the art of ian hastings
RESUME
IAN HASTINGS
• A proven team leader with extensive animation production experience.
• An excellent artist, with strong design and painting abilities, who enjoys
leading and nurturing talent in team members.
• Confident management of art development, modeling, texturing, layout,
and lighting.
• Inspired, creative decision making, ensuring high quality art direction with
a thorough understanding of budget and time limitations.
• “Studio Building” expertise, capable of providing valuable assistance in the
areas of recruitment, hiring, branding and the creation of new intellectual
properties from the ground up.
SOFTWARE SKILL SET
BASIC
INTERMEDIATE
EXPERT
PHOTOSHOP
ILLUSTRATOR
MAYA
BRIDGE
NUKE
MODO
SKETCHUP
MUSE
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THOTBLOT
September 1999 - 2014
TOONBOX
ENTERTAINMENT
November 2008 - January 2014
NELVANA
April 2006 - June 2007
RED ROVER Toronto
November 2004 - April 2006
CORE Feature Animation
March 2004 - November 2006
WALT DISNEY
Animation Canada
March 2004 - November 2006
ART DIRECTION • BG PAINTING • ILLUSTRATION
ART DIRECTOR
ART DIRECTOR
ART DIRECTOR
DIGITAL PAINTER
SENIOR BG PAINTER
• “Dorothy of Oz” (2013)
• “Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey” (2010)
• “Hellboy - The Dark Below” ( Starz 2007)
• “Gruesomestein’s Monsters” (Nelvana-2003)
• “Rescue Heroes - The Movie” (Nelvana 2003)
• “Robo Roach” (2002)
• “Clone High” (Nelvana 2002)
• "I Can Fly" for R.Kelly
• over 40 animated 2D and 3D commercials
• “The Nut Job” (2014) - Feature film
• “The Beet Party” - Art Direction , character design
and title design for 3D animated series (2012)
• Art Direction, 26 episode 3D animated series,
“Bolts & Blip” (2011)
• “Wayside”- 2D series,Produced for Nickleodeon.
• “Get Ed”, a 26 episode CG animated series
produced for the Jetix Network/Disney.
• “The WIld” (2006) - painted mattes and color keys
for this Disney feature film.
• “Christmas Belle ” (1997)
• “Pocahontas ll” (1998)
• “The Little Mermaid ll ” (2000)
• “Peter and Jane ” (2002)
• “Mickey's New Car ”(1998/9)
• “Nutcracker Christmas Special” (1999)
• “Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi ” (1999)
• “Mouse Works” TV shorts (1998)
WORK EXPERIENCE
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