Diverse set of design and communication capabilities. Digital asset creation and multimedia design. Motion graphics specialty focused on efficient rigging processes. Keen interest in 2D animation.…

Mark Parenteau

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Diverse set of design and communication capabilities. Digital asset creation and multimedia design. Motion graphics specialty focused on efficient rigging processes. Keen interest in 2D animation.…

Available to hire

Diverse set of design and communication capabilities. Digital asset creation and multimedia design.
Motion graphics specialty focused on efficient rigging processes. Keen interest in 2D animation.

Language

English
Fluent
French
Intermediate

Work Experience

Digital Artist and Motion Graphics Artist at Canadian Tire Corporation
March 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024
Contract position. Responsibility include layout, design and production for social media video ads, DOOH projects, Digital Displays and static assets • Work within collaborative team environment while independently managing projects • Engineering After Effects templates • Application of stringent brand guidelines • Provided independent solutions • Digitally deliver a multitude of assets and collaborate via project management portal for additional requests.
Senior studio/motion graphics artist at FCB Toronto
February 28, 2021 - November 29, 2024
Part-time contract position. Execution of a wide variety of digital assets for social/online advertising and DOOH channels. • Work fluidly within the team structure • Follow Studio 456 (FCB studio) process and communicate clearly remotely • Production of a wide variety of digital animated social and DOOH assets, static components and Flexitive banner ads • Miscellaneous motion graphics assignments • Digital deliver and proof assets • Take briefs and offer suggestions that are motion graphics significant • Attention to detail and observance of brand guidelines across numerous brands Brands worked on include: Bank of Montreal, Sobey’s, Air Canada, TD Aeroplan, The Home Depot, Hershey’s, OLG and others.
Proprietor – Freelance digital artist and animator at Red Horse Interactive
November 1, 2002 - Present
Proprietor – Freelance and contract digital/multimedia, motion graphics artist and animator. DOOH content, social ads, video presentations/promotions, animated stories and animated shorts. • Work with agency creative teams and digital producers or client directly • Follow creative direction and work from supplied creative and contribute accordingly • Motion design, VFX and digital asset production • 2d character animation and illustration • HTML 5 banners ads

Education

College diploma at George Brown College
May 6, 1987 - September 30, 1990
Graphic Design program. Graduated with honours.

Qualifications

Toon Boom Harmony 20 Premium Online Training
March 6, 2021 - March 21, 2021
Advanced Rigging Course

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    uniE608 Miscellaneous edits from digital presentation
    Assorted clips from longer presentations, with some simple characters added in. Working from creative director assets in most cases.…
    uniE608 Hand-drawn fun
    Some quick sketches of hand-drawn, though I tend towards rigging for time's sake, since tying down, in-betweening etc. is pretty time demanding. Of course working from my own very detailed character designs, stemming from my base artistic vision are a distraction sometimes, as well. I look forward to working up client concepts for either method rig, hand-drawn and/or hybrid techniques. Watch until the end where one of my rigged designs, Teena Terror, gets drawn-out for a little coloured sequence with a second pass of line-work.…
    paper Teena Terror and Tank Holiday Greeting - Feliz Nadoodleda - ToonBoom animation

    Teena and Tank are rigged and animatedin Toon Boom Harmony, Composited in After Effects and
    Conceptualized, Designed, Storied, Acted by myself. Backgrounds and miscellaneous storyboarding also done by myself.

    I have used them to test robust rigging principles in Toon Boom across a few pieces. They are fun-loving characters who’s personalities that are a combination of metal/goths and competitive dance divas.

    I used ElevenLabs’ on Teena’s voice, so I was able to keep the tone and get a voice close to what I had envisioned.

    This is a conceptual/promotional project that demonstrates an overall concept to final creative process inclusively.

    uniE608 Teena Terror and Dancing Tank in "Free Squiddy"
    This is a development project featuring these 2 characters rigged in Toon Boom Harmony. I wanted to work with Harmony because it is considered top of class in 2D animation. The entire sequence from rigging and animating to storyboards, writing and even some voice acting were carried out by myself for this. I used ElevenLabs' on Teena's voice, so I was able to keep the tone and get a voice close to what I had envisioned. Teena Terror and (Dancing) Tank fun-loving characters who's personalities that are a combination of metal/goths and competitive dance divas. animator…
    paper Teena and Tank Characters Podcast Parody - Toon Boom Character Animation

    Teena and Tank are rigged and animated in Toon Boom Harmony and composited in After Effects.
    They are Conceptualized, Designed, Written, Voice-Acted by myself. Backgrounds and miscellaneous storyboarding, Prop-design are also done by myself. Enjoying a bit of a loose style on some of the props, I opted to keep them that way due to the playful nature of this concept/project.

    I have used them to test robust rigging principles in Toon Boom across a few pieces. They are fun-loving characters who’s personalities that are a combination of metal/goths and competitive dance divas.

    Focusing on the lip-sync and head design (aka. rigging) testing emotional response of the characters here. I am pretty satisfied with the results.

    I used ElevenLabs’ on Teena’s voice, so I was able to keep the tone and get a voice close to what I had envisioned.

    This is a conceptual/promotional project that demonstrates an overall concept to final creative process inclusively.

    uniE608 Teena Terror and (Dancing) Tank Dance To "The Twist" by Chubby Checker – Toon Boom Animation
    This project was one of the first overall presentations of Teena and Tank, conceptualized to test the fluidity of motion in the character "rigs", as well as test the capacity of expressions and acting ability of the characters. I scripted the story line and did the choreography / animated the dance moves using a combination of key frame tweening and straight ahead. I think the big test to the rig design for me was to have the 2 characters intertwine in z depth in a detailed compilation of poses adding up to this 40 second performance, culminating in a little bit of acting/interplay between the characters. The character animation was imported into After Effects where a quick background where the particle system plug-in Stardust was used to create the dry-ice and disco light effects. animator…
    uniE608 Dancing Duo of Teena Terror and Tank Dance to Tutti Frutti.
    These characters were designed and rigged in Toon Boom Harmony. The intention was to push the poses of the characters and the rig and achieve a light-hearted, humorous animated piece. The characters are a fictitious dance pair who will become stand alone characters in their own right. Also presenting some acting and expressiveness, but lip-synching happens in subsequent examples of the characters' performanace. The background was done in After Effects using Superliminal's Stardust particle system plug-in. animator…
    paper Posing Teena Terror – "Crickets" , Toon Boom animation

    Teena Terror, Dance Diva and Food Critic

    Moving the Teena Terror into some character development and articulate posing.

    Another in the series of Teena Terror content. Tasks involved are everything from concept to rig creation, animation and compositing.

    The theme of crickets is simply random, tongue in cheek script I came up with to showcase Teena’s “Diva” personality.