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DAYNA M GONZALEZ
Astoria, NY
347-228-7542
EDUCATION & AWARDS
- New York University,
Tisch School of the Arts
BFA, Animation/Film, Minor: Sociology, May 1998, GPA: 3.85, Tisch University
Scholar
- Candidate for Certificate in Web Design at SUNY:FIT, Spring 2009 completion
- Member of ASIFA East (International Animated Film Society) Executive Board
- ASIFA East Excellence in Animation Award
for Blue's Clues: "100th Episode Celebration"
- ASIFA East Excellence in Education Award for Pinky Dinky Doo: "The Legend of Twigfoot"
EXPERIENCE
Broadcast Design:
- Motherland: 6/07 - ongoing freelance basis, NY. Lead Animation for visual effects house, various projects. Clients have included DC Comics, Zuda Comics, and Clinique. After Effects animated Digital Comic for The Dark Knight.
Lead Animator for the following shows:
- Nate the Great: 4/07 - 5/07, Animagic, NY. Flash Animation for PBS animated series.
- Chickiepoo: 12/06 - 2/07, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Viacom, NY. After Effects animation for Nick Jr. pilot.
- Blue's Room: 4/06 - 7/06, 7/04 - 8/04, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Viacom, NY. After Effects special effects animation for Nick Jr. series.
- Umizumiz: 2/06 - 3/06, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Viacom, NY. Drawn Flash and After Effects animated pilot for Noggin, now in series producti
- Pinky Dinky Doo: 1/05 - 10/05, Cartoon Pizza, Sesame Street Workshop, NY. Flash-animated series for Noggin.
- Blue's Clues: 10/98 - 1/04. Nick Digital Animation Studios, Viacom, NY. After Effects animated series for Nick Jr.
Various Duties Include: Animate most difficult portions of show within strict deadlines, utilizing both traditional and computer animation. Self-direct work, showing initiative and creativity with character acting. Give direction and critique scenes. Work with Animation Director to assist Animators with questions regarding show's animation process, aesthetic, schedule, and workflow between departments. Assist other departments with animation related issues in Director's absence. Animate promotional spots and interstitials as needed.
Animator:
- Transistor Studios: 7/08 - ongoing freelance basis, NY. After Effects compositing.
- Pilartoons: 5/08 - ongoing freelance basis, NY. Flash/After Effects animation.
- Funkmation: 4/06 - ongoing freelance basis. Flash animation, clients have included Sesame Street and MushyGushy.com.
- The Wonder Pets: 2/07 - 4/07, 12/05 - 3/06, Little Airplane Productions, NY. After Effects animated series for Nick Jr.
- Friday: 9/06 - 12/06, MTV Networks, Viacom, NY. Lip Sync, Cleanup, and Compositing for MTV animated series.
- Flickerlab: 9/06, NY. Flash animation for Hooked on Phonics DVDs.
- Texaco Research Center: Summer '95, '96, Beacon, NY. Computer animation and graphics for industrial videos on exhaust systems.
Research Artist:
- Bubble Guppies: 6/07 - 1/08, MTV Networks, Viacom, NY. Nick Jr. TV series.
- Wonder Pets: 8/04, Little Airplane Productions, NY. Nick Jr. TV series.
Designed storybook presentations for use in research and development of series. Utilized actionscript to program Flash animatic, posed characters and laid out scenes, designed and animated backgrounds, props, and characters as needed per storybook script.
Web Designer:
- Rio De Soul: 8/99 - 2/00, NY. Art direction, layout and graphic design of web site serving Latino community.
- The Carson Group: 5/98 - 8/98, NY. Designed user interfaces and graphics for web sites, produced multimedia and
animation for presentations and various other projects.
SKILLS
& INTERESTS
- Adobe After Effects, Maya, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut
Pro, Quark, Dreamweaver, Word, Excel
- Web Site Design and Development
- Compositing,
Art Direction, Background Design, Character and Logo Design, Storyboards, Color Theory
- Spanish
OTHER CREDITS
- Colorist: 10/06, Young Virginian, Dennis Earl Moore Productions, Inc., NY.
- Logo Design: 4/05, Bogarts on the Park, NY.
- Character Designer: 9/04, The Stroke Foundation, NY.
- Artist: 3/96 - 6/96, I Married a Strange Person. Bill Plympton, NY.