Facial + Acting

Performance

Truly, the skill used to animate characters is acting through facial expression and animation, and the product is convincing and entertaining performance.

  • Facial rigging
  • Lip sync
  • Balanced and appealing design
  • Acting

Character

Rigging

I have technical skills, knowledge, and experience rigging 2D characters of all shapes and types—whether bipeds, quadrupeds, or other—via a vast gamut of tools across animation platforms.

  • Adobe After Effects
  • Toon Boom Harmony
  • FK/IK
  • Facial rigging
  • Limbs + appendages

stylized + Cartoony

Exaggeration

Comedic storytelling is at the heart of everything I animate. I’m heavily influenced by classic Warner Bros. cartoons and ’90’s Nickelodeon television.

  • Squash ‘n’ stretch
  • Smear frames
  • Multiples
  • Humorous storytelling
  • Exaggerated spacing
  • Comedic timing
  • Entertainment

industry standard

Process

I am experienced in all stages of production of episodic, short-form, and feature length content for streaming and broadcast entertainment.

  • Storyboards
  • Animatics
  • Layout
  • Background design
  • Character animation
  • Compositing
  • Color, rendering, editing
  • Post-production cleanup
  • Sounds design

advanced + Informed

body mechanics

Years of figure drawing and yoga instruction have given me a deeper understanding of detailed body mechanics that’s injected into all my character animation.

  • Hip tilt
  • Weight shift
  • Balance
  • Appealing arcs
  • Shoulder girdle mechanics

television, film, and commercial

entertainment

From episodic television series to feature length films, commercials, and explainer videos, I have worked across a multitude of industries providing 2D character animation services in a broad gamut of capacities.

  • Episodic
  • Feature film
  • Explainer videos
  • Commercial
  • Music videos

bottom line : I am a

one-stop shop

for all your animation needs

I am a visual communication expert, and I’ve worked for a plethora of clientele across a multitude of industries, offering a full gamut of expertise in animation processes.

Drop me a line

jonromstudio@gmail.com