Peter Sorensen
I love creating. Animating, programming, building gadgets... name it and I want to learn everything I can about it and make some cool stuff with it. I value quality, integrity, and intelligent planning. I strive to constantly improve myself and my skill-set. I'm a storyteller at heart - chock full of ridiculous anecdotes and ready to discuss pop culture for hours. Someday I want to make something that is just absolute magic.
Austin, US • (512) 200-6636
[email protected]
Animation Experience
Lead 2D Animator - "X-Ray and Vav" 2014 - 2016
Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. An American production company located in Austin, TX and known for their popular web-series "Red vs Blue" and "RWBY".
- 2D Puppet Animation, "X-Ray and Vav" - character, prop, vfx, and background animation, some hand-drawn animation for key scenes and action shots
- Coordinated and worked alongside a team of 5-7 animators over two seasons, working closely with the Director, Art Director, Producer, and Production Coordinator to establish and maintain deadlines, schedule and oversee batch rendering sessions, script breakdowns, update project tracking software, establish standardized templates and output formats, identify production bottlenecks and correct them, and employee training.
- Often filled a variety of other artist and mentor roles in the company as needed and assisted animators in both 2D and 3D departments
- Creation of art assets (originally in Adobe Flash, later made in ToonBoom Harmony)
- Character builds / rigging - character master files, some scripting
- Post-production, composition, color correction, and special effects in Adobe After Effects
- Motion graphics animator for the 2D series "RWBY: World of Remnant" (Flash / ToonBoom / After Effects)
- Compositing/effects on shots for the 3D animated series "Red vs Blue" (After Effects / ToonBoom)
Intro Animation
Excerpts
"Now Finish Him!"
Lead Animator - Spill.com 2009 - 2014
Hollywood.com, LLC. Austin, TX based film review and entertainment website known for weekly film review podcasts and their annual convention, Spill Dot Con. Now defunct.
- 2D Puppet Animation, Flash / After Effects
- Animation of weekly film review podcasts, sometimes under extreme deadlines.
- Began as an animator and eventually worked my way up to lead animator of a small team of 3-5 animators, working with the site creator and show hosts.
- Creation of art assets for reviews including backgrounds, props, and tertiary characters
- Motion-tracking, background replacement, and compositing 2D characters into live action video
- Post-production, composition, color correction, and special effects in Adobe After Effects
- Creation of shot lists and rough timing breakdowns, coordinating with our animators and production assistant
- Head Writer and Community Mod. Responsible for 75% of the site's news coverage and written editorials from 2012-2013.
- Front End Web Development. I designed and built sections of the site including annual live-stream event pages for the site's Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and national convention coverage and improved the site's mobile compatibility.
Spill Reel
Reel #2
Skills
2D Animation
ToonBoom Harmony - Pro
Adobe Flash / Animate - Advanced
Adobe After Effects - Advanced
TVPaint - Rookie
3D Animation
Blender - Intermediate
3ds Max - Mid-Level
Maya - Rookie
Boujou / Syntheyes / Tracking - Mid-Level
2D Art
Adobe Photoshop - Advanced
Adobe Illustrator - Experienced
Alias Sketchbook Pro - Pro
Production / Organization
Shotgun / Asana / Instagantt - Experienced
Trello / Basecamp - Mid-Level
Confluence / JIRA / Basecamp - Rookie
Front End / Scripting
HTML / CSS / SASS / LESS - Pro
Javascript / jQuery - Intermediate
Git / SVN / Perforce - Mid-Level
PHP - Intermediate
Actionscript 2/3 - Experienced
Editing / Other
Adobe Premiere / Media Encoder - Pro
Adobe Audition - Experienced
Adobe InDesign - Mid-Level
TVPaint - Experienced
Aware→ Beginner→ Rookie→ Mid-Level→ Intermediate→ Experienced→ Advanced→ Pro
Testimonial
"His eye for design and detail, willingness to help anyone in the organization, and stellar work ethic are appreciated by all with whom he works... I would absolutely work with him again!"
Deanna Nelson, Manager
