Sean Wickett

Work History

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  Professor

  Seneca College

  September 2022 - Present

  Greater Toronto Area, Canada

  Teaching second year classical animation.

• Owner

  Electric Pencil Productions

  February 2014 - Present

  Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

  An indie studio that covers graphic design, illustration, 2D animation.
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  Layout Supervisor

  Yowza! Animation

  August 2021 - September 2022

  Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada

  Layout Supervisor for the 4th and 5th season of PBS's Nature Cat.
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  Layout Artist

  Yowza! Animation

  March 2021 - July 2021

  Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada

  Layout Artist on the Netflix show Angry Birds Summer Madness.
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  Animation Supervisor

  Yowza! Animation

  November 2020 - March 2021

  Greater Toronto Area, Canada

  Animation supervisor on new Animaniacs
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  Senior Layout Artist

  Yowza! Animation

  November 2019 - November 2020

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Green Eggs and Ham, season 2.

• Senior Layout Artist

  Charlotte Prod.

  July 2019 - November 2019

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  For the animated biopic of artist, Charlotte Salomon.
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  Location Designer/Background Painter/Layout Artist

  9 Story Media

  September 2018 - July 2019

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Blue's Clues and You
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  Background Artist/Supervisor

  Smiley Guy Studios

  August 2017 - March 2018

  Toronto, Canada Area

  Currently helping to get Hatchimals looking awesome.
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  Layout Artist

  Yowza! Animation

  February 2016 - July 2017

  Toronto

  Senior Layout Artist on the Nickelodeon show Welcome To The Wayne.
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  Teacher Animation Basics 1 and 2

  Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art & Design

  January 2015 - December 2015

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Teaching basic animation principles to second (and now first!) year animation students.
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  Character Animator

  Chuck Gammage Animation

  August 2015 - November 2015

  Character animator on Tom & Jerry, season 2. Flash CC 2015 and After Effects.
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  Animation Designer

  Secret Location

  March 2015 - July 2015

  Remote work

  Concept design of props and texture map painting of 3D models for a mobile game tie-in of Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong.
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  Graphic Artist

  Beeline Interactive, Inc.

  September 2011 - February 2014

  Toronto

  Artist/animator on Smurf's Village and character animator on Smurf Life.

• Graphic Artist

  Capcom Interactive Canada

  March 2011 - September 2011

  Toronto, Canada Area

  Designing new games for the iOS "playform".
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  Animator

  9story Entertainment Inc.

  October 2010 - January 2011

  Working on Almost Naked Animals.

• Layout/Pose Artist, Inbetween Artist

  Cuppa Coffee

  June 2010 - September 2010

  For the 'second' season for Ugly Americans. Despite the show being done in Flash MX, all animation was done classically. No 'tweening' allowed. Very refreshing. More studios should take this approach.

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  tobor68.com (me)

  January 2010 - June 2010

  I worked from home on various design jobs; including layout and typesetting of several books.

• Animator/BG Artist/Layout/Inbetweener

  Cuppa Coffee

  October 2009 - January 2010

  Toronto, Canada Area

  On the animated series Ugly Americans, seasons 1.
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  Freelancer

  Yowza! Animation

  March 2009 - September 2009

  currently freelance designing and doing Ink & Paint on The Princess and the Frog.
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  Senior Animator

  Pipeline Studios

  January 2008 - March 2009

  For the second season of Grossology. All animation was completed in Toonboom Harmony.

• Lead Animator

  Two Presidents Productions

  July 2007 - October 2007

  Lead Animator on Nelvana's My Friend Rabbit
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  Animator

  Chuck Gammage Animation

  February 2007 - July 2007

  Freelance Animator on The Dark Years
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  Layout Supervisor/Animator

  Smiley Guy Studios

  June 2006 - November 2006

  Layout Supervisor on the TV shows "Odd Job Jack" and "The Sons of Butcher"
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  Animator/Set Builder/Puppetmaker

  Cuppa Coffee Animation

  2003 - 2006

  I started here as a set builder on their pilot, Captain Mack. I then quickly moved to sets on Jo Jo's Circus, puppets on the Starveillence pilot, stop-motion animation on the Starveillence pilot, stop-motion on Jo Jo's Circus, Celebrity Deathmatch, Little People, flash animation on "The Newsroom", Pink Panther & Pals test, Tigga & Togga Flash website, and some jobs in the Broadcast Design Dept.

• Set/Props/Puppet Builder

  Alliance Atlantis

  2003 - 2003

  Created new sets needed for production and refurbished/re-purposed old sets and props. Set up hand moulding process.
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  Digital Ink and Paint

  Mercury Filmworks

  August 2002 - October 2002

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  I was doing ink and paint on season 3 of Rescue Heroes. I even worked on some of the scenes I did in layout. Mercury Filmworks had a studio very briefly in Toronto. This was the first time I worked in Toonboom.

• Layout and Posing Artist

  Sideshow Entertainment

  May 2002 - August 2002

  Niagara, Ontario, Canada

  A layout and posing artist on season 3 of Rescue Heroes. All work was done with pencil and paper.

• Animator

  Big Orbit Productions

  May 1999 - June 1999

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  I was tasked with posing and animating characters for a CBC webseries Alice in Cyberland. I drew the poses on paper. Then they were scanned and coloured and animated in Flash. The contract only lasted 5-6 weeks.
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  Model maker

  GVFX

  1996 - 1999

  Assisting the Lead model makers with construction of models. From small details to larger framing and on set model wrangling. Also, duties included that of Production Assistant for the shop.