Scott DaRos
Illustrator/Animator
scott.daros@gmail.com                         

EDUCATION
University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Illustration

AWARDS
Amazon.com 2009 Comic Strip Superstar Semi-Finalist
Fine Arts Talent Scholarship
Liberty Bank Scholarship
Division of Athletics Award (Christmas Card Design)
Dean's List

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Downright Music and Art
2008 Art Show at Craigin
2008 Afterlife: UConn Illustration Alumni Show
2007 Pieces: Assembling Female Identity
2007 Spring BFA 2007
2007 Tension Dwelling

CLIENTS
Connecticut Children's Medical Center: Super Safe Comics
Illustrator
Responsible for fully illustrating and coloring a series of 12 page comic books based on scripts written by the author. Visit captainsupersafe.com for more info.

EMPLOYMENT
2007-Present: Stop-Motion & Computer Animator, Bob's Discount Furniture
Manchester, CT
Assistant in production for television broadcast and internet advertisements. Tasks include pre-production/ production/ post-production, clay sculpting, stop-animation, 3D computer animation, editing, brainstorming, storyboarding, prop construction, audio editing, photography, lighting, etc. Work heavily with Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop.

2008 Gallery: Assistant
SoHo, NYC
Basic gallery maintenance including stretching canvases, archiving, show preparation, etc.

2003-2007: Comic Artist/Writer, Daily Campus Comics
Storrs, CT
Responsible for submitting three comics per week to appear in the "Focus" section of the University of Connecticut campus newspaper.

SOFTWARE
Familiar and efficient with both Windows and Mac operating systems
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe After Effects
Flash
Fireworks
Dreamweaver
Mag Pie Pro
Particle Illusion
Lightwave
Wacom Tablet
Microsoft Word
Cintiq
Frame Thief
Final Cut HD