Kasey L. Gifford
Portland, OR 97201
kaseylgifford@gmail.com
(503) 319-9001

Education

• Art Institute of Portland- Bachelors degree Media Arts and Animation (2005)

Experience

• Freelance digital painter, flash animator and illustrator.
• Extensive experience in creating and animating with flash-based character libraries.
• Lead Flash Animator for Skelanimals Clothing Line promotional films.
• Illustrator for children’s card game Xeko, produced by the Matter Group.
• Flash Instructor/Teacher part time: Art Institute of Portland (2006-2008).
  Classes taught include History of Animation and Film, Digital Principles, Animation Fundamentals, Image manipulation/Advanced Image manipulation and Web Animation.
• Art Institutes Summer Teen workshop instructor (2007-2008).
• Contract employee of Flying Rhinoceros Studios: Work included storyboarding and creating flash animatics, animating in flash (versions MX and 8), script writing and character/prop design.
• Animator and Character/Prop builder on Flying Rhinoceros’s “On The Farm,” “Horned Avenger ”and “Muggsy’s Meadow” “Gigi” Properties.
• Animator, Character/Prop builder, Lip-synch check on Flying Rhinoceros’s straight to DVD feature film “Get Muggsy!”
• Lead Flash Animator for Children’s “Learning through Song” animation series.
• Lead Flash Animator and character library builder: Mongadillo Studio’s flash animated series “Shawks”
• Animator and Writer for Operation Life Saver train safety video “Sly Fox and Birdie”
• Internship- Flying Rhinoceros Studio: October-December (2005).

Software proficiency

• Extensive Training in Flash versions 8 and 2004 MX: comfortable with building easily usable characters, character libraries, turnarounds, props and backgrounds
• Adobe Photoshop versions 7.0 to CS3, Adobe Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere (editing programs) OpenCanvas 3.03e Plus, Corel Painter IX
• All Microsoft office programs including Excel and Powerpoint.