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Layout Artist on "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum" for PBS Television

Rich Dannys

Toronto, Canada
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    Rich Dannys is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist, based in Oshawa, Ontario. He is an experienced Layout/Design artist, that has worked at many of Toronto's finest animation studios. His style ranges from work featuring: animated cartoon & comic-book sensibilities -- to vintage/retro motifs, with occasional 'classical' overtones.

  • Education
    • Classical Animation Program
      Sheridan College
      1982 - 1984
      Oakville Campus
    • High School Diploma
      TDCH
      1977 - 1981
  • Experience
    • Layout Artist
      9 Story Media Group
      Toronto, ON
      Dec 2022 - Present (4 years)
      Creating digital layouts using Photoshop on cintiq for the 2nd Season of the PBS cartoon series: "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum"..
    • Owner/President
      Flying Dutchman Studios, Inc.
      Oct 1995 - Present (30 years 8 months)
      Providing Creative Services to the Greater Toronto Area..
    • Layout Artist/Location Designer
      Tonic DNA
      Montreal, Canada
      Jul 2021 - Oct 2021 (3 months)
      Creating production Layouts and Location Designs for Disney's "Disenchanted" Feature..
    • Layout Artist
      Yowza! Animation
      Toronto, ON
      Apr 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 8 months)
      Creating digital layouts using Photoshop on cintiq for the upcoming Netflix cartoon series: "Green Eggs and Ham" Season 2..
    • Layout Artist
      Pascal Blais
      Oct 2017 - Mar 2018 (5 months)
      Creating digital layouts using Photoshop on cintiq for the upcoming Netflix cartoon series: "Green Eggs and Ham" Season 1..
    • Layout Artist
      Yowza! Animation
      Toronto, ON
      Feb 2016 - May 2017 (1 year 3 months)
      Creating digital layouts using Photoshop on cintiq for the upcoming Nickelodeon cartoon series: "Welcome To The Wayne"..
    • Layout Supervisor
      Nelvana
      Toronto, ON
      Jul 2014 - Jul 2015 (1 year)
      Supervised Layout crew on the Nickelodeon cartoon series: "FRESH BEAT BAND Of Spies"..
    • Instructor
      Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art & Design
      Sep 2013 - May 2015 (1 year 8 months)
      Currently teaching 1st Year "Perspective Drawing" and 3rd Year "Animation Layout"
    • Background Design/Layout
      Two Presidents Productions
      Sep 2007 - Jan 2008 (4 months)
      Senior Background Design on:
      - "WILL & DEWITT" cartoon series
    • Senior Location Designer
      CORE Digital Pictures
      2007 - 2007
      Senior Location Design on:
      - "IGGY ARBUCKLE" cartoon series
    • Senior Layout Artist
      Red Rover Studios
      2001 - 2002 (1 year)
      Senior Layout Artist on:
      - 4 episodes of "The RIPPING FRIENDS", featuring: "Infernal Wedding", "Frictor", "Stinky Butt", and "The Ovulator"

      Responsibilities included:
      - Final Design on Backgrounds, as well as preparing scene staging for Posing artists and Animators.
      - Clients included: Spümco, Cambium Entertainment, TELETOON, and FOX Kids!
    • Layout Artist/Designer
      Evening Sky Productions
      2000 - 2001 (1 year)
      Layout Artist on:
      - "TIMOTHY TWEEDLE: The First Christmas Elf" TV Special

      Designer on:
      - "BE AS.." music video, featuring the band: PROZZÄK
    • Layout Artist/Designer
      Pictor Entertainment
      1997 - 1999 (2 years)
      Layout Artist on
      - "BOB AND MARGARET"
      - "NED'S NEWT"
      - "ELLIOTT MOOSE"
      - "RESCUE HEROES"

      Location Designer on:
      - "ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN: The Series"
      - "ROSWELL CONSPIRACIES"

      Responsibilities included:
      - Production work in various styles, on a variety of 2D animated cartoon series
      - Clients included: Nelvana, MGM TV Animation, BKN, Fisher-Price Toys
    • Designer
      Phoenix Animation
      1997 - 1997
      Development Art on:
      - "RED RAVEN"

      Designer, on:
      - "MUMFIE the Magical Elephant"
      - "MUMFIE'S Christmas Special."
    • Designer
      Nelvana
      1996 - 1997 (1 year)
      Designer on:
      - Disney's "GARGOYLES" (5th Season)

      Responsibilities:
      - Location & Prop design
    • Layout Artist
      Phoenix Animation
      1995 - 1996 (1 year)
      Layout Artist on:
      - "BEDTIME PRIMETIME CLASSICS"
    • Layout Artist/Designer
      Nelvana
      1989 - 1994 (5 years)
      Layout Artist on:
      - "BEETLEJUICE"
      - "BABAR"

      Location Designer on:
      - "CADILLACS & DINOSAURS"
      - "Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.S"
  • Affiliations

    CFA-APA

  • Industries
    • Entertainment
  • Skills
    • 2D Animation
    • Animation
    • Art Direction
    • Toy Design
    • Graphic Design
    • Illustration
    • Photoshop
    • Sketching
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