Dave Logan

Dave Logan

Animator

Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Vancouver, Canada Area)
Industry
Animation

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Dave Logan's Overview

Current
  • Freelance Animator at Oruga Animation Studios
  • Freelance Animator at Health Nuts Media
Past

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Education
  • Animation Mentor
  • State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Animation Mentor
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Connections

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Dave Logan's Summary

2D and 3D character animator and with experience in broadcast and web animation, motion graphics, interface design and game development. Always interested in a new challenge.

Specialties

3D and 2D character animation, illustration, graphic design. Very familiar with Maya, Flash, ToonBoom Animate, After Effects, Photoshop, Painter, Premiere, Audition, Live, Illustrator, InDesign, ActionScript 3.0 & 2.0, JSFL, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.

Dave Logan's Experience

Freelance Animator

Oruga Animation Studios

January 2012 – Present (2 months)

Providing character animation for forthcoming augmented reality ad campaign for Fanta.

Freelance Animator

Health Nuts Media

January 2011 – Present (1 year 2 months) Greater Los Angeles Area

Freelance Animator

Six Point Harness

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry

September 2011 – November 2011 (3 months)

Animator

Six Point Harness

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry

December 2010 – June 2011 (7 months)

Animated on the first season of MTV's "Good Vibes" as well as a pilot for Mondo Media.

Freelance Animator

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

Nonprofit; 51-200 employees; Research industry

January 2011 – April 2011 (4 months)

Provided freelance character animation for upcoming Hawaiian educational series.

Animator

Click N Kids

March 2010 – November 2010 (9 months)

Animated on Looney Toons Phonics, developed several production and artist assisting JSFL scripts.

Independent Contractor

Inhance Digital

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

January 2010 – March 2010 (3 months)

Designed and developed interactive kiosk display for high profile client.

Independent Contractor

PBS

Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry

May 2007 – September 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Provided character animation as well as designed and developed game prototypes for PBS' Kids PLAY! service.

Independent Contractor

Buffalo Design Group Inc.

2007 – 2008 (1 year)

Performed a variety of animation-related services, such as e-card direction and animation, as well as provided ActionScript programming skills when needed.

Animator

Animax Entertainment

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry

June 2007 – September 2007 (4 months)

Animator for "Slacker Cats" and "BUFU"

Dave Logan's Publications

  • How to Cheat in Flash CS5, Chapter 11, "Extending Flash"

    • Focal Press
    • August 24, 2010
    Authors: Dave Logan

    Contributed Chapter 11, "Extending Flash", to Chris Georgenes' book. This chapter is a basic primer on JavaScript Flash (JSFL), the language used to make custom commands and panels for Flash.

Dave Logan's Education

Animation Mentor

Certificate of Completion in Animal and Creature Animation, Creature Animation

2011 – 2012 (expected)

ANIMALS & CREATURES PROGRAM
Class 1: Introduction to Animal and Creature Animation with Charles Alleneck, Lead Animator at Industrial Light and Magic.
Class 2: Advanced Creature Production with Arslan Elver, animator at Framestore.

CHARACTER ANIMATION PROGRAM
Refresher Course: Polishing and Portfolio with Mark Oftedal, CCO of Digital Fish, formerly animator at Pixar.

State University of New York at Buffalo

BA, Media Studies (Production Concentration), Sociology

2005 – 2009

Studied abroad in the United Kingdom at the University of Leicester.

Activities and Societies: Performing Arts Scholarship, Honors Scholar, Dean's List, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Winner of Media Study Levy-King-White award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Animation Mentor

Advanced Studies in Character Animation, Animation

2006 – 2008

CHARACTER ANIMATION PROGRAM

Class 1: Basic Foundations with Blue Sky's Pete Paquette
Class 2: Body Mechanics with Pixar's Victor Navone
Class 3: Introduction to Acting with Dreamworks' Martin Hopkins
Class 4: Advanced Acting with ReelFX's Justin Barrett
Class 5: Short Film Pre-Production with Walt Disney Animation's Jed Diffenderfer
Class 6: Short Film Production with Little Zoo Studio's Jason Taylor

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