Tara Donovan

Background

About Tara Donovan

Hello! I’m a fully-remote Canadian Senior Animator and Supervisor with extensive experience collaborating on high-end VFX and Animation with globally-dispersed teams. I’ve spent many years helping companies like Framestore, ScanlineVFX, Method, MPC, and Rodeo FX deliver photo-real VFX on projects with a wide variety of mandates: realistic creatures, famous actors' face replacements, digi-doubles escaping in vehicles, flying around in complex props and scary monsters running amok. With my teams I seek out fresh ideas and adapt to changing technology to meet our creative challenges. Management & Communication Skills: Cross-discipline team collaboration, Mentoring and team development, Client communication, Team building, Supervising globally-dispersed teams, Training curriculum development and documentation Creative & Technical Skills: Animation supervision (2D & 3D), High-end VFX creation, Performance animation (creature, vehicle, character, and facial animation), Directing, Animation directing, Character animation (cartoony, realistic, photo-realistic), Creature performance (mechanical and human biomechanics), Digital painting, Drawing (2D & 3D), Classical animation (feature films, TV series, commercials), Mocap direction and editing, Maya, 3DSMax, Motionbuilder Related Skills: Powerlifting, Gymnastics, Stage Combat, Improv, French, Music, Teaching, NASM-Certified Personal Trainer, PN1 Nutrition Coach, YogaFit L1 Instructor Demo Reel: https://vimeo.com/taranimator/demoreel2024 Resume: https://bit.ly/Tara2025 Art Station: Blog: Facebook Group: