Hi, I'm Dan Terao, a budding animator based in Seatac, United States. I love bringing scenes to life through key animation, clean-ups, and storyboarding. I've collaborated on projects like Giants and Gnomes and Port Of Seattle, focusing on color, layout, and watercolor background art. I'm currently finishing high school and sharpening my skills in animation, aiming to turn ideas into visuals and contribute to creative teams on upcoming productions.…

Dan Terao

Hi, I'm Dan Terao, a budding animator based in Seatac, United States. I love bringing scenes to life through key animation, clean-ups, and storyboarding. I've collaborated on projects like Giants and Gnomes and Port Of Seattle, focusing on color, layout, and watercolor background art. I'm currently finishing high school and sharpening my skills in animation, aiming to turn ideas into visuals and contribute to creative teams on upcoming productions.…

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Hi, I’m Dan Terao, a budding animator based in Seatac, United States. I love bringing scenes to life through key animation, clean-ups, and storyboarding. I’ve collaborated on projects like Giants and Gnomes and Port Of Seattle, focusing on color, layout, and watercolor background art.

I’m currently finishing high school and sharpening my skills in animation, aiming to turn ideas into visuals and contribute to creative teams on upcoming productions.

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Language

Japanese
Intermediate
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Key Animator at Giants and Gnomes
May 10, 2025 - June 7, 2025
Key animation, clean-ups, coloring, and revisions
Storyboard Artist at Port Of Seattle
March 1, 2025 - March 1, 2025
Storyboarding, animation roughs, clean ups for animation, watercolor background art
Layout Artist at PSSC Animations
June 1, 2025 - June 1, 2025
Layout, storyboard, shading, highlights

Education

High School Diploma at Highline High School
February 1, 2021 - June 1, 2025

Qualifications

3D animation degree
January 11, 2030 - December 14, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Software & Internet, Other
    paper SEA Airport work

    while I was in a program called pssc some people from the social side of SEA airport came over and asked for ads from us, I made a 2d animation in charge of everything, revising my own stuff, own backgrounds and of course animation