Animation Designer
Daniel Ding
April 2024 - Present
Mainframe Studios
Feb 2024-April 2024
Wildbrain Studios
Aug 2023–Feb 2024
Green Apple Art Center
Designer
● designer at Wildbrain Studios on cg animated series.
● Worked with Adobe Photoshop.
Designer
● designer at Wildbrain Studios on cg animated series.
● Worked with Adobe Photoshop.
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
(Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkEA_y_cQD4)
● Designed props and set elements.
● Provide orthographic turns for props and set elements for 3d modelers.
● Provide surfacing details for set elements and props.
● Worked mainly with Adobe Photoshop, sometimes using Clip Studio Paint and Blender 3D.
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 Adobe Photoshop.
Apr 2021 -Jan 2022
Mainframe Studios
Junior Designer
● 3D Netflix production Unicorn Academy
● Designed props and set elements.
● Provide orthographic turns for props and set elements for 3d modelers.
● Provide surfacing details for set elements and props.
● Worked mainly with Adobe Photoshop.
Sep 2020 -Dec 2020
Crux short film · Freelance
Background Designer
● Crux is a 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 props and set elements using Adobe Photoshop.
● Provide orthographic turns for props and set elements for 3d modelers.
● Provide surfacing details for set elements and props.
EDUCATION:
Capilano University 2D Animation & Visual Development Diploma
2017 - 2019
CGMA Storyboarding for Animation
Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
SOFTWARE
Adobe PhotoShop, Clip Studio Paint,
ToonBoom Storyboard Pro, ToonBoom Harmony