THADEUS RANKIN:
Thadeus loves his craft and strives to deliver nothing but the best quality he can produce. With a background of years in advertising and an education in illustration and web design, his skills continue to grow and flourish after each project. Thadeus has many ventures in production and looks forward to sharing his passion for quality visuals with wonderful people like you.
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PROFILE
I am a highly experienced graphic designer, animator, motion, game and web designer with more than 20 years of industry experience. I am eager to grow my career by seeking innovative and creative ways to add value to your multi-media projects.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Timeless Tattoo Company
Illustrator/Graphic Designer/Animator/Social Media Assets/Shop Maintenance
Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
Composed several graphical comps for tattoo production for a variety of clientele. Created social media assets and templates for online promotion. Fixed the company logo and animating it, making it more symmetrical for social media use including targeted email campaigns as well as implementation within Giphy for universal social media use. Uploaded all completed assets using Dropbox with articulate and consistent naming conventions. Used Google Docs/Google Sheets to orchestrate workload with other team members. Engaged in client meetings and documented asset creation sheets.
• Illustrator:
- composed line work for variety of tattoo designs
- fixed company logo
- social media assets
• Animator:
- company logo for promotional use
- social media assets
• Custom Tattoo Design:
- clipped assets to create a variety of compositions
- using Procreate to compose assets
- using Photoshop and Illustrator to create additional assets
- printed line work and printed for skin transfer
• Custom Templates:
- creating templates for social media assets
- creating videos lessons for future employee use
• Client interaction:
- received notes on desired customer output
- created comps and attended staged progress meetings
- spoke to clientele over the phone for customer engagement
- ensuring customers were treated well during all attendances
- delivering items to customers when necessary
- shipping purchased items to online customers
• Social Media asset prep
• Sanitized environment daily for Covid safety protocol
• Conducted pre-screening questionnaires and pre-meeting temperature checks
• Conducted additional tasks required at a moments notice
• Immaculately punctual
Sibling Rivalry Games
Art Director/Illustrator/Animator/Marketing Strategist
Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
Provided art direction on all major projects and social media campaigns. Designed mobile app assets which include but are not limited to 2D illustrations, animations, background design, UI navigation and sprite sheets.
• App Creation
• Art Director
• Illustrator:
- character design
- background/environment artwork
- UI / menu navigational elements
- social media assets
• Animator:
- 2D character animation
- 2D background/environmental animation
- UI / menu navigational animation
- social media assets
• Sprite Asset Creation:
- discussions with dev to create streamlined assets
- preparing assets for export
- sprite sheet prep
- importing assets into Unity for dev use
• Collaborative Branding
• Social Media Asset Prep
• Collaborative Marketing Strategies / Multi-Media
• Communication with all departments / freelancers
Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI)
Volunteer Work / Creative Assistance
Dec 2013 - July 2015
Volunteered at international renowned art convention. Produced illustrative assets of the venue, seating arrangements, banners, maps and attendee paper materials. Collaborated with event holders to establish seat planning, business documentation and event coordination.
• Volunteer work to establish the “TAAFI Maarket”
• Provided ideas based on previous convention experience
• Provided creative services for downloadable content including PDFs, artwork assets and design
• Assisting at the “TAAFI Maarket” event
Hyper Happy Productions
Owner
Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Developed visual childrens novel for mobile app store. Conceptualized project from idea to fruition and provided all illustrations, animations, storyboard elements and UI. Managed the project between various team members ensuring all elements were delivered on time for execution.
• App Development
• Illustrator
- character design
- background/environment artwork
- UI/menu navigational elements
- social media assets
• Animator:
- 2D character animation
- 2D background/environmental animation
- Ui/menu navigational animation
- social media assets
• Game Development
• Collaborative Branding
• Social Media Asset Prep
• Communication with all departments / freelancers
Dashboard: Brand Communications
Art Director/Illustrator/Animator
July 2005 - Nov 2011
Worked with an advertising team to brainstorm and execute web and print media for high end clientele. After conceptual ideation, Art Direction was implemented to carry out a variety of tasks including business proposals, storyboards, digital web and print assets, social media content, illustration and animation for a wealth of award winning projects.
