Jan Erik Maas

Senior Character Animator, Animation Director and Storyboard Artist, Portfolio: JANMAAS-ANIMATION.COM

Role
Stop-motion Animator at LAIKA Studios
Location
Portland, OR, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Jan Erik Maas

Highly experienced senior Stop-Motion Animator, primarily in feature film productions. Excellent character animation skills for both humans and beasts, with a solid grasp of layout, composition, anatomy and drawing. Some CG-animation experience in Maya and Storyboarding. Currently freelance and based in Portland Oregon. Portfolio website: JANMAAS-ANIMATION.COM

Experience

  1. Stop-motion Animator

    LAIKA Studios

    Jul 2013 — Present · Portland, OR, US

    In my view, feature film Stop-Motion animation is located somewhere between a highly technical craft and creative stage performance. As Stop-Motion Animator on feature films you are constantly balancing quality and quantity under the pressures of production. You need to be able to follow directions precisely, whilst bringing into the performance a lot of individual ideas and emotions. It\'s creativity inside a tight framework under pressure. It involves a lot of stress, individual decision making, problem solving and frustration, but it can be incredibly rewarding and fun too.

Education

  • Volda University College (HVO)

    BA, Animation

    2000 — 2002

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