1. QUINN THOMPSON
ARTBYAQT@GMAIL.COM
(416)319 8039
OBJECTIVE
To acquire employment as an animator in the production of animated
entertainment.
Computer Skills and Training
Animation/Art Production software ; proficient with Flash,ToonBoom Studio,
Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Autodesk Mudbox
Proficient with Microsoft office; Excel, Word, and Outlook Express
Smart Serve certified
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Little TugboatINC
-128A Sterling rd, Toronto, Ontario Canada March 2015 - August 2015
-Junior Animator: animating 40-50 seconds a week of TV ready flash animation.
Meeting deadlines and reworking my schedule and priorities on a daily basis to
meet the productions needs for the show The Adventures of Napkin Man. I was
also part of the revision team at the end of the show.
9 Story Media Group May 2014 - Dec 2014
-Liberty Village, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Production Assistant: As the production assistant I was responsible for;
-Production Coordination for Wild Kratts Season 4: I was responsible for all
data management between our studio in Ottawa and our studio here in Toronto.
With the Producer and Director of the show working in Ottawa I was responsible for
relaying all information and questions between the teams, Keeping our Animation
team on Schedule and Fixing Props and assets prior to the start of animation.
- HR Assistant: I was responsible for preparing contracts, setting up new hires on
their first day, Tracking Sick and Vacation Days, office maintenance and answering
employees HR questions and needs.
- Renderer:I was in charge of rendering animation from multiple shows being
produced in house, and making sure the appropriate editing team was kept up to
date as to which versions were the most up to date.
Little Tug Boat INC June 2013- Nov 2013
-Liberty Village, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Production Assistant: As the production assistant I was responsible for ;
-Data Management between Little Tug Boat and Breakthrough entertainment .
Coordinating the sending and receiving of hard drives between locations, then
2. updating and organizing the server with the new files, and keeping the team
updated on what was coming in and out.
-Design TeamCoordination and tracking, keeping our lead informed by creating
asset lists based off of the episode leica reels, and referencing the current
production schedule to help organize designs own production priorities. Also I was
responsible for designing props and background characters for design heavy
episodes.
-BackPlates for scene planning and compositing. Napkin man utilized life action
backgrounds that were filmed preproduction by Breakthrough entertainment. I was
responsible for going through the storyboards, matching the background and using
after effects on the footage to frame the shot needed for the animators and
exporting it as a usable image file for the scene planning department.
-Junior Animator animating 30-50 seconds a week of TV ready flash animation.
Meeting deadlines and reworking my schedule and priorities on a daily basis to
meet the productions needs for the show Napkin Man.
Griff's Pub Sept 2011- Jan 2013
- St. Clair College,Windsor , Ontario Canada
Waiter : Responsible for taking orders, Restocking the serving area, preparing
dishes for the customers, responsible for up to 7 tables at a time.
Cook: Responsible for preparing all meal orders, restocking and Cleaning kitchen,
Working with another cook, responsible for informing the management of needed
stock
EDUCATION
Tradigital Animation – ST. CLAIR COLLEGE, WINDSOR,
ONTARIO, CANADA
Advanced Diploma in Traditional as well as Computer
Animation
Sept 2010 -
May2013
Bachelors of Fine Arts – University of Windsor, Sept 2008-April 2010
WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA
Traditional media Art: Acrylic painting, Drawing, sculpture, film photography ,Art
History, Stage Acting and digital film editing.
References: (more available upon request)
Marlene Schmidt - Series Producer on The Adventures of Napkin man
Little Tugboat INC
marlene_schmidt@rogers.com
Adam Massicottle - Lead Animator on The Adventures of Napkin man
Little Tugboat INC
adam_mass@hotmail.com
3. Dave Thomas - Director on The Adventures of Napkin man
Little Tugboat INC
dthomas187@cogeco.ca