Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Illustrator at Gerald de Jesus Art, Design & Animation
- Past
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- Background Painter at Warner Bros. Animation
- Background Design & Paint,Color Stylist at Six Point Harness
- Flash Animator at Mike Young Productions
- Art Director at Nickelodeon Animation Studios
- Background Designer / Painter at Nickelodeon Animation Studios
- Art Director / Background Designer / Painter at Six Point Harness
- Background Painter at Warner Bros. Animation
- Animation Processor at Cartoon Network
- Flash Animator at Warner Bros. Animation
- Flash Animator at Nebulous Films
- Flash Animator at Spumco Inc.
- Education
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- Art Center College of Design
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Gerald de Jesus’s Summary
Art director, background designer and painter with experience in different styles and techniques in the Animation industry.
Gerald de Jesus’s Specialties:
Background Design / Paint and Color Styling. Experience with the following programs: Photoshop, Illlustrator, Flash, Corel Painter.
Gerald de Jesus’s Experience
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Illustrator
Gerald de Jesus Art, Design & Animation
(Arts and Crafts industry)
January 1999 — Present (11 years )
Freelance artist and animator for clients such as Entertainment Weekly, Capcom, The Village Voice, Esslinger Engine Co., Across The Board Magazine, The Frankenburies, Outside Magazine, Planet Groove, Request Magazine, American Medical Association, L.A. Weekly, Big Buddha Baba, Capitol Records, i am 8-bit, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney, Warner Bros.
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Background Painter
Warner Bros. Animation
(Public Company; TWX; Entertainment industry)
August 2009 — November 2009 (4 months)
Background Painter on "The Looney Tunes Show".
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Background Design & Paint,Color Stylist
Six Point Harness
(Privately Held; Animation industry)
January 2009 — July 2009 (7 months)
Background Design / Paint & Color Stylist on "Band Hero" animated cutscenes.
Background Painter / Color Stylist on "Drawn Together" Movie. -
Flash Animator
Mike Young Productions
(Privately Held; Animation industry)
August 2008 — January 2009 (6 months)
Flash Animator on "Hero 108".
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Art Director
Nickelodeon Animation Studios
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Animation industry)
October 2007 — July 2008 (10 months)
Art Director at "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera":
-Design: Contributed background design, ink and paint. Created color scripts with the creator of the show to figure out the mood and make sure characters read against the backgrounds.
-Management: Overlooked the Background Department and made sure all artwork fit in within the the overall look of the show and delivered on schedule. Contributed to the breakdown of the storyboard for the background elements and assigned them to the Background Design department and the overseas studios.
-Miscellaneous: Worked on both background and Flash animation retakes as needed. -
Background Designer / Painter
Nickelodeon Animation Studios
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Animation industry)
May 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Background Designer / Painter at "El TIgre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera"
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Art Director / Background Designer / Painter
Six Point Harness
(Animation industry)
December 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Art Director for the MTV show "Where My Dogs At?":
-Contributed background design and paint. Helped with background breakdowns and distribution to the background department. Made sure all backgrounds were delivered on schedule.
Background Layout / Painter for the following projects: "Where My Dogs At?" (MTV), "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends" (Cartoon Network Atlanta). -
Background Painter
Warner Bros. Animation
(Public Company; TWX; Entertainment industry)
March 2005 — December 2005 (10 months)
Background Painter for the animated series "Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island".
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Animation Processor
Cartoon Network
(Public Company; TWX; Animation industry)
December 2004 — March 2005 (4 months)
Animation Processor for the animated series "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends".
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Flash Animator
Warner Bros. Animation
(Public Company; TWX; Entertainment industry)
January 2002 — November 2004 (2 years 11 months)
Flash Animator for the animated series Mucha Lucha.
Flash Animator for Cartoon Monsoon (www.cartoonmonsoon.com) shows "Go! Go! Moba Boy", "Gorilla Girl", "Very Bad Children" and "That's My Boys!". -
Flash Animator
Nebulous Films
(Animation industry)
December 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Flash Animator: Animator on the web-based cartoon series "Booty Call" which aired on www.romp.com as well as "The Pussy Cow Show" for Nebulous Films.
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Flash Animator
Spumco Inc.
(Animation industry)
August 2000 — February 2001 (7 months)
Flash Animator: Contributed Flash animation to the following Spumco projects:
- Weekend P*ssy Hunt for Icebox.com.
- Tenacious D: F**k Her Gently Music Video.
- Big Pants Mouse: L90 web commercial.
- The Jetsons: Father And Son Day web cartoon for Cartoon Network (to be released).
- The Jetsons: The Best Son web cartoon for Cartoon Network (to be released).
-The Flintstones: Yesterday's Tomorrow Today web cartoon (to be released).
-Baywatch: Oh Buoy! commercial for TNN.
Gerald de Jesus’s Education
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Art Center College of Design
Bachelors Degree , Illustration , 1995 — 1998
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Gerald de Jesus’s Honors:
2009 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Production Design" on "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera".
