Gabriel Choquette
gabe_cartoon@hotmail.com
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OBJECTIVE
To deliver the client's vision in graphic, illustration or animation form, with the highest quality and attention to detail as possible.
WORK EXPERIENCE
October 2018 to Present
Herzing College Ottawa
Position: 2D Animation Professor
October 2016 to October 2018
Mercury Filmworks
Position: Character animator for Disney’s Lion Guard TV Show
February 2016 to present
Self-Employed
Position: Freelance Artist
May 2015 to February 2016
Canada Science and Technology Museum (Contract)
Position: Illustrator & Graphic Designer
January 2015 to May 2015
Self-Employed
Position: Freelance Artist
November 2013–January 2015
Mercury Filmworks
Position: FX Animator
May 2003–Novembre 2013
Centre franco-ontarien de ressources pédagogiques
Position: Flash Animator
April 2003–May 2003
Funbag Cartoons
Position: Background artist
December 2002–April 2003
Hemera Technologies
Position: Digital Imaging Specialist
January 2001–December 2002
Pip Animation
Position: Digital Ink and Painter
EDUCATION
August 2016–September 2016
Algonquin College
Advanced Animation
September 2005–December 2005
Algonquin College
Introduction to 3D animation (part-time) 3D Studio Max
September 1998–April 2001
Algonquin College
Animation television (Diploma)
August 1998–September 1998
Algonquin College
Pre-animation (part-time)
January 1997–September 1998
Ottawa School of Art
Classes in: Life drawing, Perspective drawing, Anatomy, Cartooning
September 1993–June 1997
École Secondaire Garneau
Grade 12 Diploma
PUBLISHED WORK
Myriam la dévoreuse de livres (children's book, ages 7 to 12)
Writer: Lisette Brochu
Publishing house: Vermillon
Elementary Safety Book for Young Children
(10,000$ grand prize winner in 2004)
Publishing house: Regional Maple Leaf Communications Inc.
The Adventures of Stay Safe Koko and Company
Eastern Ontario Health Unit (2007)
A 20-minute animated video on injury prevention for children from 3 to 5 years of age
Storyboards, characters and backgrounds
(Paper and pencil, inks, Adobe Illustrator)
Le génie de Jessie
Writer: Alberte Villeneuve-Sinclair
Publishing house: B
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Placed in the top 10 artists in Canada for the Ben Wicks Award four times since the contest began in 2000
• Placed first and received the $10,000 grand prize for the Ben Wicks Elementary Safety Book for Young Children in 2004. The book was distributed across Canada and in parts of the United States (regionalmapleleaf.com/news/ben…).
• Obtained first aid certification
• Attended two-day Pixar Animation master class in Montreal in 2011
FAVORITE TOOLS
OTHER
5th degree black belt and head instructor at Choquette Taekwon-Do since 2009.