Patrick Josef Dene

 

SELECT FULL TIME ANIMATION WORK 

 

KLASKYCSUPO, INC. - Development Department

            Development Artist ~ Worked directly under Owners and Art Directors on creating new character design styles for pitches and possible future properties. 

 

 

"THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE" - Feature Film

KLASKY CSUPO, INC. / NICKELODEON MOVIES / PARAMOUNT PICTURES

           Lead Character Designer ~ Revised main characters ( voiced by Tim Curry, Lacey Chabert, Jodi Carlisle, Dannielle Harris, Tom Kane and Flea ) for new feature model pack.

Contributed to, and collaborated on, designing a number of animal characters as well as the human characters voiced by Rupert Everett, Marisa Tomei and Lynn Redgrave. 

 

 

"AS TOLD BY GINGER" - Television Series

KLASKY CSUPO, INC. / NICKELODEON

           Character Design Supervisor ~ Helped launch new series. Responsible to the Creative Director and Art Director for keeping entire Character Design Department stylistically consistent.

 

 

"THE WILD THORNBERRYS" - Television Series

KLASKY CSUPO, INC. / NICKELODEON

          Character Design Supervisor ~ Responsible for breaking down storyboards,  being engaged in design meetings, training and developing character designers and meeting production shipping deadlines.

Some highlights included contributing to, and collaborating on, characters voiced by Jane Goodall, Betty White and Edward Asner.  Designing a killer whale was personally very rewarding.

 

 

"RUGRATS" - Television Series

KLASKY CSUPO, INC. / NICKELODEON

          Character Designer ~ Worked closely with the "Rugrats" Character Design Supervisor to ensure stylistic continuity when our crew inherited a small number of episodes.

 

 

· SELECT FREELANCE ANIMATION WORK ·

 

"CURIOUS GEORGE" - Television Series

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FAMILY PRODUCTIONS / IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT / WGBH / PBS KIDS

          Character Designer ~ Model pack work as well as  incidental characters.

 

 

"BEWITCHED" - Live Action Feature Film

PICTURE MILL / COLUMBIA PICTURES with RED WAGON ENTERTAINMENT

      Character Designer ~ Collaborated on, and contributed to, the main character design likenesses of Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell for the animated sequence within the live action feature.

 

 

"DILBERT" - Television Series

ADELAIDE PRODUCTIONS / IDBOX / UNITED MEDIA / COLUMBIA TRISTAR TELEVISION

          Character Designer ~ Costume work and incidental characters.

 

 

"CATDOG" - "Fetch" Theatrical Short 

NICKTOONS

Character Layout Artist ~ Character layout clean up work.

 

 

· SOME RELATED EXPERIENCES AND CLASSES ·

 

 

~ COLLABORATED ON, AND CONTRIBUTED TO, CHARACTER DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE COVERS OF VARIETY, ANIMATION MAGAZINE AND NICKELODEON MAGAZINE.

 

~ CHARACTER DESIGN PANEL MEMBER AT A COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO.

 

~ COLLABORATED ON, AND CONTRIBUTED TO, CHARACTER ILLUSTRATIONS ON CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR SIMON & SCHUSTER PUBLISHING'S SIMON SPOTLIGHT.

 

~ SENT TO  NICKELODEON CORPORATE OFFICE IN NEW YORK TO FAMILIARIZE PRODUCT ARTISTS WITH THE "AS TOLD BY GINGER" CHARACTER DESIGN STYLE.

 

· RICHARD WILLIAMS ~ ANIMATION CLASS

 

· ART INSTRUCTION SCHOOLS ~ FUNDAMENTALS OF ART CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

 

· SANTA MONICA COLLEGE ~ BEGINNING THEATER

 

· HOWARD FINE ACTING STUDIO ~ BEGINNING ACTING

 

( REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST )