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Jenise Toney
Digital Illustration
Traditional Art
Digital Painting

Jenise Toney is a California-based freelance artist looking to expand her portfolio and put her skills to use in a studio setting.

Biography

Jenise is currently a freelancing artist with a preference for 2D digital illustration and animation. From drawing and general art courses, to studying animation in the heart of Vancouver, BC, Canada, she is not afraid of learning new skills and adjusting to the ever changing environment. While she specializes in frame-by-frame drawn animation, she also has training within the pipeline production for 2D puppet style animation with the use of programs such as Toonboom Harmony, Adobe Animate and Adobe After Effects. Jenise also has a general understanding of various 3D CGI production practices from concept art to rigging and rendering. Beyond all that, she also has the competence to share her knowledge with others like a tutor, as well as being an open-minded student.

Skills

Roles

  • Mastery
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Mastery
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Basic
  • Basic

Soft Skills

  • Basic

Other Skills

  • Basic

Work Experience

2020 – 2022

Freelancer

The Pegbar Animation Studios (California, USA)
Director, production coordinator, concept art, storyboarding and revisions, animatic editing (After Effects) and revisions, background layout, video editing and compositing (After Effects)

2016 – 2021

Freelancer

Plainutz (California, USA)
Vector art color and finishing; CD album file creation for print; concept art; character design; promotional art illustration; website creation and management; video editing.

2016 – 2018

Generalist

The Pegbar Animation Studios (California, USA)
Storyboard artist, web development and management, social media manager, whiteboard animation, video editing and compositing.

Education

2018 – 2019

Diploma in Classical Animation

Schoolcreative Institute of the Arts

2D Animation

Classical animation practices, Toonboom Harmony and Adobe Animate training, production pipeline training, storyboarding and animatic editing; life drawing and composition fundamentals

2006 – 2010

Associate of Science

Los Rios Community College

Graphic Communications

General studies, fine arts, digital painting, web design, print design, 2D animation principles, 3D modeling and animation.