E-Mail: jdwtransmission [at] gmail [dot] com
EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts
- BFA Animation (2008 ‐ 2012)
STUDIO EXPERIENCE
Friends Night / ADHD - Storyboard Artist/Animator/Designer (February 2014 - Present)
- Storyboards on The Lucas Bros Moving Co.
- Storyboards/Animation/Design on The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush
- Animation on Stone Quackers, The Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
Ghostshrimp Global – Production Assistant (August 2013)
- Drawing, painting and scanning for animation and publication projects
Augenblick Studios - Intern (September 2010 - April 2011)
- Inbetweening/coloring/clean up on Ugly Americans Season 1B & 2
- Inbetweening/clean up on Weird Al – “Another Tattoo” music video
PFFR / Post Factory NY - Intern (April 2009)
- Xavier: Renegade Angel post‐production intern
NON-STUDIO & FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
Otherworldly Mystics - Art Director (September 2011 - Present)
- Logo design and art for music label; package/advertisement design and supervision
Cloud Bank - Package Designer (February 2015)
- Layout and design for the cassette and digital release of Orca Life - Synthetics
Northwest Animation Festival - Festival Juror (January 2014 - January 2015)
- Scoring/judging of animated films to be screened at the film festival in Portland, OR
- January through March 2014
- November 2014 through January 2015
Orca Life - Director/Graphic Artist (June 2014 - August 2014)
- Logo design illustrated for promotional use
- Album art design for Among Waves
- Music video directed/filmed/edited for "Fall In"
Josh Tierney - Illustrator (July 2011)
- Pin-up painted for Spera: Fetch Quest online comic
Nigel D. Clark - Animation Assistant (April 2011)
- Coloring for his film, Sprinkle Me with Love
Visual Opinion Magazine - Illustration (2010)
- Work Published - Food Issue (March 2010)
- Work Published - Calendar Issue (February 2010)
SKSC - Graphic Designer / Illustrator (2009)
- Album cover, Wake Me Up in 20 Years (unreleased)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Clearview / Bow Tie Cinemas - Service Supervisor (May 2008 - November 2013)
SKILLS & SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
- Illustration
- Character Design
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe After Effects
- Final Cut Pro (Basic)
- HTML (Basic)
- Macintosh OS X
- Microsoft Windows
AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS & EXHIBITIONS
Animation Breakdown (November 2014)
- Work Screened in Free For All GIF-JAM segment
Oxford Film Festival (USA) (February 2014)
- Official Selection – Transmission
Vimeo Staff Pick (January 2014)
- Transmission
ASIFA-Atlanta Best Animated Shorts of 2013 (USA) (December 2013)
- Official Selection – Transmission
Atlanta Horror Film Festival (USA) (October 2013)
- Official Selection – Transmission
Coney Island Film Festival (USA) (September 2013)
- Official Selection – Transmission
Dragon Con Independent Film Festival (USA) (August 2013)
- Official Selection – Transmission
- Nominated for Best Animated Short
Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (USA) (July 2013)
- Official Selection - Transmission
The British Animation Film Festival (UK) (June 2013)
- Official Selection - Transmission
Northwest Animation Festival (USA) (May 2013)
- Official Selection - Transmission
40th Annual Student Academy Awards (April 2013)
- Region Three Semi-finalist - Transmission
A Night of Horror International Film Festival (Australia) (April 2013)
- Official Selection - Transmission
AHOF's Savannah International Animation Festival (USA) (April 2013)
- Student Competition - Transmission
Ivy Film Festival (USA) (April 2013)
- Official Selection - Transmission
The Citrus Cel Animation Film Festival (USA) (April 2013)
- Student Competition - Transmission- Art of Storytelling Gallery Show - Work Exhibited
Little Rock Horror Picture Show (USA) (March 2013)
- Official Selection - Transmission
The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival (USA) (December 2012)
- Official Selection - TransmissionKLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (Netherlands) (November 2012)
- Student Competition - Transmission
FLIP Animation Festival (UK) (November 2012)
- Official Selection - Transmission
Athens Animation Festival (USA) (September 2012)
- Official Selection - Beeper.
SVA Dusty Film & Animation Festival (May 2012)
- Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design - Transmission
SVA Dean's List (2008 - 2012)
National Art Honor Society (2007 - 2008)
DuCret Art Show (2008)
- Work Exhibited
North Jersey Student Craftsman's Fair (2007 - 2008)
- 1st Place - Product Design (2008)
- 2nd Place - Digital Photography (2008)
- 2nd Place - Painting (2007)
- 3rd Place - Painting (2007)
Boy Scouts of America
- Eagle Scout (2004)