EMPLOYMENT

Lead Artist / Animator 2011 - Present
City State Entertainment, LLC - Fairfax, VA

Responsibilities Include:
• Leading the art team to conceptualize, create, critique, and implement game assets and animation.
• Maintaining project scheduling, organization, and archiving.
• Character rigging, animation, and animation re-targeting.
• Prototype and document asset creation methods for production.
• Develop concept art, storyboards, and cinematic trailers.
• Create 2D and 3D motion graphics and animated logos. 
• Film and edit promotional highlight, interview, and update videos for social media and convention events.

Games:

Camelot Unchained (Alpha release): PC, 2013
Raised $2.65 million on crowd-funding platform Kickstarter.com
• Prototyped locomotion and combat animation systems. 
• Spearheaded character art assembly for armor and character customization. 
• Authored a monthly newsletter article relaying the progress of the art team to over 24,000 project backers.

March on Oz (Shipped): iOS mobile, 2012
• Animated 50+ characters
• Character concept design
• UI design and final icon art
• Level layout using the Unity Engine

Lead Animator 2003 - 2011
NetSmartz Workshop - A Division of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - Alexandria, VA    

Responsibilities Included: 

• Led a successful team through all development phases of producing 2D and 3D character animated media. Clients and sponsors included the Boys and Girls Club of America, Sprint, Yahoo, Canon, and Disney’s Club Penguin.

• Prioritized and assigned all animation production tasks and regularly informed management of production progress.

• Digital Puppeteer: Operated Clicky Live, a trigger animated 3D character via AutoDesk MotionBuilder that interacts with the public in real-time for on-site school assemblies, ceremonies, and web streaming events. 

• Motion Capture Assistant: Captured and cleaned up magnetic motion-capture data to create an animation  asset library to speed up the production process.

Selected Production Releases:

The Safe Side - Internet Safety (2006 Sony Pictures) DVD, 30 minutes
Julie Clark, founder of The Baby Einstein Company with John Walsh, host of America’s Most Wanted
NetSmartzKids - Router’s Birthday Surprise (2010 NCMEC) DVD, 30 minutes  
KidSmartz - No & Go! (2011 NCMEC) Web, Pilot episode

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, GA 2000 - 2002
Major: Computer Art, 3D Character Animation
BFA, Summa Cum Laude 3.87 G.P.A 

Virginia Commonwealth University -  Richmond, VA
1998 - 2000
Major: Computer Art, Kinetic Imagery

Disney Institute - Orlando, FL
Professional Development
• 2D Animation Workshop (1998, 2000)
• Stop-Motion Animation Workshop (1998)

SELECTED AWARDS / CERTIFICATIONS

• ToonBoom Harmony Certifications (2007, 2009)

• Alias/Wavefront Maya Certified in Character Animation (2002)

• Art Scholarship: Marian Edna Effing $10,000 Savannah College of Art and Design

• Eagle Scout - Boy Scouts of America

Scott Trolan 

Team Lead / Digital Animator / Artist

ABOUT

Thirteen years of production experience, over half of which has been accrued as Team Lead Artist & Animator. Successfully guided teams through all phases of production to create digital 2D and 3D animated media for the non-profit education and video game industries. Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.

PROFICIENCIES

Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere, Flash, Encore, Audition
3D Studio Max, Maya, MotionBuilder, MudBox
Element 3D
Cinema 4D
ToonBoom Harmony, Storybook Pro