Sean Szeles

Current

• Freelance Writer/Story Consultant at Cartoon Network
• Storyboard Artist at Cartoon Network

Past

• Writer/Storyboard Artist at Cartoon Network
• Comic Artist at Dumm Comics
• Storyboard Artist on Independent Short at Dave Wasson

• Freelance Storyboard artist at Mirari Films
• Storyboard Artist at Nickelodeon Animation Studios
• Storyboard Artist at Nickelodeon Animation Studios
• Animatic Editor/Animator at Nickelodeon Animation Studios
• Freelance Animator, Animatic Editor, Compositor, Layout at Acme Filmworks
• Animator at Six Point Harness
• Animator/Animatic Editor at Disney TV Animation
• Flash Animator at Warner Bros. Online

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Education

• California Institute of the Arts

Recommended

1 person has recommended Sean

Connections

99 connections

Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Sean Szeles’s Summary

Sean Szeles’s Specialties:

cinematic storyboards, clear staging, specific acting, funny drawings, comedic timing, stong poses, traditional animation using Flash, heart

Sean Szeles’s Experience

• Freelance Writer/Story Consultant

  Cartoon Network

  (Public Company; TWX; Animation industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

  Writing story outlines for Flapjack, Season 3

• Storyboard Artist

  Cartoon Network

  (Public Company; TWX; Animation industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

  Working on Regular Show, created by JG Quintel

• Writer/Storyboard Artist

  Cartoon Network

  (Public Company; TWX; Animation industry)

  August 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 3 months)

  Writer and Storyboard artist on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.
  Wrote and Boarded 12 episodes.
  Wrote music and lyrics for 6 songs used in various episodes.

• Comic Artist

  Dumm Comics

  (Animation industry)

  February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Working on my own personal comics which can be seen weekly at www.dummcomics.com
  
  Also featured on the site are Gabe Swarr, Katie Rice, Luke Cormican, Ricky Garduno, Fred Osmond.

• Storyboard Artist on Independent Short

  Dave Wasson

  (Animation industry)

  June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)

  Helped develop and storyboard an Independent Short with Creator/Director Dave Wasson

• Freelance Storyboard artist

  Mirari Films

  (Animation industry)

  May 2008 — July 2008 (3 months)

  Storyboard artist on scripted series "The Drinky Crow Show". Worked under Tony Millionaire, Eric Kaplan, Matt Danner, and Ricky Garduno.

• Storyboard Artist

  Nickelodeon Animation Studios

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Animation industry)

  February 2008 — March 2008 (2 months)

  Storyboard artist on unproduced pilot "Larry & Grog" created by Everett Peck, Directed by Eric Towner.
  
  Also tweaked character designs and made turnarounds.

• Storyboard Artist

  Nickelodeon Animation Studios

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Animation industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  Board artist on El Tigre. Drew my ass-off every day and night, and LOVED IT!

• Animatic Editor/Animator

  Nickelodeon Animation Studios

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Animation industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

  Timed and edited animatics for El Tigre. Mixed temp music and sound effects. Added board revisions, new poses, and rough traditional animation to scenes.

• Freelance Animator, Animatic Editor, Compositor, Layout

  Acme Filmworks

  (Animation industry)

  January 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  Animated on various commercials throughout the years using Flash:
  Secret Body Spray-Somegirls
  Secret Body Spray-Vanilla
  Ritz-test
  Ritz-Gameday
  Ritz-Spring
  Ritz-Harvest
  WheatThins-Thought Bubble

• Animator

  Six Point Harness

  (Animation industry)

  March 2006 — May 2006 (3 months)

  Flash Animator on MTV series "Where My Dogs At?"

• Animator/Animatic Editor

  Disney TV Animation

  (Animation industry)

  September 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  Animator on "The Buzz on Maggie"

• Flash Animator

  Warner Bros. Online

  (Animation industry)

  January 2004 — July 2004 (7 months)

  Flash animator on various web series on the "Cartoon Monsoon" project.

Sean Szeles’s Education

• California Institute of the Arts

  BFA , Character Animation , 1999 — 2003

Additional Information

Sean Szeles’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Sean Szeles’s Interests:

film, photography, book collecting, mustaches

Sean Szeles’s Groups:

•    The Creative Talent Network
•    Animation Army

Sean Szeles’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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