Sarah Carmichael • 2D Animator
Sarah Carmichael • 2D Animator
Software
• Adobe Photoshop - 8 years
• Toon Boom Harmony - 7 years
• Adobe After Effects - 7 years
• Adobe Premiere - 7 years
• Adobe Animate -6 years
• Adobe Illustrator - 6 years
• Autodesk Maya - 4 years
• DuIK Bassel - 4 years
• Body Movin - 2 years
• Lottie - 2 years
•2D Animation • Clean Up Animation • Motion Graphics •Rigging • Illustration • Creature Animation • Previsualization • Quick Learner • Critique Driven • Team Player • Eye for Detail • Gamer • Horror lover •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
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Reanimated assets that changed during production
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Animated fine details such as clothing patterns and freckles during the cleanup process
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Rendered, organized, and packaged files for compositing
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Collaborated with a remote team of artists across several time zones and countries
The Meet Group
Freelance Animator
February 2022 - Present
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Responsible for creating and animating digital stickers for various apps
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Created illustrated assets for use in animation
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Created concepts and storyboards for various sticker ideas
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Worked remotely with a team of artists from across the country
Freelance Artist
Generalist
October 2019 - Present
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Used After Effects to animate client logos for use in online videos
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Illustrated custom signage used inside a local business
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Designed new logo design for local company, to be used on store signage, website, and other collateral
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Created various works featuring clients’ personal characters in many different styles
Confidential Cartoons
Cleanup Artist -Freelance
November 2021 - December 2021
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Cleanup Artist on an unannounced music video
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Used Adobe Animate to produce clean line art in preparation for color and compositing
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Worked remotely with a team of artists from across the country
Mighty Animation Studio
2D Cutout Animator - Freelance
July 2021 - September 2021
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Character animator on an episode of "The Boys: Diabolical", an anthology series on Amazon Prime
- Used Toon Boom Harmony to animate various character rigs
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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 biped and quadruped characters
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Provided rig edits and testing throughout the project
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Animated humans, animals, and props to music
Optym
Motion Graphics Artist
June 2017 - July 2021
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Created appealing Motion Graphics, UI Animation, Character Animation, Logo Animation, 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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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 interactive educational video
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Animated Spanish and English graphics and subtitles for Early Learning Florida educational courses
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Performed compositing, green screen keying, sound, and video editing
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Tasked with keeping project files strictly organized so they could be worked on by multiple team members
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Proofread Spanish scripts along with other Spanish speaking team mates to ensure translations were correct
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Animation, with a focus in 2D Animation
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Cum Laude
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Received Academic and Artistic Honors Scholarship throughout enrollment.
September 2011 - May 2015