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DAYNA M GONZALEZ

dayna at daynamation dot com
New York City, NY
347-228-7542

Experience:

• Animation Director / Game Developer: Uppercut Animation, 4/09 - Present, NY. Animation Director and Developer of a flash online game featuring characters from the TV series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, for MochiAds and Warner Brothers. The game is a boxing competition entitled Batman Brawl!
• Conceptual Artist: Blue Man Productions: 1/10 - present, NY. Conceptual art, character design and animation for theatrical show, Blue Man Group.
• Pavaline Filmmakers' Network Advisor: 12/08 - present. Pavaline Studios, NY. Provide expertise, feedback, and support to the animation filmmaking community through blog, consultations, and film development.
• Lead Animator:
• • Popular Arts Entertainment: 9/09, NY. Animation created on the Nintendo DSI for a video series production entitled Nintendo Week.
  • Fox: 2/09 - 3/09, NY. TV pilot for Loren Bouchard entitled Bob's Burgers.
  • Transistor Studios: 7/08 - freelance basis, NY. Animation, character design, and compositing for various commercials for ad campaigns.
  • Motherland: 6/07 - freelance basis, NY. Animation for DC Comics, Zuda Comics, and Marvel. Motion comic for The Dark Knight.
  • Pilartoons: 5/08 - freelance basis, NY. Various projects.
  • Green Music Show: 3/08, NY. TV pilot, National Geographic Kids.
  • Funkmation: 4/06 - freelance basis, NY. Animation for Sesame Street and MushyGushy.com.
  • Nate the Great: 4/07 - 5/07, Animagic, NY. PBS TV series.
  • Nickelodeon Animation Studios: Viacom, NY. Chickiepoo: 12/06 - 2/07, Nick Jr. pilot and interstitial. Blue’s Room: 4/06 - 7/06, 7/04 - 8/04, After Effects special effects animation for Nick Jr. TV series. Umizumiz: 2/06 - 3/06, Noggin TV pilot. Blue’s Clues: 10/98 - 1/04. TV series for Nick Jr.
  • Pinky Dinky Doo: 1/05 - 10/05, Cartoon Pizza, Sesame Street Workshop, NY. Flash-animated series for Noggin.
  • Flickerlab: 9/06, NY. Hooked on Phonics DVDs.

Various duties include: Animate most difficult portions of show within strict deadlines, utilizing both traditional and computer animation (Flash, After Effects). 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:
• • KevinA TV: 1/09, NY. TV pilot for BET. Lip Sync.
  • The Wonder Pets: 2/07 - 4/07, 12/05 - 3/06, Little Airplane Productions, NY. Nick Jr. TV series.
  • Friday: 9/06 - 12/06, MTV Networks, Viacom, NY. Lip Sync, Cleanup, and Compositing for MTV animated series.
  • Texaco Research Center: Summer ‘95, ’96, Beacon, NY. 3D Computer animation and graphics for industrial videos on exhaust systems.
• Research Storybook Artist:
• • Bubble Guppies: 6/07 – 1/08, MTV Networks, Viacom, NY. Nick Jr. TV series.
  • The 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.

• Colorist:
• • Young Virginian: 10/06. Dennis Earl Moore Productions, Inc., NY.
  • I Married a Strange Person: 3/96 - 6/96. Bill Plympton, NY.
• Web Experience:
• • Creative Director / Web Designer: Independent Contractor, 12/08 - present, NY. Design, development, and implementation of web sites for various clients.
  • Blog Editor / Manager: The Exposure Sheet: ASIFA-East blog, 9/08 - present, NY. Edit, write, and manage blog that serves as a chronicle of local NYC animation industry events.
  • Moderator: 7/08 - present. Site Moderator for online discussion board. Enforce Board Rules of Conduct, solve problems, and answer questions regarding site, its policies, and procedures. Promote interest and participation within forum, and help in recruitment of new members.
  • Art Director: Rio De Soul. 8/99 - 2/00, NY. Art direction, layout and graphic design of web site serving Latino community.
  • Web Designer: The Carson Group: 5/98 - 8/98, Datek Online: 8/98 - 10/98, NY. Designed user interfaces and graphics for web sites, produced multimedia and animation for presentations and various other projects.

Skills and Interests:

• After Effects, Flash, Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro
• Web Site Design and Development: HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Hand Coding, SEO/SEM, Flash Video, Wordpress, Blog Writing and Editorial Skills
• Art Direction, Background, Character and Logo Design, Storyboards, Color Theory, Compositing, Editing
• Spanish, Word, Excel

Education, Awards, and Affiliations:

• New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, BFA, Animation/Film, Minor: Sociology, May 1998, GPA: 3.85, Tisch University Scholar
• Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Certificate in Web Design, December 2008
• Member of ASIFA East (International Animated Film Society) Executive Board and Blog Editor
• 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