Nathan Johnson
Pureimaginayphun@gmail.com
Experienced Character Designer, Storyboard Artist and Prop Designer with a demonstrated history of working within animation and Illustration.
Skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Character Animation, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, as well as Toon Boom Harmony skills building, rigging and animating characters, creating Master Controllers and cleaning independent frames.
Strong arts and design professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Animation from University of South Wales.
A Running Commentary
Character Designer
2022
Creating character designs and turnarounds for Mailchimp and It’s Nice That:These designs were used for six very special stop motion animated short films for All in a Day’s Work Series Two
BLINK INDUSTRIES
Clean Up Animation
2022 - 2022
Using TV Paint for clean up and colour on background characters for Camden Hells commercial.
BLINK INDUSTRIES LIMITED / Mystery Q Ltd
Animation Production Assistant
2021 - 2022
Monitoring, managing and liaising information from the directors to the animation team, updating briefs with retakes notes. Delivering shots to the edit team for reviews. Taking notes in meetings. Tracking and delivering shots ready for the next department.
BLINK INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Character Designer
2021 - 2021
Creating a character design and turnarounds. This project paired designers with a contributor based on their own identity.
Pay It Back UK
Storyboard Artist
2020 - 2020
Drafted a short storyboard for Pay It Back UK, A fundraiser that puts Black Lives first. Liasing with the director to make any necessary changes. https://payitback.uk/
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Wildseed Studios
Prop Designer
2020 - 2020
Creating props for 2D production, Dodo
Wildseed Studios
2D Rigging Artist
2020 - 2020
Making adjustments to an existing 2D character rig puppet in Adobe Animate, to include face shapes and additional foot and hand shapes as directed.
Rumpus Animation
Clean-Up Artist
2019 - 2019
Experienced in interpreting the rough animation sequences and cleaning them to specifications of the overall production, creating the final images seen on-screen. Able to draw very smooth and neat lines. Knowledge of Toon Boom Harmony.
The Sad Ghost Club
Illustrator, Social Media coordinator
2017 - 2019
Daily creation of social media content. Produce strategic and effective marketing campaigns. Experience of managing social media. Helping to build engagement with our following of up to 304K followers. Experience working in a team environment
The Sad Ghost Club
Intern/ Animator
2016 -2017
Assisting with daily duties of running a small business, as well as doing
animation pieces for social media.
Wildseed
Colour Stylist
2017 - 2017
Selecting colours for webseries Tales From The Serengeti. Creating colour pallets for production, within a short deadline. Strong ability to focus, attentionto detail and an understanding of the importance of continuity.
Education
University of South Wales
Bachelor's degree, Animation · (2011 - 2014)