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Full name
Jessica Calabro
Title
Character Designer and Visual Development Artist
Location
Currently Norwalk, CA but will be in Glendale soon
Blurb
A passionate artist who dreams of seeing her art come to life!
Biography
Hi there! I'm Jessica Calabro! I'm a Former Art Designer Casual Temp for the Disney Parks & Entertainment. I've creating animated sequences for shows, design floats, statues and more! In the past I've worked on two animated short films as a character designer, prop designer and concept artist under supervision of Disney animators Eric Goldberg and David Pruiksma. Currently looking for PA work, character/prop design and/or illustrator work. (DM for professional work port)
If you would like to contact her please e-mail her at jessicacalabroart(at)gmail(dot)com
*To see private portfolio please e-mail for url and password
Thank you for your time!
Experience
Art Design CT
Disney Parks Experiences and Consumer Products
Artist on call helping design floats, decorations, storyboards, hand drawn animation and cg animation for upcoming shows and more for D23, Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Shanghai Disney, Hong Kong and Paris!
Art Design Intern
Disney Parks Experiences and Consumer Products
Art Design Intern helping design floats, decorations, storyboards, hand drawn animation and cg animation for upcoming shows and more for D23, Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Shanghai Disney, Hong Kong and Paris!
Concept Artist, Prop Designer and Animator
Laguna College of Art and Design
. Eric Goldberg selected 14 students for his Summer 2018 Master Class and I’m one of them! I was one if the environment designers, prop designers, assistant character designer and animators on the project.
Character Designerand Animator
Laguna College of Art and Design
I was one of the character designers in our group film “Magic Goldberg” and also helped out with animation and clean up! The film is currently in the LAFF festival.
Art Teacher in Child Care
California Family Fitness
Provided all art materials and supplies, taught kids how to make different kinds of art, designed promotional posters for events, organized events, created new activities and games
Education
Bachelors in Animation
Laguna College of Art and Design
Associates in Fine Arts
American River College
Awards
| 2017 |
D23 Expo Design Challenge Finalist
, Walt Disney Company
Out of thousands only 23 entries were selected and won for the Disney’s D23 Expo Design Art Challenge Expo 2017. The panel of judges for the |
Skills
Character Design, 2-D Animation, CG Animation, Illustrator, Prop Designer, Environment Development Artist, Background Painting, Traditional Media painter, Clay Sculptor, Maya, Z-brush, Photoshop, TV Paint, Adobe Premiere, Flipbook Pro, Corel Painter, Self-Motivation, Team player, Multi-task