Alfie Vann
Artist
Alfie Vann (Formerly Jasen Strong), a graphics artist and design veteran, created several books, logos, web designs, feature films and has been a keynote speaker,. He is a prominent artist in the animation & illustration industry.
Creative production services for the following clientele:
Nintendo Wii ™ (Calif)
Wild Brain (San Francisco)
HOC Media (Moscow, Russia)
Penny-Farthing Press (Salt Lake City)
Rich Feature Animation (Burbank, Calif)
NeoPets (Glendale, Calif)
Xow Inc. (Burbank, Calif)
DreamWorks (Glendale, Calif)
The Walt Disney Company (Burbank, Calif)
DNA Productions (Dallas, Texas)
Bishop Animation (San Diego, Calif)
Revolution Studios (Santa Monica, Calif)
Happy Tails ™ Pet Products (Dallas, Texas)
C is for Cat, Inc (Santa Clarita, Calif)
Calavera Surf Company (Los Angeles)
Mattel Toys™
Just Funki (New York)
Aisle 5 Games (East Peoria, IL )
WMS Gaming ™ (Chicago)
World Domination Films (Los Angeles & N.Y.)
LionsGate Entertainment Studio (Los Angeles)
Turner Feature Animation (Hollywood, Calif)
Amato Entertainment (N.Y.)
Ranger Rick Magazine (N.Y.)
Babies"R"Us
S.P.C.A. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Universal Pictures (Hollywood, Calif.)
Crest Animation Studios Limited (Mumbai, India)
Hyperion Pictures (Hollywood, Calif)
PinUSA (Glendale, Calif)
Game Hippo (San Francisco, Calif)
Story Roads (La Canada, Calif)
Lightstar Entertainment (Palm Springs, Calif)
Wijio Worldwide Studios (San Francisco, Calif)
BetSoft Gaming (N.Y.)
IndieSolo: Punk, Reggae Band (Ontario Canada)
Warner Brothers (Burbank, Calif.)
CG Tool Kit (San Francisco, Calif,)
Unique Publications LLC (South Carolina)
Summit Toys™ (Birmingham, AL)
Big Teaze Toys™ (Woodland Hills, CA )
Sesame Street
Coalition for Pets & Public Safety (Hollywood, Calif.)
Angel Dogs Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Inflatable 2000 (Azusa, CA)
Green as Wee Grow: Baby & Toddler Clothing (Martinez, California)
Chuckle Monkey (Burbank, Calif)
Essay101 LLC: Fashionista101.com (Miramar Beach, FL and N.Y.C.)
FuseBox Wine (San Francisco, Calif)
The Bradford Group (San Francisco, Calif)
Moby Games (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Mercury Magnetics (Chatsworth, Calif)
Sticker Drop (Alexandria, VA)
Daved Productions (Los Angeles, Calif)
The Casual Game Network (Dallas, Texas)
Direc-T : Rock Band from (Istanbul, Turkey)
NuFish.com (Los Angeles, Calif)
Nature Gen: Gummy Owls Vitamins (San Diego, CA)
Bee Bopa Tee (Florida)
QWRKii: Kubrik- Experimental Video Game( Iphone / Ipod touch / Ipad )
P.J. Cowan Books (Oregon)
Canadian Foundation for Creative Development (Vancouver)
After/Noon Productions (New Mexico)
Nickelodeon (Burbank, Calif)
Ten Acres Vineyards :Beer Label Design (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Surf Bowls :Smoothies Company Logo (Los Angeles)
Deaf Dogs Ranch (California)
"This awesome little robot was done by one of my favorite artists to work with Alfie Vann. Not only is this guy an amazing artist, he’s an absolute hoot to work with!"
