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Hey there, my name is Wayne Degen. I am a freelance Comic Illustrator and Animator stationed in Maryland, USA (mostly remote). My core strengths are primarily in anything that involves cartoon shenanigans with squash and stretch galore! If it's got a funny face, then I got a happy one!
Thank you for taking a gander at this site and I hope you consider me for future employment!
Education
School Of The Art Institute of Chicago
August 2018 - May 2022 (Graduation With BFA)
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Comic Illustration - Figure Drawing/Auto-Biographical/Advanced Narrative
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Animation - Traditional/Digital Animation Courses (focus on character animation and technical skills)
WORK
HISTORY
EDDSWORLD (FREELANCE), London, United Kingdom - Animation/Comic and Social Illustration/Character Design
JANUARY 2021 - JUNE 2023
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Illustration of social media posts.
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Illustration for 3-4 panel comedic comic issues and collaborative management.
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Merchandise Design.
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Animation, Clean-up, Story-boarding, and Illustration for narrative episodes of the webtoon EDDSWORLD.
TEAM-AMAAZING (REMOTE), Australia - Character Animation
AUGUST 2021 - JUNE 2022
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Animation (Rig-Based, Clean-up, Inbetweens) for TheAMaazing webtoons.
FNews (FREELANCE), Chicago, IL- Comic Illustrator
OCTOBER 2018 - MAY 2022
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Comic Illustration of independent works (both digital and traditional).
SKILL SET
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Traditional and Digital Illustration/Clean-up - (Krita, Clip Studio Paint, Art Studio Pro, Photoshop)
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Character Design - (Rotation/Expression Sheets)
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Comic Illustration - (Traditional Inking/Clean-up, Digital Clean-up, Panel Layout, Coloring)
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Story-boarding - (Adobe Animate, Krita)
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Video Editing - (Adobe Premiere, After Effects)
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2D Animation - (Adobe Animate, Photoshop, After Effects, Krita)