John Varvir
Thornton, Colorado *0241
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Career Goal - Animator
Highly self motivated and goal-orientated individual committed to pursuing a long-term career in animation. Offer ability to follow through with projects from inception to completion.
Education
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD), Lakewood, Colorado
Honor’s Program September 2008 to present
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD), Lakewood, Colorado
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts April 2008
Majoring in 2D Animation
Dean’s List with a GPA of 3.6 on a 4.0 scale
Senior Project: Titled ‘Little Old Ladies’, a comedic take on noir storytelling. This project enabled me to write, produce and direct an entire animated film. The voiceovers and original music were performed by friends. All the animation was hand drawn by myself and is approximately nine minutes.
Related Coursework: Character design and animation, clean-up, modeling, slugging, storyboarding, production design, stop motion and computer animation.
Computer Skills: Proficient in Combustion 4, ToonBoom Studios 4, Adobe Illustrator CS3, PhotoShop CS3, Addition, and Premier 7.0.
Work Experience
RMCAD Café September 2006 to Current
Denver, Colorado 802**-***-***-ARTS
Handle all facets of the Café. Responsibilities included greeting customers, making coffee and specialty drinks, sanitizing drink making machines, food preparation, and employee supervision.
Sign-A-Rama June 2004 to August 2006
Northglenn, Colorado 80233 303-***-****
Job duties included performing all facets for creating banners and signs. Responsibilities required using graphic design skills to create banners and signs with different computer programs, layout of the products and finishing the products to customer specifications. Had to leave the company due to conflicts with college courses and work schedule.
Achievements
Eagle Scout December 2001
Completed all ranks of Boy Scouts and earned everything needed to lead me to become an Eagle Scout.
FX Networks April 2009
Art work pertaining to the characters of the Sons of Anarchy TV show was selected for the show’s web site art gallery.
Festivus Film Festival
Won ‘Best Animation’ for my short ‘Little Old Ladies’.
References
Rev. Michael Chambness Carol Copeland Jim Irwin
3960 E. 128th Ave. 12304 Clermont Pl 12156 Locust St.
Thornton, Colorado 80241 Thornton, Colorado 80241 Brighton, Colorado 80601
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