Jade Duke

Skills

 

- Adobe Photoshop – Expert

- Adobe Flash – Intermediate

- Adobe AfterEffects – Intermediate

- Adobe Illustrator – Intermediate

-Spriter Pro - Intermediate

-Blender/Maya - Beginner

-Cel Action – Beginner

- TV Paint – Beginner

 

 

Employment

 

• Freelance Illustrator and Animator

        July 2011 – Present

 

        During my time as a freelance illustrator and animator, I have worked on various projects including 2D animation, character design and             illustration. These projects have covered a multitude of medias including, publishing, websites, television advertisements.

 

• Inclusive Technology Ltd

        December 2015 – Present

 

        Creating graphics and animations for online games for children.

 

• JAM Media ltd

        September 2015 – December 2015

 

        Keying and animating for 2016 Children's program 'Zig and Zag'.;

 

• Echo Bridge Pictures - Flash Animator

        March 2015 - April 2015

 

        For animated series 'Major Lazer' – With my assigned shots I do the rough animations which then gets passed onto Clean up.

 

• Cosgrove Hall - Flash Animator

         July 2014 – September 2014

 

        3 month holiday cover for the children’s series ‘Pip Ahoy’. Here I went through the process of roughing, blocking and animating my                     allocated shots.

 

 

• Lab Zero games - Clean up artist

        June 2012 – November 2012

 

        Lab Zero Games, produce console games including, Xbox, Playstation and PC. During my time with Lab Zero I worked on Skullgirls a                 unisex combat game. I was employed to do clean up animation on the characters.

 

• Machinima - Flash Animator

         December 2013 – January 2014

 

         Machinima work through Youtube doing game reviews and cartoon animation. During my role as a Flash Animator I was given a story                board and utilised Adobe to produce the third episode of ‘Super Smashed Bros’, a cartoon based on the console game from Nintendo . I            was responsible for the episode from storyboard to end product.

 

• Picasso Pictures – Flash Animator and Photoshop Clean Up Artist

        July 2013

        September 2013 – November 2013

        March 2012 – May 2012

 

        Picasso pictures work closely with high profile clients to assist in the design of television and website advertisements.

        I have worked on several projects with Picasso Pictures as a Freelancer including Holland and Barrett advert and the Quickbooks                       telephone app. I was employed as a Flash Animator and Clean up artist to assist with these projects.

        I started with Picasso Pictures doing work experience, they then kept me on to assist with projects and subsequently have hired me on a         freelance basis on various occasions since.

 

• Karrot Animation – Commercial Animator

         May 2012 – July 2013

 

         Karrot Animation produce television commercials and television series.

         I started working with Karrot on ‘Sarah and Duck’ a children’s television series for CBeebies, which has since gone to air. I was then                      moved across to assist with various commercials which entailed, Flash / after effects animation, concept artistry and storyboarding.                  During my time with Karrot I worked as an inbetweener and completed tasks including scene rendering, script highlighting, colour                      blocking in Photoshop

         During this role I had the opportunity to learn new skills, including two weeks training with the animation program CelAction.

 

• Channel M Publishing

         March 2012 – July 2012

         Channel M Publishing are comic book publisher, I joined them to assist with character design from concept to final design.

 

• Reverge Labs, LLC – Freelance 2D Character Cleanup Artist

        August 2011 – November 2011

 

        Reverge Labs is a video gaming company, I started working with them on the SkullGirls project which subsequently was moved to Lab             Zero Games. This position involved inking, colouring and shading rough animation that was provided for the 2D fighting game.

 

 

Education

 

Arts University College at Bournemouth

Bournemouth. September 2008 – July 2011

BA (Hons) Animation Production

 

Yeovil College, Sixth Form

Yeovil. September 2005 - June 2008

BND Graphic Design

BTEC National Diploma

 

Stanchester Community School.

Stoke-sub-Hamdon. September 2000 - July 2005

GCSE

Art and Design (A) English (B) English Literature (B)

Food Technology (B) Religious studies (C) History (C)

Mathematics (C) Double Science (CC)

 

 

References

 

Tom Jordan tom@karrotanimation.com

Karrot Animation 

11 Morecambe St 

​London 

Greater London 

SE17 1DX 

+44 (0) 207 703 2080 

 

 

Melissa Venet melissa@picassopictures.com

Picasso Pictures

9-11 Broadwick

St London

W1F 0DB

+44 (0) 20 7437 9888