Keith Holven

Animator + Illustrator

toonimator @ gmail.com


Objective

  • To fight the good fight, to climb the highest mountain, to change the world... through animation.
    Or, just create some great entertainment, as an animator and character designer.

Work Experience

  • Animator
    • Renegade Animation, Glendale, CA
    • February 2005-Present
    • Animator, "The Mr. Men Show"
    • Supervising Animator, "Christmas is Here Again"
    • Animator, Cartoon Network original movie "Re-animated"
    • Animator, "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi"
  • Animator
    • Lone Sausage, Los Angeles, CA
    • February 2005-Present
    • Animation, "Dr. Tran Valentine Card", "Dr. Tran's Magic Talking Card",
    • "Roybertito's :60 Spot
  • Freelance Concept Artist
    • Buena Vista Games, Burbank, CA
    • October 2004-Present
    • Created beat boards & sample gameplay screens from thumbnail to final sketch for upcoming games
  • Animator/Illustrator/Graphic Designer
    • MedSN, Culver City, CA
    • October 2002-April 2005
    • Animated and designed e-learning modules for medical and pharmaceutical companies
    • Illustrated human figures and miscellaneous subjects
  • Animator
    • Hyperion, Glendale, CA
    • May 2002-September 2002
    • Animated as part of a team on "The Proud Family Shorties" for the Disney Channel
    • Assisted in character design of Get-Back Jack for "Toy Store-EEE" short.
    • Clean-up character art for "Wasabi Warriors".
    • Developed character art for two studio pitches.
  • Freelance Animator/Character Designer
    • Burbank, CA
    • January 2002-Present
    • Animated PG&E Microsite character through BlitzDS
    • Designed IBM Webshare game intro character through BlitzDS for Yaya.com
    • Animated IBM Webshare game intro character
  • Contract Animator
    • MedSN, Culver City, CA
    • January 2001-July 2001
    • Animated and designed e-learning modules for medical and pharmaceutical companies
    • Illustrated human figures and miscellaneous subjects
  • Flash Animator
    • Icebox, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
    • August 2000-December 2000
    • Animated as part of a team on "Starship Regulars" and "Mr. Wong"
    • Worked with shows' creators to maintain quality of pacing and animation
    • Created assets and Flashed out characters and props
    • Set up rough blocking of episodes
  • Flash Animator
    • Spunky Productions, Inc., San Francisco, CA
    • January 2000-July 2000
    • Served as lead animator on "Aqua League Girls" Episode 1, managed team of animators and redesigned characters
    • Animated as part of a team on "Aqua League Girls," "Possum 'N Weezie," "Davy Crockett," "BEMs," and "Richie Rich"
    • Animated several projected "SpunkyTown 2000" channel and show advertisements (unaired)
    • Animated the first section of the projected "SpunkyTown 2000" site introduction (unaired)
    • Created hand-drawn animation for use as character assets in Flash
    • Other tasks included character design, layout, storyboards, and clean-up (ink)

Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration/2D Animation
  • Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
  • September 1995-December 1999

Artistic Background

  • Experienced at drawing humans and animals; watercolor and gouache illustration; character design;
    layout; storyboards; conceptual pieces; composition; inbetweening; clean-up; key framing

Software

  • Adobe Illustrator 10.0
  • Adobe PhotoShop 7.0
  • Macromedia Flash 5.0 and MX



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