Resume


Whitney J. Brown
brown.whitneyj@gmail.com
www.WhitneyJBrown.com
(213) 446-7929 



Freelance Storyboard Artist and Animator 2012-2013
Inside, Inc.
Created storyboards and animation for the educational youtube series Wellcast.

Comic Artist July 2012-present
Creation of an ongoing web-serialized comic in all stages including writing, thumbnails, rough drawings, inks, colors, and lettering.

VIP Volunteer 2010-2013
Assisted the event in a variety of ways including registration transactions, will call, setting up displays, and transactions at the CTN-Store. Most recent roles have been as the Store Lead coordinating schedules and training of volunteers under my lead, a scavenger hunt button-maker for CTN Roadtrip, and Sales Assistant at Center Stage Gallery.

Illustration Assistant 2012
Viva Concepts, LLC
Handled traditional cleanup, scanning, and coloring of illustrations to prepare them for print, created visual assets in Illustrator for in the creation of online marketing tutorials, and organized files for head illustrator.

Animator- Inbetween and Cleanup 2011-2012
Countin’ On Sheep by Aubry Mintz
Completed in-between animation and cleanup for several scenes.

Animator- Inbetween and Cleanup 2011
The Horde by George Fleming
Completed in-between animation and cleanup for several scenes.

Stop Motion Animator 2011
Developed experimental animation, built puppets, and animated using stop motion, photoshop, and AfterEffects.

Stop Motion Animator 2011
Developed experimental animation, built puppets, and animated using stop motion, and AfterEffects.

ASIFA Volunteer 2010
ASIFA Student Animation Film Festival
Helped set up, run, and break down film festival.



Skills
Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Microsoft Office, with basic understanding of Autodesk Maya (in animation, texturing, and modeling), Flash, and FileMaker Pro.

Trained in traditional hand drawn animation (including inbetween and cleanup animation) and stop motion animation with paper puppets and replacement.



Bachelor of Fine Arts: Illustration & Animation 2011
California State University Long Beach


References Available on Request