Mike Gilbert

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Hi, I’m Mike Gilbert, a multidisciplinary 2D layout artist with 20 years of broadcast animation experience spanning content for young viewers and mature audiences.

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Hi, I’m Mike Gilbert, a multidisciplinary 2D layout artist with 20 years of broadcast animation experience spanning content for young viewers and mature audiences. I bring a solid foundation in layout design, background paint, character design, and hands-on supervision to ensure cohesive visuals and efficient pipelines. I thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy guiding teams from rough concepts to production-ready assets.

I’ve worked on high-volume television pipelines delivering to network, web, and streaming platforms, and I’m skilled at maintaining model and perspective consistency while meeting tight deadlines. I’m comfortable designing props, a variety of assets, and animation sequences, and I continuously seek ways to improve process and quality in every project.

  • 5 years' experience
  • Joined November 2024

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Gaming
  • Software & Internet

Work experience· 4 roles

Layout Artist · Super Team Canada / Atomic Cartoons / CraveJan 2025 – Dec 2026 · 2 yrs

Produced production-ready layout files from rough to colour; Created key layouts and guides for junior layout team; Maintained model and perspective consistency; Occasional prop and character asset creation.

Layout Artist · Awesome, Inc. (Ren & Stimpy)Jan 2023 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr

Ren & Stimpy project: Created comedic layouts from rough to colour stage; Designed custom fonts, titles and gross-out layouts; Adjusted layouts to revision callouts; Team collaboration (2 artists per episode).

Layout Artist · Bardel Entertainment (Carol & the End of the World)Jan 2022 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr

Carol & the End of the World: Created layout animations (doors, windows, etc); Adjusted revision callouts and reworked problematic assets; Consolidation of approved layouts and uploaded to Harmony; Occasional character Harmony rig building.

Layout Artist · Bardel EntertainmentJan 2020 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs

Education· 7

2D animation · Vancouver Film School2003 – 2004

☆ Diploma

3D Animation · Vancouver Film Schoool2004 – 2005

☆ Diploma

Fine Arts · Kwantlen Polytechnic University2001 – 2002
Diploma · Vancouver Film School (VFS)2030 – 2026

Certifications and awards· 8

Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design2030 – 2026
Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate2030 – 2026
Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes2030 – 2026
Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts2030 – 2026

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