Damien Labonte

Work History

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  Lead Matte Painter

  Bardel Entertainment

  February 2023 - Present

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Game Designer / Joint CEO

  PixelStrike Games Inc.

  January 2015 - Present

  Vancouver/New Zealand

  Game Designer/Audio Designer/Artist/Joint-CEO/Marketer/Janitor
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  BG Design/Key Painter

  DHX Media

  June 2018 - February 2023
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  BG Design

  Atomic Cartoons

  August 2018 - February 2019

  BG Paint/Design for an unannounced television show.
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  Designer

  Cinesite

  January 2018 - July 2018
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  Matte Painter / Designer

  Atomic Cartoons

  November 2017 - January 2018

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Show development (TBA)
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  Design Supervisor

  Titmouse

  June 2015 - September 2017

  Overseeing paint and layout crew of 24 on a new TV series.
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  Background/Layout Artist

  Titmouse

  September 2014 - June 2015

  

• Concept Designer

  Animation Brewery Productions Ltd

  February 2014 - August 2014
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  Artistic Lead

  Bardel Entertainment

  November 2013 - March 2014

  Supervising the LRC teams, calling revisions, doing approvals, assisting LRC with shot direction/revisions, film review at Digital Film Central with the Director/Producer
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  Feature Background Supervisor

  New Machine Studios

  March 2013 - November 2013

  North Vancouver, BC

  Painting Feature Quality BGs for an upcoming feature, "The Prophet".

• Creative Director

  Cackleberries Inc

  February 2011 - March 2013

  Leading a team of artists and programmers to develop a world class education website aimed at educating and entertaining
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  Corporate Video Director

  BuiltSpace Technologies Corporation

  2013 - 2013

• Color Director

  Five Lions Productions

  June 2010 - February 2011

  BG/Character Color Styling pre-production on Voltron Force

• BG Designer

  Klei Entertainment

  January 2010 - July 2010

  Creating Background Game Level art for "Shank"
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  Paint/Layout Supervisor

  Bardel Entertainment

  January 2009 - December 2009

  Overseeing Build Team, maintaining paint quality, trained employees to work more efficiently in Photoshop. 
While in this position, took the initiative to restructure the pipeline for layout/background painting
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  Lead Technical Artist

  Bardel Entertainment

  August 2008 - August 2009

  Avatar Design, BG Painting, Color Styling and Technical Art on an Interactive Virtual World Website.
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  Designer/Painter

  Bardel Entertainment

  January 1998 - August 2009
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  Designer

  Bardel Entertainment

  August 2007 - August 2008

  Designer on the Flash Show "Wow Wow Wubbzy"
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  BG/Layout Supervisor

  Bardel Entertainment

  1999 - 2008

  Overseeing Build Team, maintaining paint quality, trained employees to work more efficiently in Photoshop. 
While in this position, took the initiative to restructure the pipeline for layout/background painting
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  Line Tester

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1997 - 1998