Animation Designer
Daniel Ding
Sept 2025
Mainframe Studios
Designer
● Designer on 3D production. Designed (B/W and color) props, sets/environments, and fx. Used both photoshop and blender.
● provide B/W and Color Designs, orthographics, 3d proxies(via blender) and surfacing pages for sets and props.
Sept 2025-Present
Green Apple Art Center
Art Instructor
● Provide constructive feedback and guidance for students.
● Worked with various subject matter and art mediums.
Sept 2025-Present
Sights and Sounds Comics
Character Design
● Work on mascot character designs for an upcoming comic store.
Aug 2025
Blue Box Film
Artist
● Made some digital paintings that will be hang on the wall, for a live action film(Blue Box).
April 2024 - May 2025
Mainframe Studios
Designer
● Designer on 3D production. Designed (B/W and color) props, sets/environments, and fx. Used both photoshop and blender.
● provide B/W and Color Designs, orthographics, 3d proxies(via blender) and surfacing pages for sets and props.
Feb 2024-April 2024
Wildbrain Studios
Designer
● designer at Wildbrain Studios on cg animated series lego dreamzzz s3
● Designed (B/W and color) props, provide orthographic turnarounds for vehicles and production sheets and resurfacing for set/environments.
Aug 2023–Feb 2024
Green Apple Art Center
Art Instructor
● Provide constructive feedback and guidance for students.
● Worked with various subject matter and art mediums.
● Instructor for life drawing class for adults, and character design class for high school students.
Jan 2022–Aug 2022
Mainframe Studios
Designer
● 3D Netflix production Unicorn Academy.
● Designed(B/W and Color) and provided orthographic turns and surfacing pages for props and set elements with Photoshop.
● Ocassionally used some blender to view 3d proxies and take screenshots.
March 2022 -May 2022
Deadline short film
Character Designer & Background Designer
● Deadline is a Short film with Harmony hand-drawn 2d animated sequences
● Designed Characters and Backgrounds using Photoshop.
Apr 2021 -Jan 2022
Mainframe Studios
Junior Designer
● 3D Netflix production Unicorn Academy
● Designed(B/W and Color) and provided orthographic turns and surfacing pages for props and set elements with Photoshop.
Sep 2020 -Dec 2020
Crux short film · Freelance
Background Designer
● Crux is an award winning documentary Short film with Harmony hand-drawn 2d animated sequences
● Designed Backgrounds using Adobe Photoshop.
May 2019 -May 2020
Mainframe Studios
Junior Designer
● 3D Nickelodeon production Made by Maddie.
● Designed(B/W and Color) and provided orthographic turns and surfacing pages for props and set elements with Photoshop.
EDUCATION:
Capilano University 2D Animation & Visual Development Diploma
2017 - 2019
CGMA Storyboarding for Animation
Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
CGMA 3d for 2d artists with Sergio Castaneda
Apr 2024 - Jun 2024
SOFTWARE
Adobe PhotoShop, Blender 3D, Clip Studio Paint,
ToonBoom Storyboard Pro, ToonBoom Harmony