Illustrator, Story artist

David M. Rodriguez

Bronx, NY

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dmrodz007.artstation.com

Storyboard Artist/Director/Supervisor – Animation Industry Creative and innovative professional with extensive experience in designing and illustrating animated features for episodic television, creating storyboards for various productions, and continuing compliance to creation schedule. Aptitude to communicate with clients through drawings and 3d software within a fast-paced production timeline. Expertise in producing action sequences and comedic skits for a wide variety of animated genres. Areas of expertise include… Professional Experience

Titmouse INC - Disney Junior “ Pupstruction” Season 1-2 / Storyboard Director New York, NY, 2021 –2024

Reviewed the scripts to analyze and strategize each story to convey the visual narrative for the storyboard team. Provided the narrative points with detailed thumbnails and notes, 3D locations and simplified 3D proxies for the team to utilize in their boards. This systematic method allowed the team to achieve continuity and uniformity within their collective styles to each of teams storyboards.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Completed 2 seasons and 50 episodes of Pupstruction for Disney Junior.

• Pupstruction was a Nominee for Kid Screen in 2024. Titmouse INC – Disney Junior “Tots” Season 1-3 / Storyboard Supervisor New York, NY, 2018 –2020

Create storyboards, implement strategies, and coordinate with creative supervisors and ensure the compliance to storyboards objectives. Lead and motivate working of production staff members and communicate progress. Track and improve storyboard quality in process. Conduct appropriate meetings and pitches with clients. Organize and review assignments with the revision team to ensure proper guidance through the refinement stages of each scripted episode of the production. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Cultivated solid relationship with team to achieve complete revisions on time for shipment to client.

• Collaborated ideas and utilized troubleshooting solutions with the Executive Producer, Storyboard director, and Editors to aid in providing an optimal product for clients. AREA OF EXPERTISE

• Animation Processes

• Translation Services

• Solid Relationship

• Model & Express Emotion

• Television / Video Graphics

• 3-D Environment Modeling

• Quality Optimization

• Team Connection

• Graphic Noveling

• Online Presentations

• Photoshop

• Illustrations

Nick Junior “Blaze and the Monster Trucks” SEASON 4 / Story Artist New York, NY Jan 2018- July 2018

Led the storyboarding song montages for various action sequences throughout the series. Provided effective appealing cinematic visuals to enhance the entertainment value of the story and characters unique abilities for each story. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Illustrated and achieved approval for the most song montages for episodes of Season 4.

• Introduced Toon boom Storyboard Pro to the company to utilize and execute in-house storyboarding process. Disney Junior “Goldie and Bear” Season 1 & 2 / Story Supervisor/ Artist New York, NY, 2014-2017

Delivered storyboard direction of game designer and rendered technical support to design storyboard and associated scenes. Created thumbnails sketches to optimize quality of storyboard panels. Proposed creative and client ideas and arranged required storyboard. Constructed staging guidelines for the team with the assistance of Autodesk Maya 3D application. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Settled teamwork and communication for the delivery of revisions on time to client and achieved objectives.

• Designed and delivered fun-filled storyboard animatics with song montages to emphasize episode of show.

• Organized revision assignments and delegation and coordinated effective filing system of projects progression stages for future reference.

• Boosted team moral for their diligent work ethic with encouragement and expressive appreciation. Starz Film and Media/Disney XD – “Ultimate Spider-man” Season 3 / Story Artist Los Angeles, CA, 2013 – 2014

Regulated freelance storyboarded for many episodes of Marvel /Disney series that completed in Adobe Photoshop and 3D sketch up. Collaborated with 4 artists per episode and alternated the rotation in story from action sequences to story related dialogue based on my artistic expertise and guidance of the director. Developed background designs from 3D Maya and Photographic reference.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Delivered effective and clear coherent story-telling for the animation team as a blue print.

• Enhanced the quality of the series with effective experience in action dynamic story- telling. Additional experience as Season 1 & 2/ Story Revision Artist & Designer for various organizations Education / Training

Bachelor Degree in Arts

School Visual Arts, New York, NY

Technical Proficiencies

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