Darcy Vorhees
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Professional Experience

Pirate School Pilot, David Engel
2009: Producer/Director/Animator/Designer- Designed, Animated, and oversaw support
crew for creation of animation for a children’s pilot.

Cincinnati Roller Girls Home Season posters, Cincinnati Roller Girls
2009: Illustrator- Created entire home season of Cincinnati Roller Girls advertising posters

Executive Pastor Survey 2009, Leadership Network
2009: Graphic Designer/Illustrator- Illustrated facts and statistics for this report on annual
trends among executive pastors.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Animated Series, Anniversary Movie, 4Kids Productions
2008: Storyboard Artist- Storyboarded 1/4 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles anniversary movie, part one

The Weekenders
2008: Director/Producer- Created 3.5 minute animated music video in Flash

FactSet Research Systems
2008: Illustrator- Created illustrations for an ad campaign pitch

Citizens Home Loans
2008: Graphic Designer- Created logo, business cards, and letterhead for loan company

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Animated Series, 4Kids Productions
2008: Storyboard Artist- Storyboarded 1/4 episode and a series of 2.5 minute interstitials for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Meridian Capstone Insurance
2008: Graphic Designer- Created logo, business card, letterhead, and envelope for insurance company

Untitled Independent Film, I Wanna Know Everyone, Inc.
2007-2008: Flash Animator/Animation Assistant- Animate and inbetween in traditional style using Flash8
2007: Background Painter- Painted backgrounds and animated backgrounds using Flash8

Woe Rings
2007: Illustrator- Created full color illustrations for line of greeting cards and gifts as well as vector line art for pewter jewelry casting

Planet of the Grapes
2007: Illustrator- Created color illustration for t-shirt

Friday the Animated Series, Nickelodeon Animation Studios
2006-2007: Flash Layout Artist- Created and assembled elements into scenes based on storyboard in order to prepare scenes for Flash animation artists. Responsibilities include putting character poses on model, improving upon or adding new character poses when necessary, importing and in some cases modifying lip sync, and occasionally designing incidental characters and props.
2006
: Flash Storyboard Revisionist- Revised storyboards/animatics in Flash according to creator, network, and S+P notes.

Planet of the Grapes
2006: Illustrator- Created full color illustration for Planet of the Grapes radio show website

Chaotic Trading Cards, 4Kids Productions
2006: Colorist- Digitally colored pre-existing line drawings for Chaotic trading cards using Photoshop.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 4Kids Productions
2005-2006: Lead Storyboard Revisionist- Checked storyboards for continuity and technical problems; Met with Supervising Director regarding issues found during the checking process; Implemented post-animatic notes from Supervising Director and Executive Producer; Implemented notes from Timers; Delegated revisions among up to three other revisionists in order to ensure timely completion of all notes.
2005-2006: Character Design, incidental characters- Assisted character design department in design of incidental characters.
2005: Freelance Storyboard Clean Up Artist- Cleaned up rough storyboards in ink and pencil
2004: Storyboard Revisionist- Implemented post-animatic notes from Supervising Director and Executive Producer; Implemented notes from Timers
2003-2004: Assistant Timer- Assisted Timing Supervisor in checking timed exposure sheets against final storyboard and rough voice track; Adjusted timing on exposure sheets according to notes from Timing Supervisor.

Super Lambert (Playhouse Disney pilot), Project X. Inc.
2005: Character, Background Designer- Worked closely with Art Director in order to design characters and backgrounds for 15 minute pilot; Created color models of character and backgrounds using Photoshop; Created five point rotations, expression sheets, and pose sheets of final character designs for use by overseas animation studio.

Lizzie McGuire books, Pharoh Films
2003-2004: Spot Illustrator- worked closely with Pharoh Films art director to create spot illustrations for interiors and covers of Lizzie McGuire and Lizzie McGuire Mysteries young adult book series.

The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Tapehouse Toons
2003: Animation Assistant- Put animators key drawings on model; Created inbetweens; Cleaned up animation drawings for live action/animated feature length film.

Various Projects, Flickerlab
2002: Flash Clean up Artist- Cleaned up rough animation drawings in flash for Cartoon Network pilot The Finkel Files
2001
: Flash Clean Up Artist- Cleaned up rough animation drawings in Flash for Cartoon Network pilot Saddle Rash

Various Projects, Dovas Animation Ltd.
2000-2002: Animation/Production Assistant- Created inbetweens, cleaned up artwork, made photocopies, checked animation against exposure sheets, delivered packages, and answered telephones for various projects including three FreeCreditReport.com commercials, Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City “Ranting Swede” segments, a Hasbro Together TV Interstitial, and an American Express Corporate Video.

Dope, Sony record label
2001: Illustrator/ Animator/ Designer- Created illustrations and animations for promotional materials for the band Dope.

Various Projects, Zapspot
2000: Animation Consultant- Created sample animation as guidelines for animators to assist in the production of downloadable computer games.

Skills
Traditional Animation, Flash Animation, Character Design, Storyboarding, Storyboard Revision, Animation Assisting, Illustration, Prop Design, Life Drawing, Painting, Caricature

Digital Skills  
Software: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Macromedia Flash, Final Cut Pro
Platforms: MAC, PC

References
Debra Solomon, Pharoh Films
Ray Kosarin, Kosarin Productions
Sarah Nesbitt, 4Kids productions

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Education
Pratt Institute: Brooklyn, New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Film Concentration: Animation
Graduated May 2001
Highest Honors