Jade
Anne Duke
2D
Animator and Illustrator
Skills
-
Adobe Flash –
Intermediate
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Adobe AfterEffects –
Intermediate
-
Adobe Photoshop –
Expert
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Adobe Illustrator –
Intermediate
-Cel
Action – Beginner
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TV Paint
– Beginner
Personal
Profile
I
have worked in the animation industry since leaving university in
2011. I have worked on many projects including television series,
advertisements, games and website design. My career as a freelancer
has allowed me to learn many skills and work in different
environments.
Employment
Freelance
Illustrator and Animator
July
2011 – Present
During my time as a freelance
illustrator and animator, I have worked on various projects including
2D animation, character design and illustration. These projects have
covered a multitude of medias including, publishing, websites,
television advertisements.
Echo Bridge Pictures -
Flash Animator
March 2015-Present
For animated series 'Major Lazer'
– With my assigned shots I do the rough animations which then gets
passed onto Clean up.
Cosgrove
Hall - Flash Animator
July
2014 – September 2014
3
month holiday cover for the children’s series ‘Pip Ahoy’. Here
I went through the process of roughing, blocking and animating my
allocated shots.
Lab
Zero games - Clean up
artist
Lab
Zero Games, produce console games including, Xbox, Playstation and
PC. During my time with Lab Zero I worked on Skullgirls a unisex
combat game. I was employed to do clean up animation on the
characters.
Machinima
- Flash Animator
December
2013 – January 2014
Machinima
work through Youtube doing game reviews and cartoon animation.
During my role as a Flash Animator I was given a story board and
utilised Adobe to produce the third episode of ‘Super Smashed
Bros’, a cartoon based on the console game from Nintendo . I was
responsible for the episode from storyboard to end product.
Picasso
Pictures – Flash
Animator and Photoshop Clean Up Artist
July
2013
September
2013 – November 2013
March
2012 – May 2012
Picasso
pictures work closely with high profile clients to assist in the
design of television and website advertisements.
I
have worked on several projects with Picasso Pictures as a Freelancer
including Holland and Barrett advert and the Quickbooks telephone
app. I was employed as a Flash Animator and Clean up artist to
assist with these projects.
I
started with Picasso Pictures doing work experience, they then kept
me on to assist with projects and subsequently have hired me on a
freelance basis on various occasions since.
Karrot
Animation – Commercial
Animator
May
2012 – July 2013
Karrot
Animation produce television commercials and television series.
I
started working with Karrot on ‘Sarah and Duck’ a children’s
television series for CBeebies, which has since gone to air. I was
then moved across to assist with various commercials which entailed,
Flash / after effects animation, concept artistry and storyboarding.
During my time with Karrot I worked as an inbetweener and completed
tasks including scene rendering, script highlighting, colour blocking
in Photoshop
During
this role I had the opportunity to learn new skills, including two
weeks training with the animation program CelAction.
Channel
M Publishing
March
2012 – July 2012
Channel
M Publishing are comic book publisher, I joined them to assist with
character design from concept to final design.
Reverge
Labs, LLC – Freelance
2D Character Cleanup Artist
August
2011 – November 2011
Reverge
Labs is a video gaming company, I started working with them on the
SkullGirls project which subsequently was moved to Lab Zero Games.
This position involved
inking, colouring and shading rough animation that was provided for
the 2D fighting game.
Education
Arts
University College at Bournemouth
Bournemouth.
September 2008 – July 2011
BA
(Hons) Animation Production
Yeovil
College, Sixth Form
Yeovil.
September 2005 - June 2008
BND
Graphic Design
BTEC
National Diploma
Stanchester
Community School.
Stoke-sub-Hamdon.
September 2000 - July 2005
GCSE
Art
and Design (A) English (B) English Literature (B)
Food
Technology (B) Religious studies (C) History (C)
Mathematics
(C) Double Science (CC)
References
Tom
Jordan tom@karrotanimation.com
Karrot
Animation
11
Morecambe St
London
Greater
London
SE17
1DX
+44
(0) 207 703 2080
Melissa Venet melissa@picassopictures.com
Picasso Pictures
9-11 Broadwick
St London
W1F 0DB
+44 (0) 20 7437 9888
