VALENCIA SPATES

                                                                                     Vspates@ymail.com  

                                                                 http://valenciaspates.wixsite.com/valencia-spates

 

AREA OF EXPERTISE 

                         

Storyboard/Revisionist for scripted and board-driven shows. Comedy and action with dynamic sequences and composition. Can adapt to show style and bring out a character’s personality with poses, comedy and action. Able to propose creative ideas and solutions that bring out the best in each scene.
 

Technical Proficiency

Platforms: Windows, MAC OS 

Applications: Storyboard Pro, Shot Gun Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator), Google Docs MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Tools Cintiq, Ipad Pro

Available for Work
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Netflix Animation: Working with the kids and family department revisions on an unannounced animated series- CURRENT

Freelance Storyboard Artist: Indie Pilot: Blame The Noise: Storyboard script for pitch 2024
 

Warner Brothers Animation: Tiny Toons Loonversity: Storyboard Artist 2021-2023
 

DreamWorks Animation: TrollsTopia- Story Revisionist-2020-2021

Netflix Animation:  Inside Job-Storyboard/ Revisionist- 2019-2020 

Warner Brothers Animation:ThunderCats Roar: Storyboard Revisionist. 2018-2019   
 

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Traditional Animation – COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois (2013)

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