Daniella Rosu-Ortiz

Head of Design

Burbank, California, United States11 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

Six years of experience in animation design.
Led Background Design team at Cartoon Network.
Contributed to preschool production at Netflix.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a skilled Animation Designer with extensive experience in background design and visual development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Background DesignGraphic Design

Other Skills

Background PaintingVisual DevelopmentColor DesignProp DesignIllustrationDigital Illustration3D ModelingIndustrial DesignSculptureMaquettes

About

I'm a Designer for Animation with six years of in-house experience in both 2D and CG shows, focusing primarily on backgrounds. The studios I've worked for in the past include Netflix Animation, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers Animation, and Bento Box Entertainment. In my last role at Netflix, I was lucky to be a part of a preschool production from the ground up, contributing to the final style of the show with the creation of original Environments, Props, FX, and Color Design. Additionally, during my time at Cartoon Network, I had the opportunity to lead the Background Design team in the absence of an Art Director, ensuring the style was consistent through verbal direction, draw overs, and reference, all while completing my own design assignments.

Experience

11 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Nickelodeon animation

Background Designer for "Baby Shark's Big Show!"

Feb 2022 – Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Burbank, California, United States

Designed key environments that served as reference for our partner studio.
Rough pre-board design based on scripts.
Credited in 88 episodes (Seasons 2 and 3)

Background DesignBackground PaintingVisual Development

Bento box entertainment llc

Background Designer for FOX "HouseBroken"

Oct 2021 – Feb 2022 · 4 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

Roughed out new locations based on the scripts, to serve as reference for the Story Department.
Updated Season 1 backgrounds.
Designed backgrounds and layouts of key environments for reference overseas.
Software: Photoshop CS

Background DesignBackground Painting

Netflix

Background Designer for "Ghee Happy"

May 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Burbank, California, United States

Designed and painted several recurring locations during the pre-production stage, contributing to the final style of the show.
Branched out from working only on backgrounds, to also designing and painting an array of props and FX during production.
Modified our main sets to fit the story needs for every episode.
Created vector graphics with keyframe poses for Flash animations.
Software: Photoshop and Illustrator CS

Background DesignColor DesignProp Design

Freelance

2 roles

Designer for Animation

Jan 2019 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Clients include:
Netflix Animation
Cartoon Network
Warner Brothers Animation
Independent animation shortfilms and Youtube series

Illustrator and Graphic Designer

Jun 2013 – Jan 2020 · 6 yrs 7 mos · Freelance for United States and Mexico

Designed branding materials for various independent clients. Services include logos, business cards, brochures, banners, and posters.
Painted children's book illustrations.
Illustrated personal commissions through internet sales.

Graphic DesignIllustration

Cartoon network

3 roles

Background Designer for "Apple & Onion"

Dec 2018 – May 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

Supervised the Background Design team in Art Director’s absence.
Designed both key environments and production shots for Flash, meaning my design partner and I were responsible for every single background you see on the screen. Our overseas studio focused solely on animation.
Roughed out new locations for Storyboard Artists to reference in future episodes.
Updated the style of recurring locations from the first 10 episodes of the show.
Addressed design notes for retakes whenever necessary.
Credited in 50+ episodes (Seasons 1 to 3)
Software: Photoshop CS

Background DesignVisual Development

Background Designer for "We Bare Bears"

Mar 2018 – Apr 2018 · 1 mo

Worked on a couple of episodes as an overtime freelance Background Designer for the studio.
Software: Photoshop CS

Background Designer for "OKKO Let's be Heroes"

Jul 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

Designed backgrounds and layouts of key environments for reference overseas.
Designed title cards for odd number episodes.
Credited in 48 episodes (Seasons 2 and 3)
Software: Photoshop CS

Background Design

Fidelius films

Art Director

Apr 2017 – Dec 2017 · 8 mos · Remote

Created the Background Design style guide for an animated feature film.
Supervised the Background and Prop Design team via weekly online meetings.

Background DesignProp Design

Nickelodeon animation

2 roles

Graphic Designer

Feb 2017 – Aug 2017 · 6 mos

Graphic Design

Design Trainee · Artist Program

Jul 2016 – Feb 2017 · 7 mos

Designed layouts and painted backgrounds for “Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie”. Responsible for roughs over storyboard panels, cleanup, revisions, color comps, and final paintings for reference overseas. Mentor: Jonathan Renoni
Created 12 original illustrations for a food-themed artbook “À la Carte!” for Nickelodeon Artist Program’s CTN booth.
Planned content and designed weekly tips on how to break into the industry as a self-taught artist (based on personal experience) for Nickelodeon Artist Program’s social media #TIPtheArtScale

Background Design

Pixydus

Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Jan 2013 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mexico City Area, Mexico

Managed "GE Capital Mexico" account and was responsible for direct contact with client representatives, as well as concept and Graphic Design for internal campaigns.
Animated motion graphics for "GE Healthcare Mexico" internal campaigns.
Designed photo graphics and illustrations for several digital and printed media to support other accounts.
Software: Photoshop · Illustrator · After Effects · Flash · Indesign

Graphic DesignIllustration