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Illustrator, Storyboard Artist, Animator, Creator of "The World of Quest"
Jason Kruse
Santa Clara, CA
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About
I have over 15 years of experience in many areas including illustration, storyboards, 2d animation, 3d animation, and character design amongst others.
Professionally, I have contributed storyboards, animation, and character designs to such titles as "Nova Smash", "Assassin's Creed: Memories", “Dino Life”, “Monster Quest”, “Dragonia”, “Ratatouille”, “Ratatouille: Food Frenzy”, “The Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos”, “Master of Orion 3”, “Cashflow 101 and 202”, “AMF Extreme Bowling” and “Star Trek: Tactical Assault”. In addition, I have worked as an animator and storyboard artist on such films as “Fast Five”, “Stuart Little”, “Cats and Dogs” and “The Barnyard”.
In the comic book world, I am an Eisner Award, Harvey Award and Comics Buyers Guide Award-nominated illustrator on such published titles as “Scratch9”, “The World of Quest” and “Batman: Arctic Attack”. “The World of Quest” was also adapted for television and aired in the Spring of 2007 on the Kid's WB and continued to air for a second season internationally. -
Education
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California Institute of the Arts1998 - 2000Character animation
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Bachelor of Science in Communications TelecommunicationsOhio University1989 - 1999
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Experience
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Senior Animator/Senior Game ArtistPlayNext Games (formerly Aeria Games)Sep 2013 - Apr 2015 (1 year 7 months)Created character designs as well as visual effects and motion graphics for the recently released, "Nova Smash" game.
Animated and altered pre-existing 3d animations with 3d Studio Max for use in "Assassin's Creed: Memories" for Aeria Games in Santa Clara, Ca. Also utilizing Adobe Flash and Photoshop for creating numerous effects animations on Assassin's Creed as well as an upcoming, undisclosed game.
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AnimatorGREE, Inc.Sep 2012 - May 2013 (8 months)Animated for various mobile games such as Monster Quest, Dragonia and Crime City 2 utilizing a number of different programs including Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Autodesk Maya and After Effects.
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Animator/ArtistApp Ant Studios, IncFeb 2012 - Sep 2012 (7 months)Animated all humanoid characters as well as some dinosaurs using Photoshop for the mobile game, “Dino Life” for AppAnt Studios, published by Gree International. Concepted various character designs for various untitled projects. Modeled, rigged and animated characters for the unpublished title, “Dino Life 2”. Also created concept and vector artwork of characters and environments for the unpublished sequel.
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IllustratorMirus InteractiveJun 2011 - Dec 2011 (6 months)Created various illustrations and character designs for the Mirus Interactive/Accomplice Games website as well as some animation and 3d modeling work on various games.
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AnimatorPixomondoFeb 2011 - Mar 2011 (1 month)Provided visual effects animation for the film, "Fast 5" starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.
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Contract Animator and ModelerDoubleTap GamesApr 2010 - Jun 2010 (2 months)Modeled, rigged and animated for the multiplatform, "The Deadliest Catch" video game.
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Comic Book ArtistApe EntertainmentSep 2009 - Feb 2010 (5 months)Penciled and inked a comic book called "Scratch 9" written by Rob Worley which was published by Ape Entertainment and received numerous accolades including the prestigious Eisner Award nomination for "Best Children's Publication".
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Children's Book IllustratorDC ComicsNov 2008 - Feb 2009 (3 months)Illustrated "Batman: Arctic Assault" a children's book done in the style of "Batman: The Animated Series" with DC and Stone Arch publishing.
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CreatorWarner Bros. Animation2003 - Jan 2009 (5 years 7 months)I created the television show "World of Quest" which is based off of my graphic novel of the same name published by Yen Press.
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Creatorcookie jar entertainmentMar 2007 - Jan 2009 (1 year 10 months)I created the television show "World of Quest" which is based off of my graphic novel of the same name published by Yen Press. It aired for one season in the United States and a second season in over 87 different countries.
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Creator/Illustrator/WriterYen PressApr 2007 - Dec 2008 (1 year 8 months)Wrote, penciled and inked "The World of Quest" graphic novels, volumes 1 and 2, which was published by Yen Press.
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Animator/ArtistHelixe/THQMay 2006 - Sep 2007 (1 year 4 months)• Animated, concepted and play-tested for the Nintendo Gameboy and Nintendo DS game adaptation of Pixar Animation’s film, “Ratatouille”
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Creator/Illustrator/Writerkomikwerks.comOct 2003 - Mar 2007 (3 years 5 months)Created, wrote and performed all artistic duties on “The World of Quest” graphic novel which is now printed by Yen Press
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Animator/Story Artist/Character Designerquicksilver softwareAug 2001 - Mar 2006 (4 years 7 months)• Created character designs for the Star Trek DS and PSP real-time strategy game, “Star Trek: Tactical Assault” from Bethesda Softworks
• Animated and storyboarded for various computer animated video games including “Master of Orion 3”, “Full Spectrum Command” for the US Army, Robert Kiyosaki’s “Cashflow 101 and 202” for PC and "AMF Extreme Bowling" for mobile phones
• Worked heavily in 3D Studio Max as well as Character Studio using custom skeletal tools on both bipedal and multi-pedal characters -
clean up animator and fill-in story artistomationFeb 2005 - Feb 2006 (1 year)• Created secondary as well as corrected rough animation on Steve Oedekirk’s recent feature “The Barnyard” from Nickelodeon pictures
• Worked heavily in SoftImage XSI animating as well as basic modeling in order to create believable secondary motion and consistent movement of characters
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Facial Animator/Character AnimatorRhythm & Hues2000 - 2001 (1 year)Provided facial animation for such films as "Stuart Little" and "Cats and Dogs" as well as some character animation
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Storyboard artist/AnimatorSportspage.com2000 - 2000I worked as the storyboard artist on a number of properties for Sportspage.com including a pilot for Disney titled "Sportsbeat"
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Animator, In-Betweener, Story ArtistO'Plenty Animation1997 - 1998 (1 year)I worked as an animator, in-betweener and story artist at O'Plenty Animation on such children's book adaptations as "Officer Buckle and Gloria" and "One Zillion Valentines"
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On Coroflot@kruzillla, member since 2015
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