EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Filmmaking Concentrating in Animation			       May 2024
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Associate in Fine Arts – Visual Arts						        December 2019
Durham Technical Community College, Durham, North Carolina

Visual Effects Production Diploma						       September 2016
The Digital Animation and Visual Effects School (DAVE), Orlando, Florida

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner/Founder – Right-Brained Studios, LLC				June 2023 – Present

2D Artist/Illustrator/Graphic Designer (Internship)			   January 2025 – April 2024
– UNIVERSAL PHOENIX GROUP LLC, Remote
•	Digitally illustrated unfinished model sheets for character in game “High Flyer”
•	Storyboarded, drafted, illustrated and designed characters for an issue of company’s  comic book series “Steam Dreams”
•	Coordinated w/ fellow interns to make a digitally illustrated second draft issue of comic

2D Animator								     August 2023 – May 2024
– 2D Production, Flag of Bone (film), UNCSA, Winston-Salem, NC
•	Consulted on storyboarding to expand on action and emotional beats
•	Animated, lined, and colored characters in action sequences
•	3D camera effects to achieve environmental depth

Co-Director/Director of Animation/2D Animator			August 2022 – August 2023
– 2D Production, The Legend of Midnight (film), UNCSA, Winston-Salem, NC
•	Previsualized, storyboarded, and provided concept art and backgrounds
•	Animated, lined, and colored characters
•	3D camera effects to achieve depth and parallax

Teacher’s Assistant (Volunteer)						  July – August 2017
– Exceptional Minds, Los Angeles, CA
•	Program for students on the Autism spectrum
•	Assisted in summer workshops teaching VFX and Digital Painting
•	Helped students complete assignments and demo reels

Modeler/Rigger/ Texture Artist/Compositor			         September – December 2016
– 3D/CGI Production, Every Time (film), The DAVE School, Orlando, FL
•	Modeled, UV mapped, rigged, and textured 3D assets
•	Rotoscoped and added glow effect into live action
•	Rendered and Green screened actors into CG environment with textures and lighting

3D Animator								        July – September 2016
– 3D/CGI Production, Green Harvest (film), The DAVE School, Orlando, FL
•	Researched for environment and animation references
•	Previsualized scenes to match the director’s vision
•	Animated shots in Maya; set up camera and assets
•	Polished Motion Capture data in Maya
•	Hair & Cloth simulation of 3D assets

REFERENCES
Michael Bauer
Computer Graphics Supervisor
Industrial Light and Magic
818-378-7113
bauer@ilm.com

Spent some time consulting me during my job search

Jerone Dodd Jr.
Chairperson
Universal Phoenix Group, LLC
Atlanta, GA; Memphis, TN
jdodd@upg-corp.com

My boss during my Spring 2025 internship for UPG, LLC

SOFTWARE
Adobe After Effects | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Premier Pro | Autodesk Maya | Toon Boom Harmony

ACHIEVEMENTS
•	2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do & Hapkido
•	Eagle Scout for Boy Scouts of America (2014)
•	Phi Theta Kapa Honor Society (Durham Technical Community College 2018)
•	Associate in Fine Arts Award (Durham Technical Community College 2019)