Thursday, September 24, 2009

Final Film Flash

Final Film 2D "Nuts"

Flyers and designs






































Life Drawing






Photoshop
































































































Demo Reel

Resume

Alex Chalamova
(403) 700-0633
alexvchalamova@hotmail.com
http://www.alexchalamova.blogspot.com/


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


GRAPHIC DESIGNER/DIGITAL ARTIST - Mobilsce Inc
Concept Art and Animation for Iphone applications JULY 12 - PRESENT
Programs to use: Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash (for sample animation), ToonBoom Animation

Project YouDidIt - Ipad app, worked on animation, background design, 2 UI pages designs and icons
Business cards and Letterheads
Project Ugly Duckling Book for Ipad - New Project that requires full tap animation

FREELANCING WORK - Arbus Media Computex Logo 2010

FREELANCING WORK - Website for HIPBAND http://www.blogger.com/http;//www.hipband.com MARCH 2010
Buttons and images created with Adobe Photoshop CS4
Programs used - Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Aranea, Ilustrator

DESIGNER FOR CIR REALTOR - JUNE 2009 –PRESENT
#103, 11012 MACLEOD TRAIL SOUTH,
T2J 6A5 CALGARY, ALBERTA

Design Flyers, Brochures

SKILLS
  • Strong knowledge and skills in Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Flash, Illustrator, Dreamweaver
  • Strong knowledge in ToonBoom Program
  • Ability to perform very well under deadlines
  • Very Organized
  • Very nice and outgoing

EDUCATI­­­ON BACKGROUND

CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL – 2004-2007 GRADUATED
CALGARY, ALBERTA

Successfully Completed Communication Technology and Multimedia High School Courses

Further Education

VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL

3RD FLOOR - 1380 BURRARD STREET
VANCOUVER, B.C.CANADA V6B 2V5

Classical Animation: August 2007 – August 2008 GRADUATED

About the program

Classical Animation focuses on understanding and creating ideas that are later developed into stories presented through 2D­ and Flash Animation. It perfects in developing an understanding of motion, weight, balance, texture, color, and design. It also provides a great learning environment specifically designed to create understanding for discipline and intensity required for studio work.

Classes included

Film Theory, History of Animation, Life Drawing, Character Design, Clean-Up, Composition, Layout, Perspective, Story Concept, Animation, Animation Assisting, Camera Technique, Doping Fundamentals, Background Design, Storyboarding, Effects Animation, Colour Theory, Doping and Slugging, Final Film Concept, Post Production, Digital Ink and Paint, Sound, Industry Workshops, Opus Toon Boom, Photoshop, Flash

Final Film

“Nuts” – 2D animated 2 minute short. This Film was designed starting May/07, completed August/07. Everything in the film is done by myself; character design, storyboards (animatic done in Premiere), layout, rough animation, assisting, clean-up animation, backgrounds coloured using Photoshop, compositing and colour done in Opus Toon Boom.

Flash Film

“Wet Cat Dry Cat” – A flash animated 2 minute short to be completed in three weeks, in August 2008. Everything in the film is done by myself; character design, storyboards, backgrounds, animation using Flash, and music.­

UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
107 WIGGINS AVE S
SASKATOON

Arts and Science September 2008 – April 2009

Received an Award of Achievement


MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY January 2010 - May 6, 2010


Web Design Certificate

Offers the comprehensive Web Design Extension Certificate providing training in the most commonly used software and technologies in web design.

HTML Web Design
Adobe Photoshop
Illustrator for Print
Adobe Flash
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Acrobat for Print and Web
JavaScript & AJAX
Cascading Style Sheets
Web Design Fundamentals
Video editing for the web using Abode Premiere
Web Programming & Projects
Final Project