Chuck Grieb
Professional
Activities
California State University Fullerton Aug 2002-Present
Professor of Entertainment Art/Animation. Teach courses featuring both
Traditional and Digital Animation. Responsible for the development and
implementation of courses teaching Three Dimensional Digital Animation. Provide
University and Department Committee service as member and chair for various
committees as well as student advisement and curriculum design/planning.
‘Oliver’s Treasure (3D Digitally Animated Production)
A 3D, digitally animated short created using Alias Maya software which has screened in over 80 festivals throughout the world.
Autodesk
(Software
Development Company)Animation Academy
2010: Level 2 Anatomy May -
December, 2009.
Commissioned to author and illustrate 3D
Digital Character Creation and Animation curriculum by Autodesk. 400 pages of
material created, encompassing modeling, texturing, rigging, nCloth, Maya Fur,
and animation using Autodesk Maya and Mudbox software.
‘Exact Change Only’ (2D Digitally Animated Production)
a 2D, digitally animated short created using Corel Painter and Adobe After Effects software. Screened in 14 international film festivals.
Nickelodeon Animation Studios (Animation Studio) June –July, 2005
Storyboard Artist
for the TV Show, My Life As a Teenage Robot.
Walt Disney TV Animation (Animation Studio) February-April,
2005
Development Storyboard
Artist for the animated 3D TV show, My
Friends Tigger and Pooh.
Toonacious Animation Studios (Animation Studio)
December 2004-January 2005.
Traditional
Animator, After Effects Artist. Provided traditional animation services for
‘Stitch’ DVD extra. Provided After Effects Story Reel production services for
Tinker Bell DVD extras.
‘Roland’s Trouble’ (3D Digitally Animated Production) 2003
A 3D, digitally animated short created using Alias Maya software which has screened in 30 festivals throughout the world.
A 3D, digitally animated short created using Alias Maya software which has screened in 30 festivals throughout the world.
Cornerstone Animation (Animation Studio) October 2001 – July 2003
Traditional
Animator, Flash Artist /Animator, After Effects Artist/Animator. Helped to design production techniques
designed to efficiently coordinate digital and traditional animation techniques.
Productions worked
on under the Auspices of Cornerstone Animation inc
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Lion King 1.5 July 2003 – After
Effects Work, Conceptual Digital Animation
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RAGGS Kids Club Band
July 2003, Animator
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LarryBoy The Good, The Bad, and The Eggly October
2002, Animator
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LarryBoy The
Yodelnapper August 2002, Animator
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LarryBoy Polar Pickle August 2002, Animator
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LarryBoy Lego My Ego March 2002, Animator
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LarryBoy Cuke of All Trades March 2002, Animator
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Larry Boy The Angry Eyebrows December 2001 , Animator
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LarryBoy Fly By Might December 2001, Animator
The Virtual Training Company (Online and CD Publisher)
Published 2002, Maya Fundamentals
Co-authored a CD
ROM introducing Alias Maya Software as a tool used for the creation of digital
imagery and animation.
SimEx Studios (VFX Studio) September - October 2001
Storyboard artist;
storyboarded a 3 and a half minute film, combining 3D CG animation and Live
Action.
Unbound Studios (Animation Studio) 2001
·
Lionel, Flash Animator,
traditional Artist.
Film Roman (Animation Studio) 2001
·
CapBusters , Flash Background
and Character Layout.
FlashBang Studios (Animation Studio) June
2000-December 2003
Co-Founder,
Director, Animator, Designer, Storyboard Artist, Timing Director. Developed and
animated a variety of Flash animated, and After Effects projects.
Projects developed
and produced under the auspices of FlashBang Studios:
·
Hunchback of Notre
Dame DVD After
Effects character animation, produced for Walt Disney TV Animation.
·
Viewer Mail Development,
design, storyboard, and animation; a Flash animated short produced in
conjunction with Mondo Media for BBC America.
