Leeanne Brennan

Freelance Illustrator & Animator

Boston, MA, USA

Work Experience

Continuum

Video Producer

Worked as a Creative Video Producer in a global design innovation consultancy. Collaborated with Project Managers, Design Strategists, Engineers, Digital Designers and other multi-disciplinary team members to distill complex ideas into short, compelling videos. My responsibilities ranged from scriptwriting to storyboarding, creating animatics, designing characters, style frames, animating, shooting, recording audio, and editing.
March 2010 - November 2016 Massachusetts, United States

Harmonix

Character Designer

Collaborated with the industry’s finest designers, art directors, programmers and animators at a 200+ music game development company. Worked on best-selling games including: Karaoke Revolution Party, Guitar Hero, Rock Band and more. Responsible for character concepting, asset tweaking, art direction, and asset integration.
March 2005 - February 2007 Massachusetts, United States

Education

Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD)

BFA Film/Animation/Video

2000 - 2004 Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Awards

LEF Foundation

LEF New England Moving Image Grant

2005

RISD Film Department

Bruce Buldoc Memorial Award – Demonstrated Leadership

2004

RISD Film Department

David Rosenburg Memorial Award – Overall Achievement in Animation

2003

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Animatic, Concept Art, Director, Final Cut Pro, Flash, Microsoft Office Suite, Scriptwriting, Storyboarding, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Art Direction, Drawing, Painting, Producer,