~Samantha; Owner of Green As Wee Grow
Positions Held
Photo Retoucher
Children's Book Illustrator
Character Designer / Prop Designer
Concept Illustrator
Senior Artist
Assistant Animator
Clean Up Artist (Digital and Traditional)
Visual Development Artist
Clothing, Apparel & Stickers
Graphic Design / Logos Design / Consumer Products
Toy Design (Kids and Pets)
DVD and CD Cover Art
Video Game Interface Layout
Puppet Design (2D Drawings for Puppet Designers)
"Aflie Vann is a true professional. It's hard to find artist(s) who deliver on deadlines, but Alfie brings a secret ingredient along with his expediency, and it's called "character development." He makes the inanimate bubble-over with charm, fear, silliness, or whatever it is that you need. Only a master artisan can bring to life characters with distinct personalties"
~Drew Bates www.drewbates.com
Computer Software
PhotoShop CS4
Illustrator CS3
StreamLine 4.0
Drawing in Flash CS3
Partical lllusion 3.0
"I have never met Alfie Vann face to face, but have many of his illustrated faces in 14 of my story books. We have complete trust in each other as artists. Fantastic illustrator, talented and an honest man."
~PJ Cowan of storiesbypj.com
Books
KatieBug's Adventure (Children's Book: Utah)
CG Toolkit: The Art of Rigging (Instructional: 3D Modeling Book & 3 DVD set)
The Art of Prince of Egypt (Making of Book: Glendale, Calif.)
The Little Cherubs of SunrayLand (Children's Book: Florida)
The Adventures of Neddy and Teddy (Childern's Book: Ontario, Canada)
Leo's Arena (Children's Book: Florida)
Pam & the BIG SCARY PIMPLE! (Children's Book: Oregon)
Muttmulligans (Children's Book: Florida)
Muttmulligans II (Children's Book: Florida)
Muttmulligans III (Children's Book: Florida)
Muttmulligans IV (Children's Book: Florida)
Sara’s Fairy (Children's Book: Oregon)
The Cuckoo Book (Children's Book: New York)
Whimsy’s Garden (Children's Book: Oregon)
Popcorn and the Wild Nightmares (Children's Book: Oregon)
Chloe's World (Senior News Newspaper: Oregon)
PJ's Super Colossal Coloring Book (Children's Book: Oregon)
Iam-IT (Children's Book; Sci-Fi theme: Oregon)
Silly Little Stories (Children's Book: Oregon)
Not So Right... (Children's Coloring Book: Oregon)
What If Dragons... (Children's Book: Oregon)
The Sillies (Children's Book: Oregon)
The Pesky Fly (Children's Book: Oregon)
The Baby Rainbow (Children's Book & Feature Pitch: New Mexico)
The Lazies (Children's Book: Oregon)
Ogres, Fairies and Butterfly Wings (Children's Book: Oregon)
Wine Label for Simone Wine (Huntington Beach, California)
Willabuzz Gnat Takes Time Off (Children's Book: Oregon)
Backward Billy (Children's Book: Oregon)
Twisty Town (Children's Book: Oregon)
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda (Children's Book: Oregon)
What is it? (Children's Book: Oregon)
The Haunted Glasses (Children's Book: Oregon)
Jack & Jill Revisited (Children's Book: Oregon)
State of Confusion (Children's Book: Oregon)
The Mighty Sugar Ant (Children's Book: Oregon)
The Hungry Carpenter Ant (Children's Book: Oregon)
Secret Agent 00K9 (Children's Book: Palm Springs, CA )
Secret Agent 00K9: The Bone Ultimatum (Book 2)
Secret Agent 00K9: Canine Royale (Book 3)
Meet The Barkers (Book: Montreal, Canada)
"I really enjoyed working with Alfie. In addition to his talent, he is incredibly responsive and met all our deadlines. I would definitely work with him again and highly recommend him!"
~Laura Heilenday: Fashionista101 - New York, N.Y.
Film Experience
Madagascar
SharkTale
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Prince of Egypt
El Dorado
Curious George
The Proud Family
Blue Aloha (Aborted Animated Feature)
C-Horse (Aborted CG Animated Feature)
The Loch (DVD Short)
Gadgets (Animated Feature)
"I hired Alfie Vann to illustrate a children's book I wrote. He was very professional and he did everything he promised. He was wonderful to work and remarkably talented as well."
