Thomas C. Starnes Jr.
Employment Summary:
- Illustrator/Artist with experience in the cartoon animation industry. Screen credits include feature films for Walt Disney Feature Animation, Dreamworks SKG, Universal Studios, and 20th Century Fox, as well as episodic animation for television and the World Wide Web.
- Print media experience includes illustrations for advertising and packaging design, including music album covers and movie poster comps.
- Teaching experience includes more than a decade teaching online classes for Academy of Art University, as well as classes and workshops in other venues.
Experience:
- ESC Taiwan, Background Design/Painting for Reversed Front video game
- Bento Box Entertainment, Background Design on 3rd season of Fox's Duncanville
- Ellation Stuios, Freelance Background Design on Crunchy Roll's High Guardian Spice
- Age of Learning/ABCmouse, Freelance Layout/BG Design and Background Painter on ABC Mouse.
- Disney Interactive, Freelance Background Designer/Layout Artist on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- Academy of Art University, Online Instructor for Foundations Department
- AnimationHolics, Background Design/Layout
- Patris Studio and Gallery, Instructor for classes/workshops in Figure and Portrait drawing
- RRAnimation, Layout Artist on Guida, an animated short film directed by Rosana Urbes. In the summer of 2014, Guida screened in various film festivals throughout South America and Europe, winning a number of awards
- Film Roman, “BG board” artist on King of the Hill Television Series
- Rough Draft Studios, Background Layout Artist on Simpsons Movie and Futurama direct-to-DVD movie series, plus last season of the original run of Futurama (2001-2002)
- Fat Cat Animation Studios, Background Designer and Layout Artist on Rindin and Crocpond. Animation clean-up and EFX on “Curious George” feature film
- Andiri Media, Freelance Illustration, Concept Sketch, Storyboards
- Acme Filmworks, Layout artist on Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show
- Calabash Animation, Freelance animation clean-up on television commercials
- Stan Lee Media, Animation artist: responsibilities included layout, animation, effects, and background design for various Internet productions
- Dreamworks SKG, Animation clean-up on El Dorado feature film, Layout Artist on Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron feature film
- Walt Disney Feature Animation, Florida, Animation Trainee and Clean-up Artist on Mulan feature film
- Fathom Pictures, Freelance concept sketch artist on various CD-ROM computer games
For my complete CV, please see my website: tcstarnes.com - CV