Scott DaRos
Illustrator/Stop-Mo & 2D Animator/VFX
scott.daros@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Illustration
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EMPLOYMENT
2007-Present: Lead Stop-Motion/Claymation Animator, Compositor, VFX, Bob's Discount Furniture
Manchester, CT
Stop-motion animation using clay & foam latex puppets. Tasks also include character design, sculpting, armature fabrication, mold making & casting, painting, props, computer effects and compositing, motion graphics, audio editing, photography, lighting, etc. Working heavily with Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop.
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.
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FREELANCE CLIENTS
Connecticut Children's Medical Center: Super Safe Comics
Illustration/Animation
Responsible for fully illustrating and coloring a series of 12 page comic books based on scripts written by the author. Further endeavors include single page illustrations, logos, and a 1-minute PSA animated cartoon to appear in local movie theaters. In July 2011, the PSA was featured in selected movie theaters in Connecticut as well as on Animal Planet, ABC Family, TOON, and NICK
Tall Horse Accounts, Ltd.
Illustration
Logo & name tag design.
Living Room Pictures
After Effects Animation
Using After Effects to animate two-dimensional characters playing musical instruments to appear in a documentary.
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ART SHOWS
2011 Hot One Inch Action
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
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SOFTWARE
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe After Effects CS5
DragonFrame
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Nuke
Flash
Fireworks
Dreamweaver
Mag Pie Pro
Particle Illusion
Lightwave
Wacom Tablet
Microsoft Word
Cintiq
Frame Thief
Final Cut HD
Familiar and efficient on both Windows and Mac operating systems.
Illustrator/Stop-Mo & 2D Animator/VFX
scott.daros@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Illustration
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EMPLOYMENT
2007-Present: Lead Stop-Motion/Claymation Animator, Compositor, VFX, Bob's Discount Furniture
Manchester, CT
Stop-motion animation using clay & foam latex puppets. Tasks also include character design, sculpting, armature fabrication, mold making & casting, painting, props, computer effects and compositing, motion graphics, audio editing, photography, lighting, etc. Working heavily with Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop.
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.
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FREELANCE CLIENTS
Connecticut Children's Medical Center: Super Safe Comics
Illustration/Animation
Responsible for fully illustrating and coloring a series of 12 page comic books based on scripts written by the author. Further endeavors include single page illustrations, logos, and a 1-minute PSA animated cartoon to appear in local movie theaters. In July 2011, the PSA was featured in selected movie theaters in Connecticut as well as on Animal Planet, ABC Family, TOON, and NICK
Tall Horse Accounts, Ltd.
Illustration
Logo & name tag design.
Living Room Pictures
After Effects Animation
Using After Effects to animate two-dimensional characters playing musical instruments to appear in a documentary.
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ART SHOWS
2011 Hot One Inch Action
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
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SOFTWARE
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe After Effects CS5
DragonFrame
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Nuke
Flash
Fireworks
Dreamweaver
Mag Pie Pro
Particle Illusion
Lightwave
Wacom Tablet
Microsoft Word
Cintiq
Frame Thief
Final Cut HD
Familiar and efficient on both Windows and Mac operating systems.
