The Gulleys

A cartoon starring Lester & Lee couple bird brains living down by the sea.

Resume

Les Carpenter

257 S. De Lacey Ave. Apt. 3132  

Pasadena, CA 91105

407-492-4298 / e-mail: Spitenz@aol.com

OBJECTIVE

A  Shipping Production Assistant position with DisneyToon studios.

EDUCATION

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida                           Courses                                    Skills                   

B.A.- Art/Animation                    Traditional 2d & CGI 3d          Maya 2012         

                                                     Illustration/Design                    Photoshop CS  

Crealde’ School of Art

Winter Park, Florida                     Life/ Gesture drawing

                                                   

                                                                                               EMPLOYMENT

The Walt Disney Company                              

Lake Buena Vista, Florida          Artist- Animation Academy/Disney's Hollywood Studios 

Walt Disney World                      I instruct & illustrate how to draw the Disney characters

                                                     for the guests at the Walt Disney Resort Theme Park.

Disney Interactive Studios

Glendale , California                  Sketch Artist  for Disney Interactive for special events, to promote video game

                                                   titles, such as Epic Mickey, Disney Universe & Epic Mickey 2

                                                                                                                                                      

Magnetic Entertainment

Orlando, Florida                         Production Assistant    production- The Wishing Star

                                                   broke down animatic & added dialogue to exposure sheets

                                                   shipped completed storyboards to Korea for animation.

U.S. Navy

Mayport, Florida                       Signalman- USS Jack Williams FFG-24                                                

REFERENCES

Deana Duvall                                                Alex Maher                         Steve Anderson
Executive Assistant of the President of ABC    Senior Character Artist       Director
Disney-ABC Television Group                    Disney Design Group       Walt Disney Animation Studios

Contact/ Phone : available on request.                  

30 years of Dragon's Lair!

Check out our interview with Don Bluth for Traditionalanimation.com

http://www.traditionalanimation.com/2013/30th-anniversary-of-dragons-lair-don-bluth-exclusive/

Festival of the Masters 2012

For the third year in row, I had awesome opportunity to be one of the sketch artist for the Disney Interactive tent to help promote their new video game "Epic Mickey 2" at the 2012 Festival of the Masters

Me & my Ears

My drawing of the Lonesome Ghost! Never thought I get opportunity to draw these classic characters

Celeste Cronrath & Oswald

Jason Peltz, too cool for the hat!

Celeste taking request

Celeste & I drawing away.

Celeste with special drawing for Disney Interactive bigwigs

Disney Interactive  Studios tent

The Characters we drew for the guests this year!

Chick n' Slice

Check out my friend Lavalle Lee McGuirk's animated short "Chick n' Slice", he  has been working on his spare time over the last year. I contributed little bits of EFX animation, but was redone/cleanup in Flash. 

En Fuego

Doodling away, Oh its an 80's Heavy Metal album cover.

Doing the Wave

Tidal Wave EFX drawing.