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Hi! I'm Ferguson. I've worked in the animation industry since 2010 on projects ranging from kids educational content to adult primetime comedies. My skill-set spans the entire 2D animation pipeline from script to final delivery. Thanks for checking out my portfolio. If you'd like to work together, feel free to reach out.

Retakes Animator

Solar Opposites LLC – Burbank, CA

June 2019 to August 2025

(Retakes) Animator on Solar Opposites (season 01 – 06)

Duties include fixing and improving animation returned from Canadian outsource studio.


Retakes Animator

Rick and Morty LLC – Burbank, CA

June 2019 to August 2021

(Retakes) Animator on Rick and Morty (season 04 – 05)

Duties included fixing or improving animation returned from Canadian outsource studio, re-animating

scenes when the show creator called for it, and animating entirely new scenes when creator chose to do re-writes.


Retakes Animator

BENTO BOX Entertainment LLC – Burbank, CA

June 2020 to December 2020

Animator on Bob's Burgers season11 and The Great North season01.

Duties include fixing and improving animation returned from outsource studio and re-animating sequences when called for.


Storyboard Artist

MACRO – Los Angeles, CA

May 2019 to June 2019

Storyboard Artist for Netflix film ‘They Cloned Tyrone’

Created storyboards for five sequences of the Netflix film, ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ over the course of one month.


These boards were used to present and pitch the director's vision to Netflix execs.


Sequences boarded were The Opening Sequence, The Underground Facility sequence, The Clone Room sequence, The Rose Club Escape sequence, and Nixon's First Appearance sequence.


Storyboard Artist

Brand New School – Los Angeles, CA

March 2019 to April 2019

Developed scenarios, designs and created storyboards

for a series of commercials for the Hyper X brand of gaming headphones. The

commercials featured several sports and gaming celebrities that transitioned

into super human animated versions of themselves once they used the headphones.


BUSINESS OWNER + Director + Storyboard + Animation + Design, etc.

BadART Prod. LLC

December 2018 to Present

Released the first episode of ‘Project BlackGuard’

A personal project adapting a friend’s web comic into an animated pilot.

o   Duties: Took the creator’s script and

translated it into storyboards, character + prop designs, layouts and BG

designs. Rigged characters, animated and composited in Toon Boom Harmony.

Edited scenes in Adobe Premiere.

o   Production Duties: Created schedules and

timelines. Created budget breakdowns. Hired artists to paint backgrounds and

assist in animation to complete pilot episode.

o   Promotion Duties: Created promotional art,

pitch art, video reels and art books. Designed figurines and hired a CG artist

to sculpt them based off my designs to create a physical product. Created

clothing designs and printed physical t-shirts. Handled social media marketing

and ran a crowdfunding campaign to try to raise funds for a second episode.



Animator

Sixpoint Harness – Los Angeles, CA

August 2018 to November 2018

In house animator on the National geographic show,

'Cosmos: Possible Worlds.'

      

Lead Retake Animator

Powerhouse Animation – Los Angeles, CA

September 2017 to June 2018

Lead (retake) animator on Nickelodeon's 'The

Adventures of Kid Danger'

Lead a team of 4 artists to complete retakes of

animation returned from a Korean outsource studio. Attended daily meetings with

Animation Director and Producer to understand their vision for episodes.

Assigned shots and helped improve/ plus up animation to match show style.


Animator

Psychic Bunny – Los Angeles, CA

May 2017 to August 2017

Part of a 3-person team creating animated vignettes

for the US Army’s SHARP (Sexual Harassment/ Assault Response & Prevention)

program. Vignettes provide training for Army personnel on subjects of

prevention of sexual harassment/ assault and LGBT rights within the military.


Animator

Floyd County Productions – Atlanta, GA

February 2017 to March 2017

Brought in to help animate and win a contract for a

now cancelled animated Deadpool project.


Animator

Psychic Bunny – Los Angeles, CA

May 2016 to August 2016

Part of a 3-person team creating animated vignettes

for the US Army’s SHARP (Sexual Harassment/ Assault Response & Prevention)

program. Vignettes provide training for Army personnel on subjects of

prevention of sexual harassment/ assault and LGBT rights within the military.


Animator – Special Effects

Titmouse Inc. – New York, NY

February 2015 to April 2015

Contracted with Titmouse NY to help animate special

effects for their show, Team Hot Wheels: Build The Epic Race. Animated various

smoke, fire, electricity effects to help punch up the visuals of racing cars.

        

Storyboard Artist

Storyboard Revisionist

Animator

Harmony Rigger

Flash Rigger

Designer

Floyd County Productions – Atlanta, GA

August 2011 to May 2016

Worked as an in-house animator, rigger, designer and

storyboard artist on various projects over the course of nearly five years.

Most notably on the show Archer season 04 – 07 for FX Networks.


Other shows worked on include, Unsupervised, Chozen,

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, several cancelled and more.

        

Storyboard Artist

Animator

Designer

Primal Screen – Atlanta, GA

August 2010 to August 2011

Created animation, storyboards and designed

characters + props for various projects while working at Primal Screen.


Projects included children's programming such as PBS

+ Sesame Workshop's 'The Electric Company on Prankster Planet,' HBO's, 'El

Perro Y El Gato,' and Cartoon Network Latin America’s 'Toonix.'


Animator – Intern

Radical Axis – Atlanta, GA

May 2010 to August 2010

Animation internship working on Adult Swim's

'Squidbillies' and 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force.'


Education

Animation (BFA)

Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah, GA

2008


Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Premiere

• Adobe After Effects

• Toon Boom Harmony: Character and Effects Animation/ Rigging

• Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

• 2D animation

• Character/ Concept Design

• Editing

• Compositing


Awards/ Honors

Toon Boom Harmony Certification

Received recognition as a Toon Boom Certified Professional.

2018


NICKtoons Animation Festival

My thesis film was included in the Nicktoons animation

festival.

2008


Studios Worked With

Projects Worked On