A Man Dedicated to Converting Mind Into Animation

Scott Baltjes

“A man dedicated to converting mind into animation”

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Education

University of Guelph - Resource Management (Bach of Sci in Agri). 1983-85

- Including Biophysics, Ecology and Geomorphology

Niagara College- Visual Art and Design. 1987-89

- Including Drawing, Print Layout, Oil Painting and Silkscreen Printing

Sheridan College-Art Fundamentals. 1989-90

- Including Drawing, Photography and Print Making

- Classical Animation. 1990-93

- Including Drawing and Watercolour Painting

- Computer Animation. 1993-94

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts- Maya Intensive. 2006

Vancouver School Board - Flash I & II. 2005-06

Experience

Mainframe Entertainment Inc. 1995-2003 (SoftImage 3D), 2004-2005 (SoftImage XSI)

“ReBoot”,“Beast Wars”,“War Planets/Shadow Raiders”,“Beast Machines”,“Action Man”, “Heavy Gear”,“Max Steel”,“Spider-Man” Credited at times as Animator, Modeller, or Senior Animator.Responsible for assigned sequences’ layout, some minor modeling, animation (keyframe & mocap), special effects, lighting and rendering. Created walk/run cycles and transformations used on some series.

“Scary Godmother” Credited as Storyboard Artist though responsible for set and prop designs as well as script modifications.

“Stuart Little 3”,“Barbie: the Magic of Pegasus” Credited as Animator though acting as Senior Animator. Responsible for assigned sequences’ layout, some minor modeling and animation (keyframe & mocap)

Big Bang FX Animation 2004 (SoftImage XSI)

“Scaler” (video game) Credited as Animator. Responsible for assigned sequences’ layout and animation.

“Operation:Red Flag” (Imax feature film) Credited as Animator. Responsible for creation and animation of onscreen computer displays.

DHX Media (formerly Halifax Film Company) 2006-2011 (Maya)

“Bo on the Go”,“Animal Mechanicals”,“Pirates: Adventures in Art” Credited as Character Animator. Responsible for assigned sequences’ layout, and animation (keyframe).

Other projects

“On the Right Track” (animated safety filmfor Sheridan College/CN Rail) Uncredited background and cel painter

“Post_Historic” (animated short) Story, design, animation (classical & computer) by myself. While at Mainframe Entertainment I used this project to test out SoftImage Toonz 4.5 for a 4-month experimental period. (in production).

“Sno’ Matter” (animated short) Story, design, animation (computer) by myself and 2 others.

Software used:Maya v8.5,SoftImage XSI v5.0, SoftImage Toonz v4.5, Particle v4.0,

Photoshop CS5, Flash MX, Adobe Premiere 6.5, QuickTime Pro 7, Unix

Hobbies: Bushcraft, hiking, canoeing, photography, painting (oils, acrylics & watercolours), drawing (pencil &

charcoal), astronomy, archeology, historical writer, collects folktales, watches foreign, documentary and

animated films (including Anime). Long time member of Scouts Canada. Has Standard First Aid (Level C) and WHMIS certificates.

References ca.linkedin.com/in/scottbaltjes (more by request)

Salary: Negotiable Willing to relocate