• Art Director
• Illustrator
- character design
- logo design
- environment design
• Animator
- 2D character animation
- Motion Graphics
• Print Design
- Business Plans
• Collaborative Brainstorming / Conceptual
• Action Script 2.0 coding
• Action Script 3.0 coding
• Storyboard Renderings
• Presentation Asset Development
• Custom Power Point presentations for new business pitches
• Banner production
Clients Include:
• ING Direct
• Toyota Canada
• Hellmann’s
• 3M Filtrete Filters
• Atlantic Lottery Corporation
• Chocolate Villa
• Home Hardware
• LCBO
• Ontario Toyota Dealers Association
• Papermate
• Vaseline
• Pirate Radio
• Smart Technologies
• Sunlife Insurance
• Dairy Farmers of Canada
• Sunlight
• Axe
• YTV
Kids Minds At Play
Lead Creative
Deliberated as Creative Lead to formulate an online world for entertainment and learning for both children and adults. All games and environments were conceived while character design, illustration, animation and coding for a workable demo was implemented. Execution of business proposal documents and pitch elements were established for investment acquisition.
• Illustrator
- character design
- character renderings
- environment design
- style guides
- custom artwork for business proposal
• Animator
- character animation
- environmental animation
• Programmer
- Project Flash Demo Programming
• Print
- Business proposal and appendix document design
• Presentation
- Custom Power Point proposal presentations
Thadeus Maximus Artworks
www.thadeusmaximus.com
Freelance Illustrator
Dec 2001 - Present
Communicating with freelance clientele to forge executable assets required for digital execution and print purposes. Illustration, animation, website design/development and game creation/execution are amongst the skill sets provided.
• Freelance Illustrator
• Website Designer/Developer
• Flash Game Creator/Developer
Clients include:
• Kayak Magazine
• Chill Magazine
• Nelvana Character Rendering
• CSO Magazine
• T.Rowe Price
• Metroland
• Dashboard: Axe Flash Game
SOFTWARE AND SKILLS
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Animate / Flash
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe ImageReady
• Adobe After Effects
• Unity
• Video Game Development
• App Development
• ActionScript Programming
• Microsoft Power Point
• Print Design
• Illustration
• Website Design
• Web Marketing
• MAC and PC
EDUCATION
Sheridan College, Oakville ON
• New Media Design
Post Graduate Certificate
2003 - 2004
Sheridan College, Oakville ON
• Advanced Illustration
Post Graduate Certificate
2002 - 2003
Sheridan College, Oakville ON
• Illustration
Diploma Certificate
1999 - 2002
Sheridan College, Oakville ON
• Continuing Education / Part-Time Courses
Background Painting
Comics and Sequential Art
Drawing 1
1998 - 1999
AWARDS
3M Filtrete Filters
• FWA award
Toyota 3D Experience – Ontario Toyota Dealers
• FWA Public Shortlist
Get a Load of Milk - Dairy Farmers of Canada
• Applied Arts Interactive Awards: Advertising
• Davery Awards Gold-Food & Beverages
• New York Festivals Certificate-Art & Craft Technique
• W3 Silver-Food & Beverage
Sunlight Every Grass Stain Tells A Story
• Awards Gold-Broadband
• Applied Arts Interactive Awards Finalist
• W3 awards: Best in Show
• London International Awards Finalist
Wrigley’s Sweeeet Shot
• Davey awards Silver-Branding
Vaseline Personalized Skin Analysis
• Applied Arts Interactive Annual
• Davey Awards Silver-Consumer Products / Services
• Digital Marketing Awards Certificate - Consumer Packaged Goods
• W3 Gold-Beauty & Cosmetics