Will Sweeney
I am a storyboard artist and an illustrator.
I’ve been storyboarding for animation for 15 years.
I work on traditionally and computer animated feature
films and cartoons for television.
I’ve been an in-house staff artist for:
SONY ANIMATION,
HBO Original ANIMATION
TURNER FEATURE ANIMATION
SCHOLASTIC ANIMATION
ANIMAGIC
and a freelancer for:
HAMMERHEAD PRODUCTIONS
MATTEL PRODUCTIONS
WARNER BROS
CARTOON NETWORK
STARZ MEDIA
4 KIDS
Marvel Animation
and more...
I’ve worked on all kinds of shows and movies from Adult Dramas to pre-K educational programs (from Spawn to Sesame Street).
I’m also an illustrator in a variety of styles for comic books, kids-books/media, posters, editorial, and advertising art.
I illustrated the graphic novel, Le Morte D’Arthur Vol. 1, The Coming of the King. Written by John Matthews
Resume
ACHIEVEMENTS:
1999 Emmy Award: Outstanding Animated Program (Programming More Than One Hour) Recipient as part of a team, Spawn II.
2001 Nominated for Annie Award for work on The Big Guy and Rusty (Best Storyboards for a television series)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1/19 Current Old Ford Road Design Inc., New Paltz, NY
Heineman Publishing, Houghton Mifflin - designer, Illustrator
Designing for a Teaching Reading Series
Bean Labs, Phizer Pharmaceuticals - illustrator, storyboard artist
10/18 - 1/19 Rainmaker Studio, Vancouver, B.C.
Managed team of 6 story artists for an Octonauts series special - storyboard director
3/17 - 6/18 Heineman Publishing, Portsmouth, NH
Designed & Illustrated text books for Houghton Mifflin
- illustrator, designer
3/17 - 3/17 LOW BROW STUDIO, Norwalk, CT
World Wrestling Entertainment animated content
- background design
10/16 - 3/17 HORNET FILMS., NYC, NY
Freelance TVC boards for animated & live action TVC’s
- storyboard artist
9/16 - 10/16 WARNER BROS., Burbank, CA
DTV Scooby Doo: The Brave and the Bold -storyboard artist
7/16 - 9/16 WARNER BROS., Burbank, CA
Be Cool Scooby Doo - revision artist
6/16 - 6/16 NEW YORKERS FOR CLEAN POWER
Road to Renewables blog opening - animator, director
4/16-5/16 ZINC INC., Toronto, Canada
TVC “teaser” Mysticons - storyboard artist
9/15-10/15 IDEAROCKET, NYC, NY
American Airlines whiteboard - storyboard artist
8/15 - 9/15 WARNER BROS., Burbank, CA
Be Cool Scooby Doo - storyboard artist
3/14 - 8/14 AA STUDIO, Moscow, Russia
Friends Ten (5) 11 min. shorts (CGI) -director
7/14 - 8/14 WARNER BROS., Burbank, CA
Be Cool Scooby Doo - revision artist
2/14 - 4/14 NICKELODEON, NYC, NY
Blaze and the Monster Machines - storyboard artist
2/13 - 2/14 HEINEMAN PUBLISHING, Portsmouth, MA - storyboard artist, illustrator
12/11 - 12/12 PARTIZAN, NYC, Director: Dave Grohl
Sound Garden Music video - storyboard artist
12/7 - 12/8 PILOT NYC NYC, - interstitials - storyboard artist
3/12 - 9/12 HAMMERHEAD PRODUCTIONS, El Segundo, CA
The Boxcar Children, CGI Feature Film - storyboard artist
8/11 - 2/12 MATTEL PRODUCTIONS, El Segundo, CA
Max Steel CGI The Monstrous Alliance - storyboard artist
4/11 - 8/11 STARZ MEDIA, CA
Ultimate Spiderman 2D-CGI - storyboard artist
2/11 - 4/11 MATTEL PRODUCTIONS, El Segundo, CA
Max Steel, CGI Makino’s Revenge - storyboard artist
4/10 - 12/10 SELFMADEHERO, London, UK
Le’ Morte D’Arthur Vol. 1 graphic novel - penciller, inker, colorist
11/09 - 3/10 SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NYC, NY
Ni Hao Kai Lan Heart Box, Friends - illustrator
8/09 - 12/09 WARNER BROS, Los Angeles, CA
Scooby Doo Legend of the Phantasaur - storyboard artist
8/07 - 3/09 PORCHLIGHT ANIMATION, Los Angeles, CA
Secret Saturdays seasons 1 & 2 - storyboard artist
2/09 - 3/09 PARTIZAN NYC Director: Michel Gondry
Feature Film proposal “The Green Hornet”- storyboard artist
8/08- 3/09 DC COMICS, New York, NY
Action Pack - penciller
5/08 - 9/08 SPEAKEASYFX, New york, NY
Abbey's Flying Fairy School, 3 Episodes - storyboard artist
3/06 - 6/07 ANIMAGIC, New York, NY
Nate the Great (Flash/series PBS) - layout, BG design
Tree Elves (theatrical short CGI) - development artist
Speed Racer (straight to video/Flash cartoon) - Co-Director
7/04 - 8/05 SCHOLASTIC ENT, New York, NY
The Misadventures of Maya and Miguel - storyboard artist
9/02 - 9/04 4 KIDS ENTERTAINMENT, New York NY
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles season I,II - storyboard artist
7/98 - 7/03 SONY ANIMATION, Culver City, CA
Jackie Chan Adventures seasons 1-5
Harold and the Purple Crayon - storyboard artist
Dragon Tales - storyboard artist
Heavy Gear CGI - storyboard artist
The Big Guy and Rusty - storyboard artist
Godzilla the animated series - storyboard artist
9/96 - 6/98 HBO ORIGINAL ANIMATION, Century City, CA
Spawn the animated series: II,III - clean-up
II,III/story - artist III
Spicy City - layout artist
Wildside - development/story artist
Gina &TL - development/story artist
1/96 - 9/96 TURNER FEATURE ANIMATION, Glendale, CA
Cat’s Don’t Dance - character in-betweener
EDUCATION
1991 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, BFA, Illustration
1986 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, BA, Literature
WILL SWEENEY (845) 255-9168 bigwillsweeney@gmail.com