After years of hard work next to my regular job, I finally was able to make the career switch into Visual development from the financial industry. I have had my first job as a character painter for a feature film at CBN. Absolutely loved the team and experience! I mostly work in 2D but I can support my work with VR, Blender and Twin Motion. Fun toys! My main objective is to learn from my team and surroundings to improve my skills and to give my best to the project at hand. I am mainly focussed on the animation industry, but I am open to games as well. Being slightly unsure how to fill out my skills I have puzzled a bit with how to make my profile look best. However, if this creates confusion I am happy to explain during some tea or coffe. Like everyone, I have been drawing all my life. I have Learned most Adobe CS applications 15 years ago at school (mainly Illustrator and Photoshop). I have been drawing character/story driven mostly and have had the odd illustration/design job here and there, but I have actively trained in the fundamentals and environments through mentorships with Tiffanie Mang and Armand Serrano. And let's not forget the ever so kind and amazing John Nevarez. Either way, however you got here, I am looking forward to meeting you! I will leave you with some words from my previous AD: To whom it may Concern. My name is Joe Spadaford. I am the senior Art Director at CBN animation. Its has been my pleasure to work with Janna Van Vliet for the past several months and a feature film project that is yet to be released. Janna is a greatly talented artist with a strong work ethic. She receives notes very well and always puts in a solid effort. She is fantastic at rising to meet new challenges on a project and works very well within a team setting. She has a very positive outgoing attitude and makes the process of working on a team with her very enjoyable. Janna also displays a very diverse skill set ranging from character paint, environments, props, and textural work. I highly recommend working with Janna as my experience has been wonderful, and I fully intend to use her again on future projects. if you require more information from me my email is [email protected]