Scott Raymond

Scott has worked in feature & tv animation, live-action visual effects, gaming, webseries, theme parks and commercials - the latter winning several National ADDY awards for animation. He spent 8 years at DreamWorks Animation, first as a crowds artist and then as a cycle animator. He is proud to have worked alongside the industry's top animators and artists on shows featuring mutant pumpkins, zombie penguins, dragons, pandas, and a certain green ogre.

Scott is currently a Professor of Animation at Austin Peay State University where he developed a brand new BFA program in Animation + Visual Effects.

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  3D Animator

  ROBLOX

  Aug 2024 - Jan 2025

  5 mos

  Remote
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  Animator

  ROBLOX

  Aug 2023 - Aug 2023

  1 mo
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  Animator

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

  2 mos
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  Animator

  ROBLOX

  May 2021 - Sep 2022

  1 yr 4 mos

  Remote
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  Animator

  Loomai

  Jan 2020 - Nov 2020

  10 mos
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  Character Animator

  Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2018

  1 mo

  Remote

  Planet Blue: Journey To Eco

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  Character Animator

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  Aug 2017 - Sep 2017

  1 mo

  Animator on "The Highway Rat"

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  Animator

  Tau Films

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2016

  1 mo

• Character Animator

  Golden Moose

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

  2 mos

• Creature Animator

  Buster Design

  Jan 2016 - Feb 2016

  1 mo
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  Character Animator

  Eric Miller Animation Studios

  Jan 2016 - Feb 2016

  1 mo
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  DreamWorks Animation

  Nov 2013 - May 2015

  1 yr 6 mos
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  Crowd Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  Nov 2008 - Jan 2012

  3 yrs 2 mos

  
  Features:
  - Madagascar 3
  - MegaMind
  - Shrek Forever After
  Shorts:
  - Monsters Vs. Aliens: Night of the Living Carrots
  - Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
  - Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space
  
  Crowd Sequence Lead: Coordinated delivery to other departments, assigning shots and giving creative/technical notes, technically supporting crowds throughout the pipeline, and working with animation during cycle launches, dailies, and approvals.
  
  Cross-Site Team Lead: Contact person for remotely based crowds team.
  
  Additional Cycle Animation: Created cycle animations on several productions. Also created animation fixes for mid/foreground crowd characters as needed on each show.
  
  Instructed weekly class on proprietary crowd software and workflow
  

• Asst. Technical Director

  elementFX

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2006

  2 mos

  
  Features:
  - Invincible
  
  Worked on the establishing fly-over stadium shot. Primarily created the interior stadium crowd elements. Did pre-lighting and pre-comps, creating renders and passes as needed. Also assisted in the setup of the renderfarm.
  

• Intern

  elementFX

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

  2 mos

  
  Features:
  - The Darwin Awards
  
  Organized shot inventory and delivery
  

• Animation Mentor

  2011 - 2012

• Academy of Art University

  2004 - 2007

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  1998 - 2003