Resume

David Chesonis

1020 N. Elmwood Ave.  Rialto, Ca 92376

Phone: (909)874-0457 

Mobile:(909)904-6656

E-Mail: Gealtar@aol.com 


My interests include animation, storyboarding, and visual development. My ultimate goal is to become an Art Director in whichever field I find best suitable for my skills and interest. 

Education Background

Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, Ca                                                              
 8/25/10 - 6/29/11

San Bernardino Valley College , San Bernardino, CA.  8/25/07 – 5/19/10 

Related course work

Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, Ca 8/25/10 - 6/29/11

• Special Studies Storyboarding:

  -Study of cinematography and it’s application to animation feature film and television production storyboarding. 

  -Two story board tests, with a feature film pitch. 

• Pre-production animation :

  -Wrote/directed/boarded/produced/created short student film entitled “Urgency”

  -character designer, environmental designer

• Intro to 2D Traditional Animation : 

  -Exercised and studied the principles of animation including: squash and stretch, anticipation, staging, straight ahead, follow through/overlap, appeal, etc…  

  -Applied principles to short pencil tests.

• Life Drawing for animation:

  -Strong gestural and sequential studies, with proportion, form, structure, anatomy, and line compostion.

• Perspective drawing:

  -Studies of proportion in  depth of field, atmospheric, 1 pt -5pt perspective. Perspective transfer from floor-plan to 2pt perspective. 

• Intro to 3D computer animation

-Application of traditional principles into a 3D environment w/Maya.

• Environmental design/ visual development

-Use of practiced theories of perspective, form, color, texture, lighting, and mood to                shape environments catered to the theme of a story

Job Experience

• Retail: Sears Roebuck and company                                                                8/14/2011-present

Duties: 

-Cashier/money management, Stock, cleaning, providing great  customer service and             satisfaction, credit sales.

-Footwear: Organizing shoes by brand, size and style, filling floor,  fast paced work                 environment

Skills

Efficient in the use of Photoshop, Digicel, Final Cut_Pro, Illustrator,  and Soundtrack pro.

Education

    California State University Fullerton, Fullerton
      BFA Animation, Graduated Spring 2014

    San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardion

     AA Liberal Arts with Art Honors Spring 2010