​​Grace Kraft
​Story Artist
Grace.E.Kraft@Gmail.com | gracekraft.com
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Work Experience
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Storyboard Artist | Shadowmachine May. 2022 - Sept. 2022
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Storyboard Artist on Clone High
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2D animated show for adults
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Boarded 20-25 min. episodes as part of a team of three board artists
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Script-driven show, acting in boards timed to recorded dialog
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Board edits timed to dialog, quick turnaround
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Worked completely remotely while hitting deadlines
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Storyboard Artist | Ennie & Yoyki March 2022 - Sept. 2022​
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3D CGI animated show for younger children
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Script-driven freelance storyboard
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Took notes from directors to polish and refine boards to standard.
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Worked completely remotely while hitting deadlines
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Storyboard Artist | Netflix Animation Apr. 2021 - Oct. 2021
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Storyboard Artist on untitled Lauren Faust project
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Boarded 20-25 min. episodes in 7 weeks as part of a team of three board artists
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Script-driven show, acting in boards timed to recorded dialog
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Worked completely remotely while hitting all deadlines
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Storyboard Revisionist | Gaumont Animation May 2020 - Sept. 2020
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​ Storyboard revisionist on "Stillwater."
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3D CGI animated show for younger children
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Took notes from directors to polish and refine boards to standard.
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Re-boarded scenes that needed to be changed or replaced.
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Storyboard Artist | DreamEast Pictures | Aug. 2018 - Mar. 2019
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Freelance Storyboard Artist on “Valt The Wonder Deer.”
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Each 11 minute, script-driven episode boarded in 5 weeks.
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All boards timed to audio track.
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Comic Author | Boom Studios | May 2017 - Sept. 2018
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Hired to write an ongoing series of comics for the “Steven Universe” animated series.
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Completed 19 individual 22-page issues.
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Also commissioned for main cover art for issue #16.
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Storyboard Artist | OddBot | Oct. 2017 - May 2018
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Storyboard Artist on preschool show “Corn & Peg” for Nick Jr.
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Each 11 minute, script-driven episode boarded in 5 weeks.
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Freelance Storyboard Artist | Disney TV | Oct. 2017 - May 2018
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Freelance Storyboard Artist on pilot for “The Owl House.”
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Completed assigned script-driven boards according to schedule.
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Storyboard Artist | Cartoon Network | Jan 2015 - June 2016
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Storyboard Artist on “The Powerpuff Girls” (2016 reboot).
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Each 11 minute episode written and boarded in 5 weeks with board partner.
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Skill Set
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Proficient in: •
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ToonBoom Storyboard Pro
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Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere
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Traditional watercolor painting
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Final Cut Pro
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Dragonframe
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Mac OS, Cintiq and Wacom friendly
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Education
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Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI | May 2014
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BFA in Film/Animation/Video
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Kyoto Seika University Kyoto, Japan | April-July 2013
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Studied traditional Japanese animation pre-production and comic art
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Personal Projects
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Hedge and Pine | 2016 - Present
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Slice-of-life comics about the adventure of a hedgehog and porcupine who are girlfriends.
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Developed as a series of comics as well as an animated series pitch.
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Ornithia | 2012 - Present
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Fantasy adventure about bird people on a journey of magical destiny and personal growth.
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Originally created as a webcomic but currently in development for an animated series pitch.
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