Page title Name
Ana Bermejo
Art Dept Assistant, Production Assistant
United Kingdom

Ana's Biography

Ana Bermejo hails from Spain. More specifically, a small town in the North. Sounds nice doesn't it? But actually it's a bit boring. Which is why she moved to Valencia, home of paella, partying and a rather good Art School.

It was there that Ana really learnt to draw. She liked drawing goats, unicorns and deer. And she still does (Well, goats are pretty cool). Anyway, not content with 5 years at art school, she came to London to study some more. This time at St Martins. And that was that. She became an Animation Artist and Illustrator.


MY OBJECTIVE
To make a difference in a dynamic and thrilling work environment, whilst continuously focusing on the development of my creative and project management skills.

MY PERSONAL STRENGTHS
10 years of diverse experience from storyboard development and animation, to traditional painting and modeling.
Individual creative flair, with the ability to organize ideas for presentation.
Excellent communication skills, learning oriented, accurate and detailed, reliable and adaptable.
Strong graphic design abilities utilizing all graphical tools.
Proven ability to handle heavy workloads, meeting deadlines, managing time.

Credits

Henry & Me - Creative Group Acquisition Co, , United States of America
2010 - Production Assistant
Clean up artist and colourist

The 99 - Endemol , United Kingdom
2010 - Production Assistant
Storyboard assistant - Scanning, formatting and filing panels for animatic.

Laureus Promotional Video - Rampage Studio , United Kingdom
2010 - Storyboard Artist
Produce a storyboard to guide the AfterFX artist.

Matt Hatter - Platinum Films , United Kingdom
2009 - Art Dept Assistant
Art assistant reporting to lead concept artist. Achieved drawing targets and quotas on a regular basis. Roles included character and prop design, script breakdown and design databases.

Joshua Blake: The Agency - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2009 - Production Designer
Roles included character development.

Pocket Penguin Adventures - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2008 - Production Designer
Achieved drawing targets and quotas on a regular basis. Roles included character, prop and FX design and development, production coordination and supervising, FTP management, script breakdown, design databases. ToonBoom and Storyboard Pro training.

Stone Age  - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2008 - Production Designer
AS ABOVE

Dork Hunters and the Pirates of Tortuga Island  - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2008 - Production Designer
Achieved drawing targets and quotas on a regular basis. Roles included character, BG, prop and FX design and development, production coordination and supervising, FTP management, script breakdown, design databases.

Zorro and Scarlet Whip: Revealed! - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2008 - Production Designer
AS ABOVE

Dork Hunters from Outer Space  - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2007 - Production Designer
AS ABOVE

Zorro: Generation Z  - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2007 - Production Designer
AS ABOVE

Legend of the Dragon II  - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2006 - Production Assistant
Storyboard cleaning, formatting and conforming; BG design; colouring.

Kong: Return to the Jungle  - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2006 - Production Assistant
Storyboard cleaning, formatting and conforming; character design and turnarounds.


Picme (2nd season) - Jam Media , Ireland
2006 - Computer Animator
Clean-up artist with Illustrator and Flash compositor.


Alibaba and the Fourty Thieves. The Lost Scimitar of Arabia  - BKN New Media Ltd. , United Kingdom
2005 - Production Assistant
Storyboard cleaning, formatting and conforming; maintain studio filing and storage systems, FTP management; distributing/filing all incoming mail; keeping updated lists and databases; perform errands that assist daily functions: post office, bank etc.; ordering specialized stationery; general reception duties, answering phones in a professional and helpful manner and other office related work.

Picme (1st season) - Jam Media , Ireland
2005 - Production Assistant
Roles included lip-synchs, Flash twitching, rendering, prop design and general assisting.

Employment History

Currently a freelance illustrator for Advocate Art. Previous clients include Grup 62 in Barcelona and The Travel Channel and Girlguiding UK in London.

June 2010
Storyboard artist
Rampage Studio, 42 Theobalds Road, Holborn
Storyboards for Laureus promotional video

February 2010
Clean up artist and colourist
Creative Group Acquisition Co, New York
Henry & me

January 2010
Storyboard assistant
Endemol, Charecroft Way, Shepherd's Bush
The 99 - Scanning, formatting and filing panels for animatic.


June - August 2009
Art assistant
Platinum Films, Pinewood Studios, Pinewood Road, Iver Heath, Bucks
Matt Hatter - Character and prop design, script breakdown, design databases.

