My name is Christopher (Chris) Doke. I graduated from Seneca college in 2021, my college education placed a heavy emphasis on solid drawing principles and 2D animation. In addition to animation I also excelled at layout and location design.I have worked a variety of jobs over my time in the industry. On my first production “Best and Bester” at Nelvana I started out as an animation revisionist fixing the animation of others and making revisions based on producer feedback. I was quickly promoted to full on animator after a month on board. I have good time management skills and always finished my quota on time or earlier allowing me to take on extra work. In addition to animation I have also worked in other departments as well. While working at Taqqut Productions on a yet to be released show I was able to work on Layouts and Storyboards. While working on layouts I helped to create the look of the backgrounds. The show did not have a proper style guide, only previous layouts from the pilot. I helped to create backgrounds of the tundra in various seasons in a style similar to a children’s storybook. I also used the backgrounds to help give the characters personality and depth.The studio was also impressed with my storyboards. After boarding for short game segments I was put on as a board artist for the main story segments. My time in the industry has been exhilarating. I have gotten to experience much in a short time. I have loved every minute of it and I am excited to experience even more. I hope we can work together to make something incredible. Thank you for your time -Chris Doke

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My name is Christopher (Chris) Doke. I graduated from Seneca college in 2021, my college education placed a heavy emphasis on solid drawing principles and 2D animation. In addition to animation I also excelled at layout and location design.I have worked a variety of jobs over my time in the industry. On my first production “Best and Bester” at Nelvana I started out as an animation revisionist fixing the animation of others and making revisions based on producer feedback. I was quickly promoted to full on animator after a month on board. I have good time management skills and always finished my quota on time or earlier allowing me to take on extra work. In addition to animation I have also worked in other departments as well. While working at Taqqut Productions on a yet to be released show I was able to work on Layouts and Storyboards. While working on layouts I helped to create the look of the backgrounds. The show did not have a proper style guide, only previous layouts from the pilot. I helped to create backgrounds of the tundra in various seasons in a style similar to a children’s storybook. I also used the backgrounds to help give the characters personality and depth.The studio was also impressed with my storyboards. After boarding for short game segments I was put on as a board artist for the main story segments. My time in the industry has been exhilarating. I have gotten to experience much in a short time. I have loved every minute of it and I am excited to experience even more. I hope we can work together to make something incredible. Thank you for your time -Chris Doke

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My name is Christopher (Chris) Doke. I graduated from Seneca college in 2021, my college
education placed a heavy emphasis on solid drawing principles and 2D animation. In addition to animation I also excelled at layout and location design.I have worked a variety of jobs over my time in the industry.

On my first production “Best and Bester” at Nelvana I started out as an animation revisionist fixing the animation of others and making revisions based on producer feedback. I was quickly promoted to full on animator after a month on board. I have good time management skills and always finished my quota on time or earlier allowing me to take on extra work.

In addition to animation I have also worked in other departments as well. While working at
Taqqut Productions on a yet to be released show I was able to work on Layouts and
Storyboards. While working on layouts I helped to create the look of the backgrounds. The show
did not have a proper style guide, only previous layouts from the pilot. I helped to create
backgrounds of the tundra in various seasons in a style similar to a children’s storybook. I also
used the backgrounds to help give the characters personality and depth.The studio was also impressed with my storyboards. After boarding for short game segments I was put on as a board artist for the main story segments.

My time in the industry has been exhilarating. I have gotten to experience much in a short time. I
have loved every minute of it and I am excited to experience even more.
I hope we can work together to make something incredible.

Thank you for your time
-Chris Doke

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Skills

Toon Boom Harmony
Ca
Cartoon
Adobe Photoshop
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro
2D
2D Animation
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Experience Level

Toon Boom Harmony
Intermediate
Cartoon
Intermediate
Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro
Intermediate
2D Animation
Intermediate
Illustration
Intermediate
Pencil Illustration
Intermediate
3D Animation
Beginner

Language

English
Fluent

Education

Advanced Diploma at Seneca college
January 17, 2018 - April 23, 2021
Learned animation, specifically 2D at Seneca College
Workshop completion at ianimate
October 2, 2023 - September 27, 2024
learned 3D animation in Maya

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    uniE608 2D Demo reel
    This is a collection of Character animation I did while working on "Best and Bester" at Nelvana