Sarah Carmichael • 2D Animator
Sarah Carmichael • 2D Animator
Software
• Adobe Photoshop
• Toon Boom Harmony
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere
• Adobe Animate
• Adobe Illustrator
• Autodesk Maya
• DuIK Bassel
• Body Movin
• Slack
• Discord
• Mac/PC
• Wix
• JSON/Lottie
•2D Animation • Clean Up Animation • Motion Graphics • Rigging • Illustration • Creature Animation • Previsualization • Storyboarding Quick Learner • Critique Driven • Team Player • Eye for Detail • Gamer • Horror Enthusiast • Theme Park Aficionado • Animal lover • Spanish Speaker
Skills
Professional Experience
Spindlehorse Toons
Cleanup Artist - Helluva B0ss
January 2021 - Present
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Responsible for cleaning up rough animation and ensuring it’s on model throughout an entire shot
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Reanimated various assets that changed throughout production
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Animated fine details such as clothing patterns and freckles during the cleanup process
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Aligned camera, animation, and background to match the storyboard as needed
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Provided assistance to the vsfx team with final coloration of assets
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Rendered, organized, and packaged files for compositing, adhering to strict naming conventions
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Collaborated with a remote team of artists across several time zones and countries
Astral Chicken Animation LLC
Freelance Artist - Small Business Owner
October 2019 - Present
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Animated client logos for use in online videos and marketing
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Drafted storyboards for multiple client videos, adding revisions as need
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Cataloged broll for use across various projects
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Illustrated custom signage for use inside a local business
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Designed new logo for local business’s marketing material and signage.
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Created various illustrated works featuring clients’ personal characters
The Meet Group
Freelance Animator
February 2022 - April 2023
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Created and animated digital stickers for various apps within the company’s catalog
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Illustrated unique assets for use in animation, ensuring all images were coding compliant
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Drafted multiple unique concepts and storyboards for each sticker assignment
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Engaged in complex troubleshooting and bug reporting for various app and software related issues
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Networked remotely with a team of artists from all across the country
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Packaged assets for integration and use across mobile apps, ensuring the final product was below 1MB
Apartment D
Character Rigger and Animator - Freelance
September 2022 - October 2022
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Animated various character puppets, following storyboards and animatics as closely as possible
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Worked with tight deadlines, completing 2 Jurassic World music videos throughout contract duration
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Coordinated with freelancers and studio executives remotely through online spreadsheets, Slack, and Zoom calls
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Employed a rigid but realistic style of animation, using overlap, follow-through, and turn arounds for complex motion
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Worked closely with compositing artist to align shots and tweak positioning of characters in final renders
Confidential Cartoons
Cleanup Artist -Freelance
November 2021 - December 2021
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Cleanup Artist on NFT music video for Wagmi
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Used Adobe Animate to produce clean line art in preparation for color and compositing
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Utilized various animation techniques within Adobe Animate, including symbols, tweens, and puppeting
Mighty Animation Studio
2D Cutout Animator - Freelance
July 2021 - September 2021
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Character animator on “The Boys Presents: Diabolical, Episode 2”
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Used Toon Boom Harmony to animate various complex character rigs
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Created additional assets for rigs on a shot by shot basis
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Implemented animation notes in a timely manner
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Collaborated with a remote team of artists across several time zones and countries
Apartment D
Character Rigger and Animator - Freelance
July 2021 - August 2021
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Used After Effects to rig and animate various bipedal and quadrupedal characters, using both the native puppet tool and the DuIK Bassel plugin
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Provided rig edits and stress testing throughout the project, ensuring all aspects were in working order
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Animated humans, animals, and props to music, closely following provided storyboard
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Coordinated with freelancers and studio executives remotely through online spreadsheets, Slack, and Zoom
Optym
Motion Graphics Artist
June 2017 - July 2021
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Created appealing Motion Graphics, UI Animation, Character Animation, Logo Animation, Explainer Videos, and Illustration to enhance Optym's diverse software catalog
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Lead the previsualization of countless videos, creating storyboards, animatics, and leading brainstorming sessions to help bring our scripts and engineer's visions to life
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Streamlined the marketing department’s character animation potential by creating detailed, easy to use rigs within After Effects
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Assisted in companywide rebranding, focusing mainly on animated assets and illustrations
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Coordinated with Videographer to catalog, stabilize, and color correct footage, as well as assisting in creation and editing of videos
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Responsible for creating several marketing based videos from start to finish
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Worked closely with other members of design team, as well as software engineers, to create accurate, visually appealing marketing material
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Marketing team was the recipient of several regional Gold and Silver Addy Awards
UF Digital Worlds Institute
2D Animator
January 2016-May 2017
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Used Toon Boom Harmony to animate character puppets for an environmental awareness interactive video
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Animated various Spanish and English assets and subtitles for the Early Learning Florida educational initiative
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Performed compositing, sound mixing, and video editing in preparation for final render
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Using raw data, created clean green screen keys and effective multi camera cuts
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Assisted in minor translation and copy edits throughout project