Rochelle Hugh-Sam

Experience

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  Providential Pictures

  Jan 2007 - Oct 2008

  • Worked with director to design environment on the show based on story and script• Created 2D layout design • Cleaned up layouts for painting• Painted backgrounds to style • Assisted director in critiques, feedback and approved art contents• Successfully managed design project from concept through completion• Worked closely with design team maintaining style guidelines and creative vision • Kept show on track meeting deadlines and requirements • Translated concept drawings into plan to meet art and story direction• Scanned designs for clean up• Matched animation onto backgrounds into final shots using basic lighting & rendering skills

  • Background Artist for Adventures In Booga Booga Land

    May 2008 - Oct 2008

  • Layout Supervisor for Paws & Tales Season 2

    Sept 2007 - May 2008

  • Layout Artist/Compositor Paws & Tales Season 1

    Jan 2007 - Sept 2007
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  Yowza Animation

  May 2009 - Oct 2009

  Digital Ink & Paint Artist for The Princess & The Frog

  • Digitally painted and inked redrawing the line for animation• Reviewed each frame using vectors to check for issues

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  Bardel Entertainment

  Nov 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Established 3D staging, blocking and CG camera composition making sequences of shots • Applied composition, fielding, camera and scene planning skills, with draftsmanship to create practical and logical layouts, which enable the characters to animate within a scene as dictated by the approved storyboard. This show also had a particular line that made the look of the show.

  • CG Pre-Vis for Nickelodeon's Planet Sheen

    Jan 2011 - Apr 2011

  • 2D Layout Artist for FOX's Bob's Burger

    Nov 2010 - Dec 2010
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  Big Bad Boo Studios

  May 2011 - Dec 2011

  Background Painter & Layout Artist for 1001 Nights
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  Atomic Cartoons

  Dec 2011 - May 2012

  Background Artist for Transformers Rescue Bots

  • Created 2D line art and painted to meet art and story board direction

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  DHX Media

  Aug 2012 - Oct 2014

  • Creating backgrounds for animation• Built 2D layouts using Photoshop• Used composition, design and proportioning skills to complete establishing shots • Used Flash to clean line to suit style of show from designs• Colored props carefully to suit style

  • BG Layout Artist for Looped

    Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

  • Clean Up & Colour Artist for Packages of Planet X, Dr. Dimension Pants, My Little Pony

    Aug 2012 - Apr 2014
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  Bardel Entertainment

  Dec 2014 - Mar 2015

  BG Paint Artist for Croods

  • Painted backgrounds to style using Photoshop

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  DHX Media

  Apr 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Painted backgrounds to style and story board using Photoshop• Prepared background files for Harmony • Used Flash to cleaning prop and character lines to suit style of show from designs• Worked quickly to meet schedule of production deadlines

  • BG Paint Artist for Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

    Mar 2016 - Nov 2016

  • Clean Up Artist for Transformers Rescue Bots Season 4

    Apr 2015 - Feb 2016
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  DHX Media

  Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

  BG Lead Color for Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2

  • Worked directly with a team of artists completing layouts ensuring quality & style within assigned deadlines• Scheduled, assigned work orders, fixes and revisions• Provided on going and timely feedback to artists• Communicated scheduling issues with Production• Story Break downs

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  Glu Mobile

  Mar 2019 - Sept 2019

  2D Artist

  • Designed backgrounds to suit the storyboard for mobile game App• Painted backgrounds to style • Exported scenes using Unity and Tower

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  NELVANA

  Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

  Background Painter for Dog and Pony show

  • Painted backgrounds to match unique style using Photoshop and prepare scene planning and animation• Worked closely with Supervisor to organize library for painting layout in order to stay on style and schedule of the production

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  Jam Filled

  Mar 2020 - May 2022

  Layout Supervisor for Bubble Guppies Season 5 & 6

  • Developed and established relevant workflow and tasks for the team. • Ensured timely delivery of production assignments and scheduling. • Flagged issues before they arise and provide alternate plans when challenges arise. • Participated in decisions on future hiring by reviewing tests and evaluated portfolios. • Provided creative and technical support to the team, feedback, and expectations/deadlines. • Managed day-to-day performance.

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  9 Story Media Group

  Jul 2022 - Feb 2024

  Layout Artist for Ryan Show & Dylan

  • Created 2D layouts to fit the approved style of the series using Clip Studio and Photoshop software• Setup scenes from storyboard, making files ready for scene planning and animation• Completed drawn and layered layout drawings ready for background paint on schedule