Elizabeth Stepenaski's Online Portfolio                                                              animation, illustration, comics Resume / Cv Objective To be an active and creative participant in a studio producing animation for film or broadcast. Skills Artistic: Life Drawing, Character Design, Storyboard, Character Animation, Experimental. Technical: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Corel Painter, Final Cut Pro, Premire, Image Ready, Flash, FTP, Internet Explorer, E-Mail, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Maya & MS Word. Platforms: Windows XP/Vista and Apple OSX. Creative Experience Comic Illustrator:Animefood Incorporated, Chicago, ILL Wrote and Illustrated a monthly 4-page comic series entitled "Gaijin Rock" for the magazine, Gaku-X. Responsibilities included character, layout, & prop design, wrting, inking, screen toning, and coloring. Used Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, and Deleter Comic Works. Graphic Designer:Wiliam Fox Munroe, Shillington, PA Specialize in character design in creating dynamic, appealing characters to promote various products. Also assist in producing package prototypes. Animator:Dalis Ponrattanasiri, Boulder, CO I Wish:A short film based on a story in the Graphic Novel series, Flight, by Vera Brosgol. Designed layouts, original character, and animation in Photoshop. Arranged in After Effects. Animator: MaGiK World, Easton, PA Classical Baby: Poetry Show: Woods: short film in a 30-minute series to be aired on HBO. After Effects Cut out. Worked closely with director on the compositions and animation. Also organized files. Classical Baby: Poetry Show: Peter Piper: short film in a 30-minute series to be aired on HBO. After Effects. Prepared the animatic laying out positions and type placement along with the timing. Fast Monkey: short music video featuring a silly song for children. Cut out puppets. Animated puppets and text. John Paul George & Ben: short film about the forefathers of the United States as children. After Effects Cut-out puppets. Prepared and animated puppets. Production Assistant: Rose City Pictures, Inc., New York, NY I am Legend: feature film about last man alive directed by Francis Lawrence. Handled crowd control to keep streets deserted during shooting. Ran errands for crew when necessary. Animation Director: University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Denim Blues: short about girl who cannot get on pair of jeans. Traditional. Designed characters, procured needed supplies/materials (i.e. paper, drawing implements, computer programs, etc), drew storyboards, and completed animation. Film Extra: Nuts 2 You Productions, Philadelphia, PA Invincible: feature film about bartender-turned football star directed by Ericson Core. Served as extra in crowd scene for Super Bowl re-enactment. Internship (Aide to Producer): World Leaders Entertainment, New York, NY Venture Brothers: show in second season directed by Christopher McCulloch. Assisted with production of this television series, Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. Organized props, all drawings, and handled other support functions as required. Utilized Animo software to manage, scan, and save character designs and frames on computer. Promoted studio and series by burning DVD’s for distribution. Animation Assistant: University of the Arts, et al. Lulu Overshoot: short clip depicting “overshooting” in animation. Traditional. Finished drawing of in-betweens of animation. Animation Director: University of the Arts, et al. Double Shot: short film about man and his cat getting into trouble with expresso grounds. Traditional. Designed characters, managed budget, drew storyboards, and completed animation. ArtCamp: short video and song summarizing a week of children creating art. Educated children ages 6-14 on how to animate in traditional and experimental styles. Personal project. The Monkey: short film about a couple for whom love knows no bad dancing. Cut-out puppets Education BFA, Media Arts/Animation University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA © 2008 Beth Stepenaski. All rights reserved. All work presented on this site is the property of Beth Stepenaski and is protected under copyright. Images may not be reproduced, stored or manipulated without the written permission of Beth Stepenaski.