the art of andre medina

EXPERIENCE: 2/07-currently Film Roman/ Stars Media Burbank, Ca Key Pose Animation -Key pose animation for The Simpsons movie -Working closely with Director Steve Markowski 4/10/06-currently Fox Feature Burbank, Ca Character Layout Film Roman/ Stars Media Burbank, Ca -Solving Perspective problems, camera moves and making cinematic compositions. -Key pose animation for characters on The Simpsons t.v. show 3/2005 – 10/15/05 Nickelodean/ Omation San Clemente, Ca Background Animator -Using Softimage XSI to animate Background Characters. -Motion Capture acting for various scenes in the movie. Present Nickelodean/ Omation San Clemente, Ca Clean Up Animator -Using Softimage XSI for solving technical problems in shots ranging from fixing broken rigs to updating props -Assistant animation, i.e., animating ears and tails by procedural spring technique or keyframe animation; fixing geometry intersections -Doing scene specific modeling fixes -Optimizing scenes before shipping to next department -Doing retakes on scenes kicked back into animation after clean-up approval5/2005 - 5/2005 Sugar Shock Imageworks Los Angeles, Ca Storyboard Artist Worked with producer, Annette O'Neil to create story boards and beat boards for a “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy” music video.11/2004 - 1/2005 Nickelodean/ Omation San Clemente, Ca Conceptual Design Conceptual design for “Twink” for "Barnyard The Movie." I worked closely with the Director, Steve Oedekerk and Animation Supervisor, Dave Andrews to achieve their vision of how the character should look and move.US-Ca-Laguna Beach Bachelor's Degree Major- Animation BFA SKILLS: Softimage XSI Advanced Currently used/1 years PhotoShop Advanced Currently used/5 years Adobe Premiere Pro Advanced Currently used/2 years