Steve Talkowski

Current

• Designer / Animation Director at Sketchbot Studios, Inc. (Self-employed)

Past

• Director of Animation at Guava VFX
• Freelance Animator at Pysop
• Animation Director at Hornet Inc.

• Senior Animator at Blue Sky Studios
• Animator at Rhonda Graphics
• Graphic Artist at KAET-TV/PBS Affiliate

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Education

• Arizona State University

Connections

175 connections

Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Steve Talkowski’s Experience

• Designer / Animation Director

  Sketchbot Studios, Inc. (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Fine Art industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Independent artist and creator of designer vinyl toys, including the flagship character Sketchbot. Also available for freelance as animator and animation director.

• Director of Animation

  Guava VFX

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)

  July 2005 — May 2008 (2 years 11 months)

  Creative head of the department, ensuring that the finished product is top-notch once it leaves our hands. Duties include character design, modeling, rigging, animation, and lighting of projects that involve the 3d department, in addition to directing entire spots (including live action shoots) from inception to completion.

• Freelance Animator

  Pysop

  (Animation industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

• Animation Director

  Hornet Inc.

  (Animation industry)

  August 2002 — November 2004 (2 years 4 months)

  Oversaw 3d team and worked as character designer, modeler, rigger and animator during production of commercial projects, including:
  
  BMW “Angels”   Agency / Fallon Worldwide, MN
  Quaker “Red Riding Hood”   Agency / Element 79, Chicago
  Quaker “Three Bears”   Agency / Element 79, Chicago
  (2004 Annie Award Nominee for Best Animated TV Commercial)

• Senior Animator

  Blue Sky Studios

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

  September 1994 — October 2001 (7 years 2 months)

  Responsible for leading animation team, character rigging, animator and modeling support on numerous commercial and film projects, including:
  
  “Joe’s Apartment” - Character animator
  “Alien Resurrection” - Lead animator and character rigger
  “Bunny” - Character animator
  “Ice Age” - 3d layout artist

• Animator

  Rhonda Graphics

  (Animation industry)

  January 1988 — August 1994 (6 years 8 months)

  Worked in many capacities as a storyboard artist, modeler, and animator for local commercials, industrial videos, television station ID packages and news openings, and sports arena intros.

• Graphic Artist

  KAET-TV/PBS Affiliate

  (Animation industry)

  1987 — 1989 (2 years )

Steve Talkowski’s Education

• Arizona State University

  BFA , Drawing/Painting , 1985 — 1989

Additional Information

Steve Talkowski’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Steve Talkowski’s Interests:

Drawing, Painting, Computer Graphics, Designer Vinyl Toys (Kid Robot, Toy Tokyo, etc.) Music, Movies, and Museums

Steve Talkowski’s Groups:

Member of SIGGRAPH, Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics,
Convention attendee since 1987

•    CGCHAR - 3D CG Character Animation
•    [VFX_AG] - The Visual Effects Artists Group
•    Maya Rigging
•    COMIC CON NYC Group
•    Professional Maya Users
•    Blue Sky Alumni
•    Comic-Con International Conference and Community
•    Toy Designers

Steve Talkowski’s Honors:

Animation Director on Quaker "Three Bears" spot, 2004 Annie Award Nominee for Best Animated TV Commercial

Animated on the 1998 Academy Award Winning Animated Short "Bunny" while at Blue Sky.

Recipient of numerous Telly and Rocky Mountain Emmy awards from my stint at Rhonda Graphics.

Steve Talkowski’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch