2009-09-25      

= Jason Carswell =

My objective is to contribute and further develop my professional skills in a challenging position such as a Character Designer, Senior 3D Character Animator, or Art Director, in a dynamic, engaging environment.

• Over 10 years of international experience on a wide variety of successful creative projects
• Enthusiastic and possitive contributor to team environments with strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to listen to, analize, and interpret client's needs and develop creative solutions
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Adaptive to changing projects, technology, and environments
• Strong organizational skills, dedicated, and determined

Independent Director / Animator / Designer

Wicked Sunshine, Vancouver

2007 - present

  • Producing and directing the editing and post production for the independent live action short film
        "Just Go Out With Me"
  • Developing a graphic novel script to ultimately storyboard a feature film for live action or animation
        "Bittersweet Seeds"
  • Developing another animated music video
        "Fly Away"

Freelance Animation Director + Designer

Digital Alchemy Entertainment, Vancouver

2008 - 2009

  • Character and set design, storyboards, and conceptual production
  • Character and effects animator using Maya and XSI for games, television, and feature films
  • Compositing and editing of projects and demo reels
  • Flash animation, web design, promotional newletter and screensaver production

Independent Director / Animator / Designer

Wicked Sunshine, Oakland

2005 - 2007

  • Developed, art directed, produced, and directed an independent live action short film
        "Just Go Out With Me"
  • Developed, directed, and produced an independent Flash animated activist music video
        "(I Know Why You're) Semper Fi"
  • Branding development, character design, and presentations for clients such as:
        Hewlet Packard, Smart Energy Enterprises, Inc., Marc Anthony Barrette, Bang!, Diablerie, Hapitat

Staff Senior Animator

Charlex, New York

2004

  • Character and effects animator

Freelance Senior Animator / Designer

Guru, Toronto

2002 - 2003

  • Character and effects animator
  • Storyboards, design, modelling, lighting, rendering, compositing

Freelance Senior Animator / Designer

Guru, Toronto
(+ Chuck Gammage)

2000 - 2001

  • Character and effects animator
  • Storyboards, design, modelling, lighting, rendering, compositing

Freelance Supervisor / Animator / Designer

Pitch, New York

1999 - 2000

  • Lead the team of animators and compositors and art directed
  • Character and effects animator
  • Storyboards, design, modelling, lighting, rendering, compositing

Freelance Compositor

Balsmeyer & Everette, New York

Nov 1998

  • Compositing

Freelance Senior Animator

Curious ?ictures, New York

1998

  • Character animator

Staff Animator

Click 3X, New York

1997 - 1998

  • Character and effects animator
  • Storyboards, design, modelling, lighting, rendering, compositing

Junior Animator / Designer

Topix, Toronto

1996 - 1997

  • Effects animator
  • Design, modelling, compositing

Director / Designer

BeeVision, Toronto

Summer 1995

  • Storyboard, art direction, design, animator

Indipendent Director / Producer

Wicked Sunshine, Oakland

2005 - 2007

  • Developed concepts and storyboards
  • Obtained or made props, sets, and signage
  • Researched funding sources
  • Managed resources, budgets, schedules
  • Coordinated and directed cast, crew, and set builders

Freelance Commercial Art Director

Bhaum Chicka Wow-Wah,
New York
Good Productions, New York

1999 - 2000

  • Collaborated on scenario concepts
  • Obtained or made props, sets, and signage
  • Stayed within the budget and schedule

Feature Film Assistant Art Director

"The Rapture", Toronto
"Henry & Verlin", Toronto
"untitled", Toronto

1992

  • Collaborated on scenario concepts
  • Obtained or made props, sets, and signage
  • Stayed within the budget and schedule

Event Producer

SoFA
(South of Fruitvale Artists), Oakland

2005 - 2006

  • Lead member, organizer, contributor, and participant of art events
  • Coloaborative designer of GoToSoFA.com

Creative Director

-------, San Francisco

2005

  • Developed of proprietary characters, products, website, and a fundraising presentation
        for an environmentally themed edutainment start up corporation
        I cannot name due to a nondisclosure agreement

Pitch Development

Wicked Sunshine, Windsor

2004 - 2005

  • Conceptualized short animated film treatments for production
  • Researched funding resources for production

Publishing

Raised Barn Press, San Francisco

2002

  • Helped create Raised Barn Press with friends in San Francisco
  • Published a hardcover art book including a DVD "Drama In The Desert - The sights and sounds of Burning Man"
  • Art directed, prepared images, edited, directed, authored DVD

Web Designer

  • Design, code, and maintainance of WickedSunshine.com

2002 - Present

  • Design and direct Flash animation for a St. James Anglican Church screensaver

2009

  • Clean code, repair, and re-design AlchemyEntertainment.com and newsletters
        (in addition to re-cutting Digital Alchemy's demo reels)

2009

  • Design logo, branding, web design, and code for FreshCareerSolutions.com

2008

  • Design logo, web design, and code for MarcAnthonyBarrette.com

2006

  • Design and code of "(I Know Why You're) Semper Fi"
        (in addition to directing the animated Flash music video)

2005 - 2006

  • Coloaborative design and code of GoToSoFA.com

2005 - 2006

  • Design, code, and maintainance of BurnON.ca

2003 - 2004

  • Design and code of HarrowClinic.ca

2004

  • Design and code of CarswellChiropractic.ca

2004

Participating Event Artist

Burning Man
Black Rock City, Nevada

1999 - present

  • Collaborative and independent producer of art, design, events, camp infrastructures
  • Fun raiser, survival awareness contributor, and collaborative social networker
  • Event volunteer

Academy Of Design, Computer Animation

Toronto, Ontario

1995 - 1996

Sheridan College, Classical Animation

Oakville, Ontario

1994 - 1995

University Of Windsor, Communications + Film Making

Windsor, Ontario

1992 - 1993

St. Clair College, Graphic Design

Windsor, Ontario

1992

Sheridan College, Classical Animation

Oakville, Ontario

1989 - 1991

3D Software

Maya, Softimage 3D, 3D Studio Max

2D Software

After Effects, Eddie, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Final Cut Pro

Code

HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash

Hardware

PC, Mac, UNIX

Non Digital Skills

illustration, painting, sculpting, furniture design, architecture, power tool savvy

Animation and Video Work

1996 - present

Designs

1996 - present

Sketches

1996 - present