Sahel Alsabouni

Designer, Illustrator, *D Animator

Canada Toronto • +437******* • ad1je6@r.postjobfree.com Profile Animation is my lifelong passion, and coming from an animation-obsessed country, I am proud of my 15-year career in cartoons, video game and book illustration. My ambitions cut short by the humanitarian crisis in Syria, I am eager to contribute my skills and talent to an exciting new creative venture. Employment Syrian TV Damascus, Syria

2D Character Animator and Designer 2009 – 2011

Worked on some of the leading children’s cartoons in Syria, providing character design and 2D Flash animation for 100 episodes of “Adventure Island” and for the television movie “The Eleventh Commandment”.

Star Animation Syria Damascus, Syria

2D Animator and Background Designer 2005 – 2008

Provided character animation for the shows “Friends Street” and “Tota Tota”. Animated the characters (in 2D Flash) and provided backgrounds (in Aura) for “The Badge of Abha Festival for Children” in 2006.

Spacetoon Damascus, Syria

2D Character Animator 2000 – 2004

Used 2D Flash to animate the characters on “The Warrior of Laziness”, “Detective Shmam” and “Journalist Wasfeea”.

Freelance United Nations Children’s Fund Damascus, Syria 2D Animator and Background Designer 2010

Animated the characters (Flash) and designed the background (Aura) for a series of 3 minute shorts aiming to raise awareness of UNICEF outreach efforts. Remo Max Damascus, Syria

2D Animator, Character and Background Designer 2007 Provided backgrounds, character designs and animation for “Lulu the Cat”. Freelance Joybox Games Damascus, Syria

Character Designer, Background Illustrator 2007

Designed the characters (Flash) and illustrated the backgrounds (Aura) for video games including “Formula 1”, “Games and Wars”, and “Small Cooks.” Education Damascus University Damascus, Syria

Fine Arts Degree 1991-1994

Software Aura, Flash, Photoshop,, TVpaint animation Languages Arabic (native language), English

Skills Fully-versed in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access References Available upon request.