried Showcase

Savannah, GA | 2015

• My film was selected from nearly a hundred student shorts to be in the showcase juried by faculty.

 

"Inky Fingers" Short film

Director | 2014-2015

• Designed whole film, supervised a small crew who assisted with animation and

       clean up.

 

"Chalk Talk," John Webber

Animator | 2015

• Animated the opening and ending sequences.

 

"Saudede," Giovanna Coutinho

Character Design | 2014

• Created and designed the characters for the CGI student film, "Saudede."

 

"Anka," Melissa Kelley

Ink & Paint | 2014

• Cleaned up shots for the film.

 

"Rot'n'Roll," Haley Carroll

Ink & Paint, Background Artist | 2014

• Cleaned up shots and backgrounds.

 

Vernissage Show

Lacoste, France | March 2012

• Displayed a set of six watercolor paintings based on scenes in Provençal France.

 

References

 

Available upon request.