Nelli Johanna Karoliina Sipilä
E-mail: nelli.sipila@hotmail.com
Mobile: +358 505748620
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/nelli-sipilä
Professional info
I am an animator and a visual artist who is specialized in 2D - character animation and character designing. I have an ability to draw quickly and I use both traditional and digital media for creating my artworks. I am an imaginative and diligent worker, who is also a careful listener; I always pay attention to what I am asked to do and notice other people’s needs and wishes.
Education
University of Worcester
2012 - 2015
Studied animation for three years and graduated as an animator with Animation BA (Hons) degree (First Class).
Kymenlaakso's Institute
2011 - 2012
Studied creating comics and illustrations for one year.
Alfa-Art school of arts
2008 - 2011
Studied fine art for three years and gratuated as a visual artist.
Etu-Töölö's Gymnasium
2005 - 2008
Got my Finnish Matriculation Examination.
Exhibitions
Bank of Finland Summer Exhibition
2013
Kymenlaakso's Institute's Final Exhibition
2012
Alfa - Art Final Exhibition
2011
Alfa - Art Spring Exhibitions
2009 and 2010
Alfa - Art Christmas Exhibitions
2008 and 2009
Languages
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I speak Finnish as my native language and I am fluent with English. I also have basic language skills in Swedish, German and Japanese.
Animation Software Skills
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I am an expert in Toon Boom Studio that I have used in most of my 2D animations like in characters’ pencil tests, and I also animated my university’s final project with it. I have also used both Adobe Flash and Adobe AfterEffects for creating 2D animation.
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I have basic skills in Maya that I have used in 3D animation tests and creating a 3D-model of character I designed.
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I have created storyboards for all of my animations including my final animation project. I have also designed all the characters I used in my animations.
Editing Software Skills
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I have worked with various video-editing programs such as Adobe Premiere, FinalCut Pro and Magix Movie Edit Pro.
Other IT Skills
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I am an expert in Adobe Photoshop that I have used for creating digital artworks, colouring my drawings and animating.
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I have advanced skills in InDesign, which I have used to create books for my projects, and OpenOffice programs like Word and Excel. I have also worked with Adobe Illustrator.
2010 - present
2010 - present