Morrisa Stanfield Sherman

Objective: Obtain a position as a 2D animator and artist

• Imaginative figure and facial artist, able to design and animate expressive characters
• Technically accomplished in illustrative craft, both traditional and electronic media
• Facile with Autodesk Animator Pro, Deluxe Paint, Photoshop, Fractal Design Painter, HTML
• Good Sense of motion and cartoon humor. Influences, Dr. Seuss, Terry Gilliam, and Tex Avery

• Bachelor of Arts: Practice of Fine Art from the University of California at Berkeley, Cum Laude:
• Art History:
  Prehistoric, Western, Byzantine, Asian, Narrative Illustration, Contemporary
• Practice:
  Painting, Intaglio, etching, Illustration, Life drawing, Dynamic motion, Woodcarving
• Bachelor of Arts: English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley, Cum Laude:
• Literature:
  Classics, Renaissance, Romantic, International, Children's Literature, Modern
• Communications:
  Composition, Narrative, Expository, English as a Second Language

• Senior Multimedia Designer, Automation Consultants Group, San Francisco, CA, 1995--
• Contract Artist: Content Animator/QA Usability Tester for Autodesk Animator Studio, 1995
• Library Assistant, Autodesk Tech Library, Sausalito, CA, 1992-1994
• Volunteer Bird Attendant, Marin Wildlife Center, San Rafael, CA, 1994
• Storyteller, Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Blackpoint Forest, CA, 1993
• Administrative Assistant/Editor/Presentation Animator, Autodesk Product Support, 1990-1992
• Contract Artist: Boardgame Prototype Designer, "Spotlight," publication pending
• Contract Artist: Animator, The Grateful Dead's 1990 Tour
• English Instructor for Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, 1988-1989
• Professional Lecture Notetaker, Black Lightning, UC Berkeley, 1987-1989
• Camp Counselor, Camp Kee Tov, Berkeley, CA, 1987
• Bas Relief Woodcarver, Whittler's Mother carousel-horse shop, Pier 39, San Francisco, CA 1986
• Ceramist, Star Doll Inc., Benicia, CA, 1984-1985
• Illustrator, The World Connection and Megabucks From Your Microcomputer, Howard Sams, 1983
(Hey, I just drew the cartoons; I didn't name them!)
• Archaeological Technician, Tel Grisa (Bronze-Age dig), Ramat Gan, Israel, 1983

• Versatile polyglot, familiar with Spanish, Russian, Chinese, German, and Hebrew
• Fluid reader with a clear voice (and several cartoony voices), useful for soundtracks