Hey! I'm Jason. I'm a 3D character animator based in the California Bay Area. In addition to animation and film-making, I get excited about creating with new technologies. I've contributed to a variety of projects including in-game cinematics, VR short films, AR apps, interactive music videos, and mobile games. Currently I'm an animator at Evil Eye Pictures, animating video game trailers in Unreal Engine. I originally hail from Pennsylvania, but I got my BFA in Animation at SCAD in Georgia. Luckily, my first short film I made there as a senior gained some recognition. Soon after, the folks at Encyclopedia Pictura invited me out to San Francisco to work on a music video. I've been here since! I'm very grateful to have over a decade of experience working in the industry with a lot of amazing people. Current interests: creating Control Rigs and helper widgets in UE5, coding animation tools in Python, sculpting in Blender, and teaching tricks to Poppy (our French Bulldog).

Software Knowledge:

Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, Unity, Python

Work Experience:

2021 - PresentEvil Eye Pictures Animator for video game trailers in Unreal Engine. Some Animation Supervisor and Tech Anim contributions. Lately animating completely in engine using Control Rig. 2019 - 2021Jam City Animating cutscenes and playspace actions for the mobile game Vineyard Valley. Also responsible for implementing animations in Unity. 2018 - 2019Evil Eye Pictures 3D Character animation, movement system prototyping and technical setup for Google AR apps, especially the AR camera app "Playground." 2016 - 2018Jam City Animated superheroes flying around, fighting, and goofing off in the Marvel Avengers Academy mobile game. Participated in animation planning meetings. 2015 - 2016Freelance Worked on various animation projects. Often responsible for start-to-finish modeling, rigging, and animation of characters, under direction of the client or creative director. Clients include: Toca Boca, Robert Paraguassu, Motional LLC, Ataboy Studios, Aatma Studio 2014 - 2015Encyclopedia Pictura Character animation and modeling on the music video for “Boys Latin” by Panda Bear, plus an interactive music video app.

Recognition:

2015Official Selection: Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2014Annie Awards: Best Student Film 2014Top Shorts Online Film Festival: Best Animation 2014CartoonBrew.com Student Film Fest Finalist 2014Vimeo Staff Pick

Education:

2014BFA - Animation - Savannah College of Art and Design Artistic and Academic Honors scholarship, Dean’s List: 2010 - 2014