Resume

Edwin R Gomez

Address: 413 N 12th Street Montebello Ca 90640

Cell: (323) 303-4556

Professional profile

I’m pusuing an opportunity for growth that utilizes my 33 years of experience in Television Animation, story development production and Media Arts and Animation Education both at the collegiate and secondary high school level.

Qualifications:

I’m Skilled in Figure and form studies, Character Design, Digital Animation, 2D Character Layout, 2D Animation, Storyboarding, Experimental Animation, Video Production, Graphic Design, Digital Photography, Film editing using Adobe Premier.

Technical Skills:

Traditional animation, TVP digital animation, Adobe Animate Digital Animation, Animation, Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.

Career summary

Teaching Experience:

Irvine Valley College

Aug 2016 – present

Digital Animation with a 2D perspective and Character Design:

Animation:

Teach environmental design for games and animation

Teach traditional animation in a digital animation program

Teach Layout both for character and backgrounds

Teach traditional animation aimed at a digital/3D animation pipeline

Teach figure drawing and anatomy fundamentals aimed at a character pipeline

Character Design:

Teach Character development

Teach Figure Drawing for character designers

Teach Perspective for Animation and games

Teach the art of observational drawing

Rowland High School

Aug 12th 2019 – present

Media Arts Teacher:

Graphic Design:

Teach the art of commercial graphic design

Teach process based sketching and design though the art of thumbnailing

Teach graphic design elements and principles of design

Teach Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop techniques

Teach typography techniques

Animation:

Teach the fundamentals of drawing

Teach the principles of animation

Teach the principles of staging for anmation

Teach the art of figure drawing

Teach the art of reference based drawing

Teach the art of thumbnailing

Teach the art of sequential movement

Teach character design

Teach character animation

Teach demo reel classes

Teach Independent studies studio classes

North Orange County ROP Aug – 2016 – June-2019

Animation:

Teach traditional animation in a digital animation program

Teach Layout both for character and backgrounds

Teach traditional animation aimed at a digital/3D animation pipeline

Teach storyboarding and timing techniques

Teach character rigging for 2D animation

Teach Story development and script development aimed both at film and animation

Teach 2D layout both for character and background design

Video:

Teach Story development for film

Teach the stages of script writing and story structure

Teach Camera operation for video production and film

Teach VFX green-screen operation for newscast production and short film

Teach three point lighting and staging for film production

Teach digital film editing using industry based programs

Visual communication:

Teach the rules of design

Teach product layout

Teach typography principles

Teach visual development for product

Teach pitch production for product

Teach the history of product design and layout

Pico Rivera Parks

Oct 2016 – June 2020

Community-based grassroots animation classes:

Animation:

Teach basic character design skills

Teach 2D animation

Teach Layout for animation

Drop-cloth Art Studio Aug- 2015 – 2017

Portfolio Development:

Teach Portfolio development

Teach 3D character design and building

Teach 3D sculpting both organic and industrial

Teach environmental design for games and animation

Teach traditional animation in a digital animation program

Teach Layout both for character and backgrounds

Teach traditional animation aimed at a digital/3D animation pipeline

Teach figure drawing and anatomy fundamentals aimed at a character pipeline

La Puente Valley ROP Aug 2014 – Aug 2016

Animation teacher:

Teach traditional animation in a digital animation program

Teach Layout both for character and backgrounds

Teach traditional animation aimed at a digital/3D animation pipeline

Teach storyboarding and timing techniques

Teach character rigging for 2D animation

Teach Story development and script development aimed both at film and animation

Teach 2D layout both for character and background design

Westwood College South bay campus Aug 6th 2014

3D Generalist:

Taught intermediate modeling

Demo Reel Design

LA City Harbor College 03/12 – June 2012

Photoshop Professor:

Taught Advanced and fundamental classes in the art of digital editing and rendering.

Westwood College Anaheim campus 06/08 – Oct 8th 2014

Generalist:

Taught the fundamentals of 3D Studio Max, Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush, including character modeling, character acting and character animation, Studio Pipeline system, storyboarding process, rigging and skinning; teach traditional drawing for game and animation artist.

Brooks College 06/06 –06/08

Animation Game Art Professor:

Taught Flash CS3, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Fundamentals of Graphic Design, Layout, Package Design, and Composition for Commercial Design

East Los Angeles College 09/07 – Dec 07

Photoshop Professor:

Teach Animation, Flash design/Adobe CS3, Fundamentals and Advanced Photoshop

Star 10/05 – 11/06

Taught Flash, conceptual drawing, key animation, storyboarding, and storytelling for animation.

Professional Experience

Freelance Animator/Conceptual Designer 1/03 – present

Create and animate characters on a contract basis for independent small studios, start-up companies or established ones, such as Big Bad Tomato and Disney

Hollywood Beautification Team 6/98 – 9/07

Muralist/Educator

Created murals at multiple schools around the city; educated students on creating art and helping the environment; worked on this project on an as-needed basis.

Klasky Csupo 11/05 -06/06

Animator/Layout Artist

Created secondary characters for pilot shows

Create Layout for Background

Create Layout for Character

Rig 2D characters for animation in Photoshop

Walt Disney Company 10/04 -10/05

Conceptual Designer: Buena Vista games

Pitched ideas to art director and producers to keep the pipeline flowing; created conceptual characters and environments to create the style and feel of the game in development; researched time periods to set the mood for the game.

Cartoon Network 1/03-12/03

Freelance Character Designer

Education & qualifications

The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles:

Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Animation and Media Arts

(Completed Dec 2004)

The Academy of Arts University:

MFA Film/ Animation/Illustration (Completed Winter 2013)

Orange County Department of Education:

Single Subject teaching credential in Art Media and Entertainment (Completed May 2018)

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