
Michael Gilbert
Arts / Entertainment / Publishing
About Michael Gilbert:
Seasoned Broadcast animation artist with 18 years experience.Highlights include Ren & Stimpy, Rick & Morty, Carol & The End of the World, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and My Little Pony.
Experience
Layout Artist / Awesome, Inc.
Feb 2023 - Oct 2023
PROJECT - Ren and Stimpy (Paramount+)
LAYOUT
• creation of layered, workable layouts
• weekly meetings to review progress, revising occasional layouts
• ensuring all layouts have proper Field guides and board panels
• including layout items for animation (doors/ windows/ etc.) by providing all needed object(s)
• Double checking updates in the animatic
BG PAINT
• Rendering out layout files and enhancing jokes and gags missed in the layout file
• attending bi-weekly progress/ discuss progress / revision call-outs
• formatting final pieces
ETC TASKS
• custom text fonts
• gross-out color cards / gross outs
Tools:
Adobe Photoshop CC
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Designer / DoubleJump Games
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
PROJECT - Ssundee
YouTube video cover designer for the popular YouTube channel "SSundee", utilizing popular IP material 'Rainbow Friends', 'Poppy Playtime', 'Five Nights at Freddies', 'Alphabet Lore', and more.
• follow a Trello board of ideas selected to render out
• designing up to 5 YouTube video covers
• test each image with an audience to measure its effectiveness
• daily discussions with the project coordinator over WhatsApp
• tally up workload and document in an invoice for approval
Tools:
Adobe Photoshop CC, Trello
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Layout artist / Global Mechanic
May 2022 - Oct 2022
PROJECT - Jam Van (Youtube Originals)
• Creation of production layouts using sourced images and provided photography
• providing rough, clean and finished layouts for the purpose of animation.
Tools:
Adobe Photoshop CC
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Layout supervisor / Global Mechanic
Sep 2021 - May 2022
PROJECT - Birdgirl (Adult Swim)
• Creation of conceptual layouts / keys
• Overseeing layout / redline revisions
• providing rough, clean and finished layouts for the purpose of animation.
Tools:
Adobe Photoshop CC
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Layout artist / Bardel Entertainment
May 2021 - Sep 2021
PROJECT - Carol & the End of the World (Netflix)
• Working with layouts and preparing files for Harmony import.
• Assistance with Character building in Harmony
Tools: Adobe Photoshop CC
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Layout artist / Bardel Entertainment
Aug 2020 - May 2021
PROJECT - Rick & Morty (Adult Swim)
• Taking client / internal layouts and consolidating it to the necessary format for Harmony import.
• Revising / designing elements to be used for animation.
• Occasional Character / Prop design
• Importing flattened layouts into Harmony
Tools:
Adobe Photoshop CC
Adobe Bridge CC
Toon Boom Harmony
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Education
Diploma - 2D Classical Animation (Vancouver Film School)
Diploma - 3D Fundamentals: Maya (Vancouver Film School)
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