Michael Gilbert

Seasoned Broadcast animation artist with 18 years experience.Highlights include Ren & Stimpy, Rick & Morty, Carol & The End of the World, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and My Little Pony.

Layout Artist / Awesome, Inc.

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

PROJECT - Ren and Stimpy (Paramount+)

LAYOUT

• creation of layered, workable layouts
• weekly meetings to review progress, revising occasional layouts
• ensuring all layouts have proper Field guides and board panels
• including layout items for animation (doors/ windows/ etc.) by providing all needed object(s)
• Double checking updates in the animatic

BG PAINT

Rendering out layout files and enhancing jokes and gags missed in the layout file

attending bi-weekly progress/ discuss progress / revision call-outs

formatting final pieces

ETC TASKS

custom text fonts

gross-out color cards / gross outs

Tools:

Adobe Photoshop CC

Designer / DoubleJump Games

Dec 2022 - Feb 2023

PROJECT - Ssundee 

YouTube video cover designer for the popular YouTube channel "SSundee", utilizing popular IP material 'Rainbow Friends', 'Poppy Playtime', 'Five Nights at Freddies', 'Alphabet Lore', and more.

• follow a Trello board of ideas selected to render out

• designing up to 5 YouTube video covers
• test each image with an audience to measure its effectiveness
• daily discussions with the project coordinator over WhatsApp
• tally up workload and document in an invoice for approval

Tools

Adobe Photoshop CC, Trello--

Layout artist / Global Mechanic

May 2022 - Oct 2022

PROJECT - Jam Van (Youtube Originals)

• Creation of production layouts using sourced images and provided photography

• providing rough, clean and finished layouts for the purpose of animation.

Tools:

Adobe Photoshop CC

Layout supervisor / Global Mechanic

Sep 2021 - May 2022

PROJECT - Birdgirl (Adult Swim)

• Creation of conceptual layouts / keys

• Overseeing layout / redline revisions
• providing rough, clean and finished layouts for the purpose of animation.

Tools:

Adobe Photoshop CC

Layout artist / Bardel Entertainment 

May 2021 - Sep 2021

PROJECT - Carol & the End of the World (Netflix)

• Working with layouts and preparing files for Harmony import.

• Assistance with Character building in Harmony

Tools: Adobe Photoshop CC

Layout artist / Bardel Entertainment 

Aug 2020 - May 2021

PROJECT - Rick & Morty (Adult Swim)

• Taking client / internal layouts and consolidating it to the necessary format for Harmony import.

• Revising / designing elements to be used for animation.
• Occasional Character / Prop design
• Importing flattened layouts into Harmony

Tools:

Adobe Photoshop CC

Adobe Bridge CC

Toon Boom Harmony--

Diploma - 2D Classical Animation (Vancouver Film School)

Diploma - 3D Fundamentals: Maya (Vancouver Film School)