Abby Goldsmith
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for a résumé .doc and more information)
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 2007 - 2008 | Art Director for WayForward Technologies, in Valencia, California. I manage an art team and schedule art creation for Nintendo DS projects and other platforms. |
| 2005 - 2007 | Lead Animator for WayForward Technologies. I create art assets for Nintendo DS and GameBoy Advance projects, and manage artists, with a focus on character animation. My latest DS credits include Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys and SpongeBob: Creature from the Krusty Krab. |
| 2003 - 2004 | Freelance Animator for Wayforward Technologies. I use 3D Studio Max to rig and animate characters for PC games. I use Cosmigo's Pro Motion to animate 2D sprites for GameBoy Advance games. |
| 2002 - 2003 | Animator for Paradox Developement, in Moorpark, California. I use 3D Studio Max to animate characters for games such as X-Men: Next Dimension (Activision) and Backyard Wrestling (Eidos), for PlayStation 2, X-Box, and Gamecube. |
| 2001 | Freelance Animator for Wayforward Technologies. I animated on the online 3D game Cassiopeia, and game tested on Gameboy games Shantae and WWF Betrayal. |
| 2000 | Creator of an animated short film, Eat Your Brains, including direction, story, design, and animation. It was screened at the 2001 Annecy International Film Festival in Annecy, France. |
| 1999 | Creator of an animated short film, Like Liz and Beth. It was leased to Level 13 Entertainment, Inc. Designer of a tee-shirt for Echo-Horizon School, and a millennium tee-shirt. |
| 1998 | Artist Intern on Hey Arnold! at Nickelodeon Animation Studio. I cleaned up drawings and designed characters for the show. Freelance Animator for International Cartoon Animation Center. I drew keyframes for direct-to-video movies. Creator of an animated short film, Seeing is Believing. |
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EDUCATION |
| 2001 | CG classes at College of the Canyons, Valencia, California. |
| 2000 | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Character Animation, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California. |
| 1996 | Top ten high honors graduate of West High School, Manchester, New Hampshire. |
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HONORS, AWARDS, and FESTIVALS |
| 2002 - 2007 | Name credit as Animator or Lead Animator on
twelve published games for Nintendo DS, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Color, PlayStation 2, X-Box, Gamecube, the PC, and mobile platforms.
One of my films was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. |
| 2001 | Annecy International Film Festival 2001 in Annecy, France Minnesota Fringe Film Festival 2001 |
| 2000 | CalArts Producer's Show 2000 Iowa State University Film Festival Schizm 2000 Florida Film Festival |
| 1999 | CalArts Producer's Show 1999 Short film Like Liz and Beth was leased to Level 13 Entertainment, Inc. |
| 1998 | Finalist in the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences internship award Screen credit on several episodes of Hey Arnold! |
| 1996 - 1997 | Rochester Institute of Technology Presidential Scholarship Kansas City Art Institute Vice Presidential scholarship The Maryland Institute, College of Art merit scholarship Journalism Art Award, The Union Leader |
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