Ian Jones-Quartey
ianj347 [at] gmail.com
 

Objective: To animate like a dang maniac.

Education:
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Animation

Work Experience:
Animator, "Moby- One Time We Lived" Music Video, dir. Robert Powers (New York, NY)
September 2009
- Character Animation, Flash

Animator, "Charter Digital Cable" Commercials, Curious Pictures (New York, NY)
July 2009
- Character Animation, Flash

Animation Director, "The Venture Bros." Season 4.1, World Leaders Entertainment (New York, NY)
December 2008 - May 2009
- Direct animation on characters on X-Sheets for 8 episode series

Character Designer/Concept Artist, "Emerald City Confidential", Wadjet Eye Games (New York, NY)
March 2008- April 2008
- Concept designs for video game characters

Animation Director, "The Venture Bros." Season 3, World Leaders Entertainment (New York, NY)
July 2007 - February 2008
- Direct animation on characters on X-Sheets for 13 episode series

Animation Director, "Supernormal", World Leaders Entertainment (New York, NY)
June 2006 - July 2007
- Direct animation on characters in Flash for 52x2 episode series

Inker, "The Venture Bros." Season 2, Noodlesoup Productions (New York, NY)
December 2005 - May 2006
- Redraw/Ink rough characters and prop designs for shipping overseas

Animator and Assistant, DMA Animation (New York, NY)
December 2004 - August 2005
May 2004 - August 2004
- Animate sequences for use on client projects and in-house reels
- Design projects and deal with client notes

Independent Work:
Creator, Animator, & Director for "nockFORCE", (Brooklyn, NY)
March 2007 - February 2008
(www.nockforce.com)

Web Designer and Cartoonist, Keenspot Entertainment (www.keenspot.com)
August 2000 - June 2007
(www.rpgworldcomic.com)

Freelance Work:
- Animation for Online Interstitials , "Moby- Wait For Me", dir. Robert Powers, 2009
- Illustrations for website, "Millsbery.com", Publicis, 2008
- Animation for TV Show Pilot , "Goody", dir. Mike Turney, 2006
- Animated sequence director and animator, "Non Rem", dir. Alex Duncan, April 2006
- Created illustrations for Aaron Ackerson music CD and website March 2004
- Inbetweening, Animation for Nick Jr. Short "No Mirrors In My Nana's House" dir Erik Chichester Nickelodeon, February 2004
- Animated sequence director and animator, "Bob's Ark", dir. Wendy Rubin, September 2003

Publications:
Jones-Quartey, Ian. RPG World Volume One: Unlikely Hero Out for
Adventure. Temple City: Keenspot Entertainment, 2004.

Computer Skills:
Photoshop
After Effects
Animo
Flash
Dreamweaver
Final Cut Pro

References available upon request.