Resume

Jenny Gonzalez-Blitz

 


QUALIFICATIONS
General Illustration, Comics, Writing Computer Skills Photoshop CS, Illustrator 8.0, Director 6.0, QuarkXpress 4.0, Painter 5.0,Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Animation 3Do, some SoftImage Toonz, some Fireworks, HTML,. Traditional Animation Storyboarding, Keyframes/In-betweens, Cel Painting, Character Design, Cleanup, Layout.


WORK EXPERIENCE

ANIMATION



May 2005 -
  • ClassyBee Creations, http://www.classybee.com Storyboard artist for children's show TV pitch

  • April-May, 2000, April, 1998 freelance Children's Television Workshop, Interactive Division, 1633 Broadway, NY NY 10019 Elmo's Adventures In Space CD-Rom, freelance animator , used Adobe 3D-O. Mattel Talking Big Bird CD-ROM : Freelance animator and colorist, worked in Adobe 3 D-O.

  • September-November, 1997 and February 1998, freelance Curious Pictures, 440 Lafayette St. New York, New York, 10009 Cap'n Crunch Commercial "Taste Skeptic" February 1998 Cap'n Crunch Commercial "Dinosaur" November 1997 : Digital Ink and Paint Colorist with Soft Image Toonz.. Marco & Polo- Production artist on opening title animation; worked in cel, paper cutout, stop-motion and collage.

  • January-June 1996, internship MTV Animation, 1633 Broadway, 31st Floor, New York, New York, 10019 Beavis & Butthead- Assisted pre-production crew of the film Beavis and Butthead Do America with layout, cel painting, storyboard revision, and some character pencil tests.

  • Jan-April 1995, internship May-August 1995 freelance Vanguard Media, 132 West 21st. St. 4th Floor, New York, New York, 10011 Politically Correct Bedtime Stories CD-ROM- Character design, animation, writing, cleanup, and coloring on Photoshop. Anime Hyperguide CD-ROM- Scanning, layout, coloring, text, and cleanup. Project A-ko CD-ROM prototype- Character animation, cleanup and coloring in Photoshop.
  • CLOTHING



  • July 2001, freelance Nuyoriko, 412 E. 10th St, NY NY 10009 T shirt design for private boutique, also helped with the interior decoration

  • May 2001, freelance Anna Sui, 275 W. 39th St. 6th Floor NY NY T shirt design for Summer 2001 collection

    WEB


  • June 2005 --- PopTrash(http://www.poptrashmag.com)Contributing monthly "Too Negative" comic strip to online NYC subculture magazine.

  • June 1999-April 2001 The Comic Store.com (http://www.thecomicstore.com)artist and writer for weekly comic strip, Kronikle Komix, plus contributing writer of reviews, interviews, and articles.

  • January 1999-June 1999 staff, June - October 1999 freelance NextPlanetOver.com, 459 Broadway, 3rd Floor, NY, NY, 10013 http://www.nextplanetover.com Involved with setting up startup Web retail company, taskes, entering and checking data, alpha and beta testing. Freelanced as a reviewer, interviewer, and journalist, also writing and illustrating a weekly column about indy comics and artists.

    1999 Gurl.com (http://www.gurl.com) did comic strip for website directed at teenage girls
  • PUBLICATIONS



    SPOT ILLUSTRATION
  • The Dresden Dolls The Virginia Companion: Illustrated interpretation of the song "Mandy Goes To Med School"
  • NY Metropolis: Contributing cartoonist and illustrator
  • CUPS Magazine: Spot illustration work
  • NY Hangover: Contributing cartoonist and illustrator.
  • Visions of Freedom Trading Cards: Contributed artwork to a trading card set produced to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, an anti-censorship organization.
  • BOOKS & MAGAZINES

  • Trigger 93
  • NY Waste
  • House of 12
  • Katalogue
  • Riverwurst
  • Mauled!
  • 9-11:Emergency Relief
  • Legal Action Comics
  • Brutarian
  • World War 3 Illustrated.
  • EXHIBITIONS


    GALLERY SHOWS
  • Surreal Estate: Reading Chaos Art Exhibit
  • Exit Art: World War 3 Thirty Year Retrospective
  • CB's 313 Gallery: Terrible Toy Fair, Annual Comic & Cartoon Art Show, Legal Action Benefit
  • PS 122:"A Season In Hell" weekend installation for "Schoolhouse Roxx" series. Created an environment for performances by Jarboe, Barbez, & Mz.Pakman
  • Sztuka Fabryka (Belgium): Exhibit on art sent through mail
  • Max Fish: Annual Comic & Cartoon Art Show
  • Dollhaus Salon: Terrible Toy Fair
  • PERFORMANCE AND SPOKEN WORD

  • Reading Chaos: Read spoken word piece "Null Part 1(Me)" at literary & art event at Surreal Estate. Accompanied musically by Eric Blitz, Ken Bradburd & Brian McCorkle
  • Radio Unnameable: Read spoken word piece "The House Leader & The Sex Worker" live on Bob Fass & Bill Propp's "Radio Unnameable" program on WBAI FM. Accompanied musically by Eric Blitz & Andy Laties
  • Westbeth Art Center: Read two spoken word rants at Trigger 93 launch party, musical accompaniment by Eric Blitz & Andy Laties
  • Artist's Space(Ridge St.): Piece examining the connection between everyday mundane activity and eroticization on the part of the observer
  • Dollhaus Salon: Anti fashion show. Created and modeled costume juxtapozing expectations of the fashion industry on femininity with images of menstruation

  • EDUCATION Parson's School of Design, BFA in Illustration.

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    Email: jennydevildoll@gmail.com