RESUME - Desmond Downes
I1981 - 1986: Dipl. Design/Communications - Waterford RTC, Ireland.
1987 - 1989: Graphic Designer/Illustrator - Hydro Studio-Cork, Ireland.
1989 - 1996: Germany/Denmark - Background Artist, Background Supervisor, Layout Artist, Art Director ---
Hahn Film Prod (Berlin), Trickompany (Hamburg), A-Film (Copenhagen).
1996 - 1997: Background Artist - Creative Capers, Glendale California - Disney CD-Rom.
1997 - 2003: Dreamworks SKG, Glendale, California - Background Artist, Background Supervisor, 3D-Paint Supervisor.
2003 - Present: Living and working in Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Credits / Filmography
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Murakami/Wolf, Dublin, Ireland) - Background Artist. - 1989
“Werner Beinhardt” (Hahn Film, Berlin, Germany)
Background Artist - 1990
“Der Kleene Punker” (Trickompany, Hamburg, Germany)
Background Supervisor, Layout Artist. - 1992
“Felidae” (Trickompany, Hamburg, Germany)
Art Director - 1995
“Das Pflaumenhuhn”
(A Film by Hayo Fritag - Awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize for Atmosphere and nominated for
the German Short Film Award in 1998.) Background Artist - 1996
“Hugo” (A-Film, Copenhagen, Denmark) - Background Artist. - 1996
“Help I’m a Fish” (A-Film, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Development Artist. - 1996
Disney CDRom - 101 Dalmations, Aeriel, Hercules - (Creative Capers, Glendale California)
Background Artist 1996
“Prince of Egypt” (Dreamworks, Glendale California)
Background Artist - 1997
“Eldorado” (Dreamworks) - Background Artist. 1999
“Spirit” (Dreamworks) - Background Artist. 2001
“Sinbad-Legend of the Seven Seas” (Dreamworks)
Artistic Supervisor - Background/3D-Paint 2003
“Happily Never After” (Berliner Film Company, German 3D Feature) - Assistant Art Director 2003-2005
“Huntik: Secrets & Seekers” - Big Bocca Productions and Rainbow S.r.l.
“THE LEGEND OF SILVER LAKE”- Winnietoons (Germany/Belgium)
Diarmud & Grainne Telegael (Galway Ireland) - Concept Design
Zink Films (Co Louth, Ireland) - TV commercial colour boards (Guinness, heineken, Oxfam, Bank of Ireland)
Arthur Christmas - Aardman Animations (Bristol England) - Location Colour Design
Brown Bag Films (Dublin Ireland - development (Woodern Sword, Pillage & Sons)
Yoko Mo & Me - Hahn Film (Berlin) - BG Design
I am Monster - Monster Distributes/RTE - Background Painting
Escape from Planet Earth - Rainmaker Entertainment (Vancouver Canada) - Matte painting/Colour Design
Yong Fei - Kavaleer Productions (Dublin Ireland) - Location Design
Hehe Lili (Lilly the Witch) - Trixter Animation (Munich) - Background Colour design
Bottler - KEG Kartoonz/Brendan Grace (Dublin Ireland) - Visual Development
Inman Art - CA-USA - (2003 - 2013) Book Illustration, BG colour design (Disney, Marvel Comics, NFL/Nickelodeon)