Ian Jones-Quartey
ianj347 -at- gmail.com
 

Objective: To animate and drawlike a maniac.

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

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

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

Inker for "The Venture Bros.", 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

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

Internships:
Noodlesoup Productions (New York, NY)
May 2005 - December 2005
- Assist with backgrounds for the production of Cartoon Network's "The Venture Bros."
- Help with flash animation/design for "Lucky Charms" and "Kidz Bop" commercials

Freelance Work:
- 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:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
Cambridge Animation's Animo
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Final Cut Pro

References available upon request.