Jason Smith

Jason Smith

Character Animator, Father of two and husband of one.

Mid-level Character Animator / 18 yrs

Denver, CO

Hire Me

Character Animator

The Little Painter (2014)

Intermediate Animator

The Smurfs 2 (2013)

Intermediate Animator

The Smurfs: Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)

Character Animator

One Per Person (2016)

Animator

The Collector's Gift (2013)

With over ten years of professional experience Jason has worked on numerous projects, both in-house and remote. These include: Smurfs 2, Short Films: The Smurfs: Legend of Smurfy Hollow, One Per Person, Portraits, The Little Painter and The Collector's Gift, DVD Films: Cars Life 2 and Toyz Goin' Wild, Product Demonstration/Explanation Animation, Logo Design/Animation, Training Movies, Motion Capture (capturing and clean up), Motion Graphics, Graphic Design, Web Design, 3D Modeling/Texturing, Medical Animation, Game Cinematics and Forensic Animation.
Work History

  • Digital Multimedia Artist

    Silent Anthem Productions

    January 2007 - June 2016

  • Intermediate Animator

    Pivot VFX

    January 2013 - April 2013
    Albuquerque, NM

    *Character Animator on Smurfs 2
    *Character Animator for The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
    *Worked using Sony Picture Animation pipeline, this includes animation process and tools

  • Character Animator

    Traceback Studios

    September 2012 - October 2013
    Denver, CO

    Character Animator for the short film One Per Person

  • Forensic Animator

    Fay Engineering Corporation

    August 2006 - January 2013
    Denver, CO

    *Work with Motion Capture: set up, capturing and clean up.
    *Create various animations working directly with a Bio-mechanical Engineer in personal injury cases
    *Work with Engineers and Lawyers to recreate accidents in a 3D environment using depositions, field notes, police reports, scene/aerial photographs and site surveys

Education

  • Advanced Studies in Character Animation

    Animation Mentor

    April 2008 - September 2009

  • Bachelors Degree in Media Arts and Animation

    Art Institute of Colorado

    September 2001 - March 2005