~Andrea Curtis: Salt Lake City, Utah
TV / Video Credits / Commercial Ads / Development / Smartphone Apps
Potopoo (Game in development for Nintendo's Wii )
Harley's Whacky Maroo (Board Game App)
Exotic Pest Control (Temporary Title) Pitch for PBS/Nick/Disney/Cartoon Network
Balto 3
Time Piglets (Feature film in development)
Going Places (Feature film in development)
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (India)
Zoo (in development) Pitch for NBC
Boomi (South Korean program)
Redneck Ninjas™ (in development)
SECRET AGENT 00K9: The Fast & The Furriest (in development)
Joe Cool (Commercial Production)
Pique Tico (Short Film for Costa Rica)
The Legend of Ziggafoose (artwork for Live Stage Show)
Port Dingle Port (in development)
The Thompson Boys (Feature film in development)
Passport to Explore (TV Series)
Who's Your Mommy? (Animated Feature film in development)
Gadgets (Animated Feature film in development)
Canadian Dodgeball Team (Logo Design - Vancouver Canada)
Doc-in-a-Bag (Travel First-Aid Kit Organizer - Manhattan, New York City)
"Wow!! I love Alfie's Designs, they're all filled with an extra amount of weight that makes them a very unique style. Such lively creatures, really know how to instill a vibrant personality in them and keep it consistent with the other expressions."
Affiliations
Local 839 Cartoonists Union
Mira Digital Publishing
"HI,Alfie^ ^~
JEES I LOVE all of your stuffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You're just an incredible character designer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So what do you do in the animation industry recently??I'm just curious....such a talented artist like you should be placed in a very good position~~~,I'm a girl(not really a girl,I'm23)from Taiwan,just admire your artwork and gonna let you know it!!HAHA!!Keep GOing~~~!!
~Angie Lin ."
Special Achievements / Featured / Interviews
Guest Lecturer at Brigham Young University: Animation Dept (Utah)
Guest Lecturer at CAEA Art Teachers Conference (California)
Featured in Arting365 Chinese Art Design Alliance, Shanghai Pudong (China)
Featured in SU63 (South Korean)
Featured in Weird Monsters (Chicago)
Featured in China CG Network Design Center (China)
Featured in 51 Idea (China)
Featured in CG Feel (China)
Artwork featured in Dreamworks DVD extras section
Interview: Channel Frederator
Featured in Randall Sly 's Character Design Interviews
Featured in The Creative Talent Network
Featured in Art Jumble
Featured in Instigation China marketing (Cedong.cn)
Interview: CG Tool Kit (3D Modeling Book)
Interview: Animation CO-OP (Los Angeles)
Featured in Different Animation
Radio Interview KNRR
Featured in Cube (France)
Taught Masters Class on Character Design (Bakersfield Museum of Art)
Xom Reviews (Canada)
Invited to speak at The Banff Centre (Calgary, AB)
Interview: The Animation Insider
Gummy Owls: vitamin supplements (featured on The Dr. Oz Show)
Interview: Painted Monkey Magazine (California)
" I hope this is not inappropriate. Your work rocks! My husband has been a director and producer for some of the studios in LA and he thinks so too:) I do see that we compete for the same gig at times but it makes me feel better, if I do lose a bid, that it hopefully went to someone with great talent such as yourself, LOL. You're one of the best here at Guru! That's all I have to say:)"
~Cr2nCaroline
Education
California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, Calif)
The Animation Academy (Burbank, Calif)
Kern Community College District (Bakersfield, Calif)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Ill)
Gnomon Workshops
"Looks amazing!!! Can't wait to see it on the T's. Thanks again for fitting us in there so fast. I'll hopefully be able to swing the other 2 drawings in the next week or so.."
~Samantha Fowler
"That is amazing! Good call on the cyclops eye, looks freaky awesome. This came together way better than I hoped. You've got some great skills, sir"
~Brad Paul: Canada Sports Logo
"Thank you so much Alfie for being a keynote speaker and the Master Class teacher at our CAEA State Conference. You were a Big Hit!! I am also grateful for your drawings that were auctioned off and helped us raise over $7000 for student scholarships."
~Yvonne @ CAEA
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"Alfie, I'm lovin' your art so much I can hardly stand it! The extra critters and the colors and blurs into the distance, and I just really like Jet when he sits like this.
Thanks again. I hope you're having as much fun with this as I am."
-Jared
Veteran of the U.S. Military
4th ID Infantry