Character Animation!
Demo Reel
Includes personal work and shots from Sony Pictures’ “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.” Responsible for all character animation, except for the mayor on the television screen and background characters on the hamburger eating shot.
Portfolio
Demo Reel
Includes personal work and shots from Sony Pictures’ “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.” Responsible for all character animation, except for the mayor on the television screen and background characters on the hamburger eating shot.
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Demo Reel
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Experience
Character Animator, Nickelodeon Animation Studio Burbank, CA: 09/2010 – present
Part of the Core CG team – developing animation style, working on show intros and interstitials.
Character Animator, Rhythm & Hues [the boX] El Segundo, CA: 07/2010 – 08/2010
Animated full keyframe for Kinectimals game cinematics
Character Animator (Remote), Reel FX Entertainment Dallas, TX: 02/2010 – 05/2010
Animated full keyframe on Open Season 3
Character Animator, DisneyToon Studios Glendale, CA: 12/2009 – 01/2010
Animated full keyframe on Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Character Animator, Sony Pictures Imageworks Culver City, CA: 10/2009 – 12/2009
Animated keyframe, face replacement and fix on Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore
Character Animator, Sony Pictures Imageworks Culver City, CA: 10/2008 – 05/2009
Animated full shots, background cycles and fix on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Character Modeling Intern, Electronic Arts: Tiburon Orlando, FL: 06/2007 – 08/2007
Using 3D scan data, resurfaced and textured over 20 player/coach heads for AAA title Madden 2009
Education
Ringling College of Art and Design — BFA in Computer Animation, 05/2008
Skills
Maya, Renderman for Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush, Photoshop, Premiere, Storyboard Pro
Linux, Mac OS and Windows
Animation, character and environment modeling, storyboarding
Awards
Student Academy Awards Finalist: 2008
Snow Day selected as one of eight national finalists for animation
Second Place in FJORG! 32 Hour Animation Competition, SIGGRAPH: 2008
Saddest Story Ever Told piñata short selected as one of two tied for second
Best of Ringling, Ringling College of Art and Design: 2007 and 2008
Snow Day and lip sync animation selected by vote of faculty for student show
Dean’s Scholarship, Ringling College of Art and Design: 2004 – 2008
Given to one freshman student per class based on artistic and academic merit
About
Kim Hazel likes animation, dinosaurs and doodling.
You can contact her at kimhazel @ gmail.com.
Thanks for visiting!