·
Blue Cow Music
Video Designed,
Storyboarded, and animated a Flash animated music video for V12 Interactive.
Intended for web viewing.
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Rockhopper and
Macaroni Webisode,
storyboarded and animated in Flash for V12 Interactive. Intended for web
viewing.
Walt Disney TV Animation (Animation Studio)
September1996 - June 2000
Storyboard Artist, Animator, Character
Designer, Prop Designer, PhotoShop/Painter Artist, After Effects Animator, and
Maya Artist/Animator.
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Special Projects
Department 1997
– June 2000
The group responsible for producing the award
winning educational series (I won the Storyboarding
Award from the Golden Gate Film Festival in 1998 for the John Muir episode of Genie's
Great Minds), Genie’s Great Minds.
The Special Projects department handles small, unique projects, often
incorporating traditional and digital techniques.
Shows worked on under the auspices of Special
Projects:
I Am Your Child (CD ROM), The Dalmatians Sound Effects Show (Short), Genie’s Great Minds (Series of 90 second, multimedia, educational
Shorts featuring the Genie charcter
from Aladdin), Hercules (Title Sequence),
Timon And Pumbaa (Promotional Shorts),
Winnie The Pooh Sing Along Songs (Direct to Video), Oscar’s Atlas (Development Project), Little Angelita (Short),
4WD (Pilot), Filmore (TV Show; development storyboards
and After Effects Animation), Find Out
Why (Educational shorts featuring Timon and Pumba, produced in conjunction
with the National Science Foundation). Hunchback of Notre Dame DVD extras,
Digital Art and After Effects animator. Snow White DVD extras. Digital Art and
After Effects animator.
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4WD
An experimental
Pilot, exploring the use of After Effects animation as a TV animation
production tool. Roles filled on 4WD:
Co-Director,
Storyboard Artist, Timing Director, prepared After Effects/PhotoShop Layouts
for animation, After Effects Animator.
·Storyboard Artist
101 Dalmatians (Series, Sound Effects Show), Pepper Ann (Series), 4WD (Pilot), Weekenders (Series), Hercules
(Title Sequence), Genie’s Great
Minds (Series), Winnie The Pooh Sing
A Long (Direct to Video), Oscar’s
Atlas (Development), Timon and
Pumbaa (Promos), Find Out Why (Series),
Pocahontas II (Direct to Video), Beauty and the Beast II (Direct to
Video).
Glendale City College 1997 - 2005
Adjunct Professor.
Designed a sequence of traditional animation courses from Drawing for
Animation, to creating a finished animated film. The courses were designed to
progressively build the students’ skills and knowledge of animation.
Publications
Spectrum 23 and 27: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art annual.
Spectrum is an international juried competition for the very
best in fantastical artworks. The Spectrum annual
is a showcase for the best and brightest creators of fantastic art from around
the globe.
Infected by Art Volumes 4-9
Illustrations published in various annuals. The Infected by Art book contest is an international juried
competition for the very best in imaginative realism artworks.
Imagine FX Featured as the Artist in Residence and chosen as an FX Pose featured artist. Imagine FX is
the world's best-selling magazine for digital artists.
EXPOSÉ 4
Illustration included in EXPOSÉ
4 Ballistic Publishing brings together the world’s leading digital artists
to create EXPOSÉ. EXPOSÉ is an annual compilation of the finest digital art in
the known universe, featuring 317 artworks from 241 artists in
49 countries, selected from over 5,000 submissions.
Painter, The World’s Finest Painter Art
Illustration included in Painter,
The World’s Finest Painter Art. A
showcase of the world's finest digital artwork using Corel's natural media painting program,
Painter. Painter, The World’s Finest Painter
Art exhibits 209 works by 135
artists.
3D World Magazine May 2005
Artwork featured in
May 2005 edition of 3D World Magazine.
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Film Production. The University of Southern
California. School of
Cinema/Television. 1993.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Applied Media Arts. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Member Alpha Chi National Honors Society. 1989.