Professional Experience
May 2022-Present CleanUp Artist and Animation Assistant at Wild Goats Animation (Cowabunga)
I Clean Up rough animations to have them ready for Post Production. I Ink and Paint to ensure the integrity of the film’s design. I help with Rough Animation. I keep up with the schedule, pay attention to detail, receive critiques, and improve my work. I now have more experience with an Animation Production Pipeline.
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2011-Present Freelance Artist
clients including “Lucio Piccolo”, “Dance Day,” and “Evolve Dance Company”
I create designs for marketing purposes such as brochures, zines, PowerPoints, animatics, animations, posters, illustrations, and murals. I am also on occasion responsible for markup price, social media promotion, customer service, and team management.
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2021-2022 Creative Intern at NAUWU with Rep. Turner HD88
I collaborate with a team to create graphics and video edits for social media engagement purposes, advertising events and fundraisers, and educational purposes.
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2020-2021 Intern at Bogeyman Productions
I fulfilled the roles of art director, sole animator, and character designer for the comedy animated series “The I-Team”, by working closely alongside the creators and producers of the show.
Skills
Language: Italian (Fluent), English (Fluent), Spanish (Elementary), American Sign Language (Elementary), Sicilian (Conversational).
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Software:
ToonBoom: Harmony and Storyboard Pro;
Adobe: Acrobat, After Effects, Audition, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, Substance Painter;
Microsoft: Excel, OneDrive, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Skype, Teams, Windows, and Word;
Google: Calendar, Docs, Drive, Forms, Gmail, Jamboard, Meet, Slides, and Sheets;
Autodesk Maya; Conductor Render Engine; Renderman; Canva; Blender; Clip Studio EX; Zoom;
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Artistic Mediums:
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Painting: Digital, Oil, Palette knife, Watercolor, and Acrylic;
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Illustration: Charcoal, Chalk-Pastel, Bricolage, and Graphite;
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3D: Modeling, Rigging, Design, Textures, Shading, and Animation,
Exceptional understanding of form, gesture, and anatomy; Experience in acting, performance, competitive and ballroom dancing.
Awards
2015
Winner. La Balena di Ghiaccio, competitive youth poetry.
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2017
Finalist. Speech Tournament at Clovis Community College.
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2021
Winner. Create Change Award through Woodbury University
Winner. Miami 4 Social Change Film Festival
Winner. Flint Youth Film Festival
Winner. MAGICA Advertising Festival
Nominee. Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase
Honorable Mention. Deep Focus Film Festival
Semi-Finalist. Happy Future Scripts Film Festival
Semi-Finalist. Ourtoon Animation Contest
Interview. KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Interview. Planet Classroom KIDS FIRST! Best of Fest
Screen Selection. Huntington Beach Cable TV
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2022
Screen Selection.Theatre Crude Fringe Festival
Nominee. Student World Impact Film Festival
Finalist. Mindfield Albuquerque Film Festival
Semi-Finalist. Dumbo Film Festival
Semi-Finalist. Burlington County Short Film Festival
Education
Woodbury University (Burbank, CA)
BFA in Animation Cum Laude
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Clovis Community College (Fresno, CA)
AA in Visual Art Cum Laude
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Liceo Classico “Lucio Piccolo” (Sicily, IT)
Diploma in Humanistic Studies
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