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ARMAND SERRANO is a feature animation visual
development artist and layout journeyman. He has been in the
animation industry for 18 years and currently an art director for
Sony Pictures Animation in Culver City, CA. He was also a layout
journeyman for Walt Disney Animation
Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Personal
Born and raised in the Philippines, Armand grew up in Quezon City and studied
engineering at the University of Santo Tomas in
Manila. He received his
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering
in 1989. He worked as an apprentice engineer for a construction
company only to give up that career after six months of practice to
go back to drawing.
Career
In May, 1990, Armand started in animation as an inbetweener for
FilCartoons, Inc., a subsidiary studio of Hanna-Barbera Studios California. After ten
months as an inbetweener, he moved to layout department and that
was the start of his career as a layout artist. While working for
Filcartoons, he was involved in the production of Captain
Planet & the Planeteers, Johnny Quest, Addams Family, Pirates
of Dark Water, Tom & Jerry Kids, Young Robin Hood, Greatest
Stories from the Bible, Droopy, Police Academy, Yogi Bear, Fender
Bender, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures and
Dreamstone.
Armand moved to Philippine Animation Studio, an independent
studio also in Manila doing TV series projects for Marvel
Productions, in 1994. He supervised layout for overseas
production of Fantastic Four, X-Men, Biker Mice From Mars
and an animated music video for Prince.
In the spring of 1996, Armand moved to the US to work for 7th
Level, Inc., a multimedia company which develops games, in Glendale,
California. Same year, he completed a Layout Visualization and
Background Design course at Associates in Art in Sherman Oaks, California. After a few
months, he made a major step by moving to feature animated films at
Walt Disney Animation
Studios in February, 1997. He and his family were relocated to
Orlando,
Florida to work on their then-ongoing project Mulan.
After seven and a half years and four feature films, Armand
decided to move back to the west coast after Disney announced that
it is closing it's doors to their Florida strudio. Sony Pictures Animation took
him in to start development on Surf's Up. Armand and his family were
relocated back to Los
Angeles in 2004. Armand is currently holding an art director post at
Sony Pictures Animation.
Filmography
- Open Season
2 (2009, animated film) - Visual Development
- Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs (2009, animated film) - Visual Development
- Surf's Up
(2007, animated film) - Visual Development
- Brother
Bear (2003, animated film) - Layout Journeyman
- Lilo
& Stitch (2002, animated film) - Layout
Journeyman
- Tarzan (1999,
animated film) - Layout Key Assistant
- Mulan (1998, animated film) - Layout
Key Assistant
- Fantastic 4 (1995, animated TV Series)
- Layout Supervisor
- X-Men (1995,
animated TV Series) - Layout Supervisor
- Biker Mice From
Mars (1994, animated TV Series) - Layout Supervisor
External
links
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