Erica Pitt

ericapitt@gmail.com

Profile
Having been trained in both classical and computer-aided animation techniques, I look forward to applying my 5 years of professional animation industry experience in a dynamic studio environment.

Skills in
Flash TV Paint Toon Boom / Harmony Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe After Effects Premier Pro

Experience
Freelance Flash Animator at Monster Entertainment, Kilkenny Ireland February 2012 May 2012 (4 months) I am animating 2 minute episodes of "I'm a Creepy Crawly", a show designed to teach kids about different creepy crawly insects and bugs. My duties include character builds, key posing and finished inbetweened animation done in Flash. TV Paint and Flash Animator at Cartoon Saloon, Kilkenny Ireland August 2011 - February 2012 (7 months) I animated on the cartoon segments of "The Aquabats Super Show" . Animation for the cartoon Aquabats segments done in TV Paint, animation for the Lil Bat shorts done in Flash and also TV Paint. Key Animator at DHX Media Vancouver/ Studio B Productions, Vancouver BC Canada February 2011 - July 2011 (6 months) I was a key animator on the Hasbro show Pound Puppies. My duties included placing the Flash builds into the scenes and posing out the main character poses and camera moves for the inbetween animators. Flash Animator at DHX Media Vancouver/ Studio B Productions, Vancouver BC Canada May 2010 - December 2010 (8 months) Flash Animator on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic for Hasbro Studios via Studio B Productions. I was responsible for 40 sec of animation per week using Flash. Flash Animator at DHX Media Vancouver/ Studio B Productions, Vancouver BC Canada March 2010 - May 2010 (3 months) Flash Animator on Kid Vs. Kat: Season 2, an in-house production at Studio B Productions. I was responsible for 40 sec of animation per week using Flash.

Toon Boom/ Harmony Animator at Big Bad Boo Studios, Vancouver BC Canada January 2010 - March 2010 (3 months) Animated on the in-house production "1001 Nights". I was responsible for animating 35 secs a week of Toon Boom/ Harmony animation. Freelance Flash Animator for Jester Coyote Animation, Vancouver BC Canada November 2009 - January 2010 (2 months) Freelance Animator on 4 episodes of the Dutch series De Grobbebollen Maken Lol for Ka-Ching studios in the Netherlands via Jester Coyote Animation. Flash Animator at DHX Media Vancouver/ Studio B Productions, Vancouver BC Canada April 2009 - August 2009 (5 months) Flash Animator on Martha Speaks: Season 2 for PBS via Studio B. Assistant Animator at DHX Media Vancouver/ Studio B Productions, Vancouver BC Canada January 2009 - April 2009 (4 months) In-betweening and clean up of classical animation in Flash on Jam Media's production Badly Drawn Roy via Studio B. Flash Animator and Pose Artist at Studio B Productions, Vancouver BC Canada April 2008 - September 2008 (6 months) Worked as a Pose Artist and then Animator on the in-house production Being Ian: An IanConvenient Truth - 1hr. Environmental Special using Flash. Animated on digital downloadable shorts for iTunes of Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strips using Flash. Animated on the made for TV Christmas special, A Side Show Christmas using Flash. Flash Animator at Studio B Productions, Vancouver BC Canada August 2007 - January 2008 (6 months) Animated in Flash on Pucca: Season 2 for Vooz and Disney Jetix via Studio B. I was responsible for 40 sec of animation per week. Animator and Revision Artist at Studio B Productions, Vancouver BC Canada May 2007 - August 2007 (4 months) Started as a revision artist, revising scenes from the overseas studios using Flash on the series George of the Jungle. Then moved onto posing and animating full scenes on an in-house animation team completing 25 to 30 sec of animation per week.

Other Work Experience

Hand Puppet Maker for Music Video, Vancouver BC Canada January 2011 - May 2011 (5 months) Hand crafted 4 large hand puppets for use in a music video. I crafted them from basic chunks of foam, all the way to fully finished, costumed puppets. The video is not yet completed but I documented the whole process of making the puppets on a blog here: http://doublerainbowpuppets.blogspot.com/ Hand Puppet Costumer for Music Video, Vancouver BC Canada June 2009 - July 2009 (2 months) Crafted 2 Police Uniforms for 2 Puppets used in a local music video. The music video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Xc017M5Ts

Education
Sheridan College, Oakville ON Canada BA Classical Animation, 2003 - 2007 I hold a Bachelors Degree in Classical Animation and was trained in both traditional 2D paper animation as well as 3D computer animation. Van Arts, Vancouver BC Canada Summer Intensive Animation Course, August 2002 I took a 1 month summer intensive animation course on which I gained an understanding of the basic animation principles and had a brief introduction to Flash animation software. Victoria College of Art, Victoria BC Canada Foundation Year of Fine Arts, September 2001 - May 2002 I completed the first year of a fine arts program with classes in life drawing, painting, design and art history. My goal was to use the year to build a portfolio which I could then use to apply to animation schools with.

References available upon request

ericapitt@gmail.com http://ericapittanimation.blogspot.com/ (telephone in Ireland) +353 86 159 9701