Tom Bancroft

Work History

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  Chief Executive Officer

  Pencilish Animation Studios

  December 2020 - Present

  Franklin, Tennessee, United States

  Pencilish Animation Studios is a virtual studio that will create original IP with the goal of creating a library of properties to create merchandising and licensing opportunities. www.pencilish.com

• President

  Doug the Pug Productions

  November 2016 - October 2020

  Greater Nashville Area, TN

  We are creating an animated TV series, publishing and other merchandising opportunities around the internet celebrity Doug The Pug.
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  lead character designer

  CBN

  May 2015 - April 2016
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  Artist in Residence

  Lipscomb University

  September 2014 - April 2016

  Helping to create a new animation and interactive media program at Lipscomb University.

• Independent Character designer/Director / Speaker/ Author

  Self Employed Illustrator and Art Director

  May 2011 - April 2016

  I am currently developing animation properties for multiple studios and clients as well as some of my own. I have been a guest artist speaker for EA Entertainment (video games), Fluik Studios (App Games), and multiple art schools including SCAD and Ringling. Additionally, my two instructional books on character design, "Creating Characters with Personality" (Watson Guptill) and "Character Mentor" (Focal Press) are the top books on the subject of character design and are used as textbooks at art schools all over the world.
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  Co- Art Director

  Age of Learning, Inc. / ABCmouse.com

  March 2009 - May 2011

  Work in our Nashville Funnypages Productions offices as well as the Age of Learning offices in Glendale providing art direction supervision to multiple illustration and Flash staff artists as well as illustrate 15+ children's books for the ABCmouse.com children's educational website.

• Owner

  Funnypages Productions, LLC

  March 2003 - May 2011

• Co-Director, co-art director

  Christian Broadcasting Network

  April 2006 - August 2007

  Co-Directing/Art Directing 3D animated pilot episode and series of Superbook. Currently in production in Beijing, China. This work was done through our company, Funnypages Productions.

• Director

  Big Idea/3-2-1 Penguins(via Funnypages Productions

  2007 - 2007
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  Supervising Director/ Character design

  big idea

  March 2000 - May 2003
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  Supervising Character Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  February 1989 - March 2000

  
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  Supervising Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1989 - 2000