Ian Rankin                              

                                                                       

                                                                       

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OBJECTIVE:         Creating work as a team in a studio environment.

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:                     

                             General:

-          Competent and experienced with animation, anatomy of humans and animals, life drawing, quick gesture drawing, and thumbnails

-          Familiar with Maya’s Mel Script. Used to enhance productivity.

-          Taken Basic Acting Training

-          Detail-oriented and able to meet deadlines

-          Reliable, dependable, discrete with confidential information

-          Self-starter with ability to work in a team environment

 

Software:

Autodesk Maya             Adobe Audition               Adobe Premier

                                    Adobe Photoshop           Adobe AfterEffects          3D Studio Max

 

EXPERIENCE:

Feb 2007                Guru Studios

To March. 2008        Toronto, Ontario

                             Character Animator /Rigging / Mel Script

 

·         Animated characters on Backyardigans

·         Also Rigged, Mel scripted automated tools and animation aids. Helped solve technical issues in other animator’s scenes.

 

May 2006                Self-Employment

To July. 2006           Whitby, Ontario

                             Automated Rigging Tools

 

·         Created my own character rigging tools using Mel script to increase knowledge of character setups for animation.

·         Can create character rigs quickly, minimize errors, and increase reliability.

 

Oct 2005                 Self-Employment

To April. 2006 Whitby, Ontario

                             3D Animation Venture

 

·         Animated and created material for a venture of my own using Maya 3D animation software. This project is ongoing and will require me to work with other animators.

 

June 2005               Guru Studios

To Sep. 2005           Toronto, Ontario

                             Character Animator and Rigger

 

·         Animated characters and props for Kraft Dinner commercial

·         Rigged and modeled, props and layouts. Also rigged a major character in the commercial.

 

June 2002               Calibre Digital

To Jan. 2003           Toronto, Ontario

                             Character Animator

 

·         Animated characters for “Hey Joel” television show (shown on VH1 a division of MTV)

·         Created rough animation, props, layouts and performed “clean-up” on my work and other animators work

 

July 2003                Self-Employment

To Aug. 2003           Oakville, Ontario

                             Maya Tutor

 

·         Tutored Maya basics to a student (Basics included general interface, polygon modeling and animation basics)

 

July 1998                York Energy Management

                             North York, Ontario

                             3D Graphic Designer

 

·         Created Photo Realistic computer models of existing products to be used in advertising, instruction manuals, web page design, logos, etc.

 

 

EDUCATION:

Sept. 2003              Sheridan College

To April 2004           - 3D Computer Character Animation course

(full-time)               

 

Jan. 2003                Sheridan College

To Aug. 2003           - 3D Computer Animation

 

Sept. 1999              Sheridan College

To April 2002           - 2D Classical Animation, Art Fundamentals

(full-time)

 

1997                      Sheridan College

to 1998                   - Anatomy for Animators

(part-time)              - Painting 1

                             - Animation Basics (Classes 1 to 4)

                             - Animation Story Boarding

                             - Animation Layout and Design

 

Sept. 1994              Sinclair Secondary School, Whitby, Ontario

To June 1998           Ontario Secondary School Diploma

 

AWARDS:                 

2003                      DreamWorks Digital Character Animation Scholarship (digital character animation)

 

1998                      Artistic Aspiration Award of Durham Region (multimedia/animation)

 

1996                      Computer Programming First Place Award for Durham Region (education and recreation)

 

REFERENCES:          Available upon request.