I just got home from the comic-con and I had a great time. I was inspired by friends of mine to try and keep a drawing journal on my trip. I got a few new art tools (so there are a couple of really bad drawings) and I saw a ton of cool people.

Water color tree studies

So a great deal has been happening. I am working at Animax right now on a show called Popzilla really really funny! I hope they keep making more episodes!

I started meditating on the name of the show and playing with the idea of a large lizard and what he can do in his free time with his family. So here are some fun drawings.

George

So I have gotten my hands on some gauche paint and thought it would be fun to share some on my paintings/ work

More Work

My current work is for a show called "Eli's Dirty Jokes." The show is about 1 minute and is one of the first to make the transition from internet short to television. The jokes are showing on Cinemax between movies. My role is to create background designs that are HD Broadcast ready.

Here are some of my favorites:

New Resume

George H. Zaleski
4143 Lincoln Ave, Culver City CA 90232
310-760-6595
animatedfilm@gmail.com

Portfolio: http://www.georgezaleski.blogspot.com
Animation Reel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8uLpQTaB74

Work Experience________________________________________

Children’s Book Illustrator
USC Seagrant / University of Central Florida (July 2008 – Present)
• Illustration of two books for Pre-K and 3-5 grades, dealing with lessons about
invasive species (Caulerpa and Lionfish) and how to prevent escape.

Flash Animator
Fox Inkubator (May 2008 – Present)
• “Ditka” three shorts for Dom Bianchi
Character rigging and animation for a series of shorts.

Stu Acher and Eric Goldberg (April 2008 – September 2008)
• “Stu plus Who” Title sequence animator for documentary
Sequence, character, background design, as well as animation for title
sequence of documentary. Used photo-collage puppets to create
characters of two lead actors and their search for the right woman.

Cartoon Logic LLC / Leapfrog; (December 2007 – March 2008)
• “Sing and Read” for Leapfrog (December 2007 – March 2008)
Character animation, background revision, compositing, and asset library
planning for musical educational video directed to children.

Animax Entertainment (Multiple dates)
• “Dress Elmo for Fall” Game on Sesame Street Workshop.
Oversaw implementation and design of interchangeable animations on
children’s game for the Sesame Street website.

• Slacker Cats: ABC Family
Character animation on the TV Show, as well as animated characters for
the Slacker Cats Website.
http://a51.abcfamily.go.com/shows/slackercats/Home/index.html

• BUFU: BET Urban Comedy written by Orlando Jones and Ali LeRoi
Character animation, character rigging, and redesigning.

• “Camp RAD” Asthma education video.
Character animation on lessons for an educational video about asthma.

Becker Professional Review (September 2005 – June 2007)
• Flash animation of lectures for CPA / CFA educational videos.

USC Sea Grant “Don’t Release a Pest Freezing is Best” (Jan 2006 – Dec 2006)
• Designed, animated, and directed outreach video to prevent the release of invasive
species into the ocean off of Southern California and Florida. A 30 second sample of
which can be seen at :
http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/caulerpa/Streaming/ShortPSA.html
• Awarded the Katherine Knight Award at the Santa Cruz EarthVision Film Festival
• Shown at: Alaska Forum on the Environment, Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival,
EarthVision International Environmental Film Festival, Finalist Shifting Baselines Film
Contest.

Flash Banner Designer
Towers Perrin (November 2007)
• Design of rotating banner for a Towers Perrin Webpage proposal

Intern
Rich Animation (May 2005 - September 2005)
• Storyboard revision, Prop Design, and directing actors for live action
references.

Freelance Animator
“The Tomato Effect” by Faun Kime (March 2004 - June 2004)
• Developed characters and tone of animated sections.
• Devised storyboard, layout, and animation design to explain the debate over
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

Background Designer
“Afterbirth” by Reginald Vinluan (February 2004)
• Adapted and clarified layout design from director.
• Established background design and coloring of the main characters office
space from multiple angles.
• Designed of end credit sequence graphics.

Director/ Animator
“Quixotic” USC Graduate thesis film (September 2000-January 2004)
• Utilized Toonz 4.6, Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere. Colored in Painter
7 with a Wacom tablet to give the characters a more organic quality.
• Awarded Nickelodeon Fellowship to cover the cost of production.
• Showed at: USC First look (2004), Annapolis Film Festival (2004), Memphis
International Film Festival (2005), SMMASH Film Fest (2005), O.C. Film Fest
(2005) and a Semifinalist in student competition Fort Lauderdale International
Film Festival.

Character Designer
Tokyo Broadcasting Station, Japan. (Summer 2001)

• • Collaborated with students from Waseda University, Tokyo, to develop a
  character driven search engine.
  • 2D character designer, background artist, and co-creator of the main
  character “Lazy-bo.”
  
  Education____________________________________________
  • University of Southern California, School of Cinema Television, Los Angeles CA.
  Masters of Fine Art in Animation and Digital Arts (Spring 2003)
  • Hamilton College, Clinton NY. Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts, with Honors
  (Spring 1998)
  • Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Hollywood CA. (Jan 2005-March 2005)
  
  Skills________________________________________________
  • Flash and traditional animation, character design, storyboarding, and background
  design. Compositing and editing in Adobe production suite.
  • Abobe Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere, Painter, Toonz.
  Entire Microsoft office Suite. Use of Wacom tablet for painting and design.