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Dajo Joaquin
Dajo Joaquin
2D, Digital, Character Animator
Mount Laurel, United States

Summary

2D Character Animator, seeking the opportunity to experience and work behind the scenes. Uses a blend of digital and traditional animation techniques to create works of entertainment. Very eager and always on time to get the work that is needed, finished and submitted.

Skills

2D AnimationStoryboardingCharacter DesignCharacter AnimationStorytellingSound Design

Software proficiency

After Effects
After Effects
Photoshop
Photoshop
Premiere
Premiere
Inkscape
Inkscape
Harmony
Harmony
CLIP STUDIO PAINT
CLIP STUDIO PAINT

Reel

Experience

  • Animator at Bento Box Entertainment
    Atlanta GA, United States of America
    October 2020 - June 2021

    Laid out, keyed, and cleaned up assigned animated scenes for the week using Toon Boom Harmony

    Provided with general character rigs to animate, but also utilized hand-drawn animation

    Aided other animators by providing reused animation, or lightening their workload

  • Animator at OVFX / Outlook Company
    Baltimore, MD, United States of America
    April 2019 - August 2019

    Cleaned up storyboards in Storyboard Pro. Did keyframes, in-betweened, cleaned and colored within Harmony. Composited assigned scenes within Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premier. Was trusted with animating the main character for the project we were working on before a change in the work distribution was made.

  • Substitute Teacher at University of the Arts
    Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
    September 2018 - September 2018

    Personally asked by a former college professor to substitute two classes while they were chaperoning for a class trip.. Substituted for Storyboarding and Character Design. Instructed, and gave feedback to students.

  • Animator at Barnhouse Collective
    United States of America
    August 2017 - September 2017

    With fellow UArts alumni, create an animated short within a span of a week. Received the most scenes, and the ones with a lot of movement in them. Animated all of my scenes within Harmony.

  • Co-Director at Wellspan Health
    Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
    January 2017 - May 2017

    Going off of a script from the client, storyboarded their film within Adobe Photoshop; creating an animatic within Adobe Premier. Assisted in revising the animatic, was assigned shots to animate using puppet animation in Adobe After Effects. Aided other workers when needed.

  • Production Manager at Annals of Internal Medicine
    Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
    January 2016 - May 2016

    With a team, we created an animated PSA on Peer Reviews. Directed, assigned shots, and animated within Toon Boom Harmony. Once finished, composited the film within Adobe Premier. In charge of keeping clients up to date on work, emailing and keeping them updated. Made sure workers stayed on schedule, motivated, and provided feedback and suggestions when necessary.