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jeff merghart
visual development,character design, animator
san diego, United States

Summary

I live with my beautiful Wife and two Daughters in San Diego CA . I’m a Lead Character Designer, Concept Artist and Senior Animator and I currently work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. I also collaborate and freelance within the animation, video game and art world.

I started my career as an animator on An American Tail with Don Bluth-Sullivan Studios and have been professionally animating, character designing, concepting, boarding, layouting, directing, teaching, speaking, learning and loving my craft ever since.

Specialties: keeping the peace, digging holes, moving large/heavy objects, taking care of my lovely family and eating ...stuff.

Skills

Visual DevelopmentCharacter DesignConcept Art2D Animation3D AnimationStoryboardingArt Direction

Software proficiency

Manga Studio
Manga Studio
Maya
Maya
Photoshop
Photoshop
Jira
Jira

Productions

    • Movie
      Wreck It Ralph 2
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Character Designer, visual development
    • Company
      Walt Disney Animation Studios
    • Video Game
      Wildstar Online
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      Lead Concept Artist
    • Company
      NCSoft/Carbine Studios

Experience

  • visual development- character design at Walt Disney Feature Animation
    Burbank, Ca, United States of America
    September 2016 - Present