Jacob Grasser
Clayton
Summary
Highly motivated and passionate artist who adores the craft of world-building and storytelling. Proficient in industry-standard programs, and striving to always learn more. Multiple past experiences in team-oriented work environments that required communication and teamwork. Collaborative, creative, and willing to strive for the best quality product.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Animator
Fulton Street Media Group
Columbia
08.2024 - 05.2025
- I worked alongside a team of two other animators in which we utilized each other's strengths and ideas to produce a Ghibli-style animated product.
- I worked alongside a team of three other animators in which we utilized both 2D and 3D software for character animation, rotoscoping, and environments.
- Aided in each step of the pipeline, from concept art and storyboarding to the animatic and pacing plans, finally landing on post-production.
- Contributed to weekly team meetings in which we critiqued each other's work for revisions, showed our current progress, and adhered to the schedule.
- Studied real-life reference videos when needed for different scenes.
- Helped to manage file organization and simplification for the smoothest and most efficient workflow.
- Helped with in-betweening and extremes for frame-by-frame animations.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Animation
University of Missouri Columbia
Columbia MissouriSkills
- Character animation
- Character design
- Visual effects
- Time management
- File organization
- Hand-drawn animation
- Storyboarding
- Environment design
- Expert in Procreate
- Expert in Adobe After Effects
- Expert in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Expert in Adobe Photoshop
Affiliations
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Magic the Gathering
- Hiking
- Personal Fitness
- Writing
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
German
Professional
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Animator
Fulton Street Media Group
08.2024 - 05.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Animation
University of Missouri Columbia
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