May 2006 - June 2009
Design assistant /Animation artist (full time)
BKN New Media Ltd., 77 Kingsway, Holborn
Design assistant - art department - Creation of original artwork for promotional purposes including posters and web banners. Assisting Senior Graphic Designer. Creation of new company websites using Dreamweaver.
Animation artist - Pocket Penguin Adventures (52x11') , Stone Age (52x11'), Zorro: Generation Z (26x22'), Zorro and Scarlet Whip: Revealed! (1x61'), Dork Hunters from Outer Space (36x22'), Dork Hunters and the Pirates of Tortuga Island (1x60')
Achieved drawing targets and quotas on a regular basis. Roles included character, BG, prop and FX design and development, production coordination and supervising, FTP management, script breakdown, design databases.

Dec 2005 - May 2006
Art assistant (freelance)
BKN New Media Ltd., 77 Kingsway, Holborn
Legend of the Dragon II (12x24'), Kong: Return to the Jungle (1x78') Job description as above.

Oct - Dec 2005
Clean-up artist with Illustrator and Flash compositor (freelance)
Jam Media, Lower Kevin St, Dublin
Picme 2nd season (22x5')

Aug 2005
Visualiser (freelance)
Attention!, Hoxton
Brand development visuals for Danacol, Danone.

May - Sept 2005
Art assistant / Production assistant (freelance)
BKN New Media Ltd., 77 Kingsway, Holborn
Alibaba and the Fourty Thieves. The Lost Scimitar of Arabia (1x72) - Storyboard cleaning, formatting and conforming; maintain studio filing and storage systems, FTP management; distributing/filing all incoming mail; keeping updated lists and databases; perform errands that assist daily functions: post office, bank etc.; ordering specialized stationery; general reception duties, answering phones in a professional and helpful manner and other office related work.

Feb - May 2005
Production assistant (freelance)
Jam Media, Lower Kevin St, Dublin
Picme 1st season (22x5') - Roles included lip-synchs, Flash twitching, rendering, prop design and general assisting.

Apr - July 2004
Work experience
Cartoon Network
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Production of a professional promotional sting for the series 'Grim & Evil' from scratch: storyboards, traditional pencil animation and clean-up, colouring and compositing with Flash.

July - August 2004
Designer (freelance)
Rabbit-On.com - Creation of backgrounds and animated screensavers with Flash for mobile phones.


Education

2003 - 2004 - London Animation Studio, Central Saint Martins.
PGDip Character Animation
The course provided me with a thorough investigation of the theory and practice of Character Animation, combining traditional pencil drawn skills with industry standard computer software, project management and professional practice. I attended to workshops in Life Drawings for Animators, Acting and Movement Analysis.

2001 - 2002 - Athens College of Art, Greece.
Socrates - Erasmus European Commission Exchange Programme.
Painting and Sculpure 9/10

1996 - 2001 - Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
BA (Hons) Art Degre
Established skills and confidence through exercises in drawing, anatomy, measurement, proportion, form, mass, tone, value and experimentation with different techniques. Course subjects included Life Drawing (8/10) and Painting and Painting Media, Sculpture Techniques (Clay Modelling and Casting, Stone Carving, Ironwork (8/10), Bronze Foundry), History of Art (10/10) and Aesthetics (10/10). Media 7.5/10

Industry Qualifications

ToonBoom and Storyboard Pro training - March 2008 - BKN New Media Ltd.



Technical Equipment

Pencils??
PC, Wacom and lightbox. Oh, and a pegbar.

Referees

Baljeet Rai,
Senior Manager of Production - The Disney Channel
07958413203

Joy Whilby,
Production Manager - Electronic Arts
07776487977

John Rice,
CEO - Jam Media
+353 1 4053484

Industry Awards

Argaya Illustration Award (2002)
Argaya Illustration Award (2003)

Skills

SOFTWARE SKILLS
  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver CS3, Flash.
  • ToonBoom Design Tools and Storyboard Pro.
  • SketchUp Pro.
  • Microsoft Office and inclusive tools.
  • Mac OS.

LANGUAGES
English, Spanish (Native) and Greek (Beginners, Intermediate I)


Additional Information

Industries

  • Animation

Programme Types

  • Animation, 
  • Childrens

Specialisms

  • Art, 
  • Art History, 
  • Arts, 
  • Children's, 
  • Design, 
  • Interactive TV, 
  • Languages

Languages

  • English, 
  • Greek, 
  • Spanish

Permits

  • EU