Ivan Mendoza

About Ivan Mendoza

I am an experienced Character Designer & Illustrator with years of experience working in the animation industry. I’ve designed and illustrated characters, backgrounds, & environments. I am used to working in a fast paced environment and hitting deadlines. I’m very easy to work with and enjoy a challenge. CREATIVE SKILLS Character Designer Background Designer Flash Illustration Flash Animation Flash Character Rigging Digital Painting (Photoshop & Flash) Flash Animation Prop Design TECHNICAL SKILLS Adobe Photoshop CS5-CS6 Adobe Flash CS5-CS6 Adobe Illustrator CS5-CS6 Adobe InDesign CS5-CS6 Adobe Fireworks CS5-CS6 Adobe Dreamweaver CS5-CS6 Adobe After Effects CS5-CS6 Autodesk Sketchbook Pro Apply Final Cut Pro Corel Painter Wacom Cintiq & Tablets Microsoft Office Mac OSx Windows 7 TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS Deadline –Driven Persistent Problem Solver Leader By Example Team Player Effective Communicator Exhibits “Can-Do” Attitude

Experience

1. Instructor

   Cgma Computer Graphics Master Academy

   Apr 2024 — Present

Education

• Schoolism.com

  Character Design for Feature Animation

  2014 — 2014

• Rowland Animation

  Animation, Acting, & Storytelling

  1998 — 2001

• Art Academy of Los Angeles

  Life Drawing, Figure Drawing, Animation

  1996 — 1998

• Silver Drawing Academy

  Character Design for Television

  2015 — 2015

• Animation Collaborative

  Advance Character Design

• Animation Guild

  Layout & Composition

  2013 — 2013

Skills

• Drawing
• Traditional Animation
• Character Design
• Windows
• Background Design
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Animation
• Background Art
• Visual Development
• Mac Os X
• Video Games
• Indesign
• Cartoons
• Character Animation
• Concept Design
• Microsoft Office
• Visual Arts
• Os X
• Sketching
• Photoshop
• Sketchbook Pro
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Concept Art
• Illustration
• Flash
• Illustrator
• Mac
• Layout
• Art