James W. Fry 3.0

 

 

EXPERIENCE:                    1985-Present                          Various

                                            Freelance Cartoonist/ Illustrator

Visual storytelling, illustration, character design and concept execution for  Comic Books, books,  cartoons  and other media

 

2005           Marvel/Lion's Gate Productions. Las Angeles, CA

                                            Storyboard Artist   

                                            Creation and clean up of storyboards for animated feature film                                                 

                                            2004                             ReelFX Creative Studios   Dallas, Tx

                                            2-D  Illustrator

                                            Rendering of 2-Dimensional animation sequences

                                            for computer-generated DVD feature film

                                        

                                         2005              Ethical Culture Fieldson School,  NY,NY

                                            Instructor,  Basic Cartooning

Taught basics of character design, narrative flow, page and panel layout and    other fundamentals of cartooning

 

                                         2001-2003               Parsons/New School of Continuing Ed. Dept. NY,NY

                                            Instructor, Animation Design

                                            Taught basics of character design, storyboarding, timing and other

                                            fundamentals of animation

 

                                            2001-2003              The Jointure   Raritan, NJ

                                            Instructor

                                            Taught fundamentals of character drawing in After-School programs,

                                            chiefly ages 6-12, foundations of comic art (including anatomy, line,

                                            movement, composition, storytelling)  for ages 13 through adult

 

                                            1984-1985              Marvel Comics  NY, NY

                                            Staff Artist

                                            Produced in-house art for advertisements and promos, corrected

                                            and enhanced previously existing artwork for reprint projects

 

 

CLIENTS and CREDITS

 

                                            Marvel Comics

                                            Spectacular Spider-Man, Spider-Man Team-Up, X-Men Unlimited

 

                                            Marvel/Lion's Gate Productions 

                                            Ultimate Avengers 2 (direct to DVD animated feature film)

 

                                            DC Comics

                                            Star Trek, Batman Adventures, Birds of Prey

 

                                            Archie Comics

                                            Sonic The Hedgehog

 

                                            Disney

                                            "The Famous Jett Jackson" for Disney Adventures Magazine

 

                                            Children's Television Workshop

                                           "Cosmic Crew" comic strip for Contact Magazine

 

                                            Columbia Records

                                            Bass Blasta logo design

 

                                            Doubleday Books

                                            Star Trek: StarFleet Academy Young Adult Novels