Abbigale Austin

Relevant Experience and Employment

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• Trampires LTD (Chuck Steel)- Animator, 6th January 2017 to 1st September 2017.

• Trampires LTD (Chuck Steel)- Assistant Animator, 9th to 27th May and July to 23rd December 2016

• Aardman - Week doing Claymation for a festival, March 2016.

• Factory Create - Month internship animating on 'Scream Street', Feb/March 2016.

 

• Aardman Animation enhancement course - 2 weeks of intensive stop motion exercises, June 2015. 

• Aardman experience – Spent 3 weeks at the studio making replacement mouths and eyelids as well as test animation during July 2014. Was invited back for an additional week in November 2014 to do more animation.

• Framestore – Trained in paint and roto each Wednesday morning between February and April 2015.

• Teaching – Helping with art and animation at Le Roquier School between January and April 2012.

• Model making course – Learnt key sculpting and casting skills during winter 2012

• Freelance Artist – Undertake regular commissions in holidays.

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Key Skills

 

• Animation – including Stop Motion, cut out, 2D Drawn.

• Sculpting, carving – confident in 3D mediums.

• Teamwork – Directed a large team during Battle of Flowers.

• Communication – Played role of student representative for 3 years during university.

• Time management – Able to efficiently organise and motivate teams and myself.

• Drawing and sketching – Very much alive in me, how I visualise.

• Character Design – Active character designer.

• Adobe Photoshop – Experienced, confident user.

• Digital Drawing - Confident user of drawing/painting programmes on PC and ipad. 

• Dragon Frame  – Confident user.

• ToonBoom Harmony, TV Paint, Cel Action – Working knowledge

 

Qualifications and Achievements

 

• Certificate in Character Animation - Nation Film and Television school, Aardman Academy (2015)

• BA (Hons) Animation Production Degree - First Class Degree. (Arts University Bournemouth, 2012 - 2015)

• Foundation diploma in Art and Design – Passed with Distinction. (Highlands college, 2011 – 2012)

• Talented Artist Award – Received in 2011 at Hautlieu and again in 2012 at Highlands.

• A Levels – A* in Art (Achieved 100%), A in Biology, B in English Language. (Hautlieu school, 2007 – 2011)

 

Outside of work, I am a keen pilot currently training to get my Aerobatic Pilots licence. I also make animal costumes and am writing a graphic novel!