Cindy Scharka BA Fine Art & Visual Culture
Profile
As a director & teacher I have a great enthusiasm for leadership focusing on group-based projects and individual mentoring.
As an accomplished digital animation artist with a strong traditional background, I have experience and knowledge of all areas of the animation pipeline including background layout, character/prop design, colour, animation, scripts and storyboard work.
Professional Experience
2021 - present Cheeky Little Media
Series Director - Ginger & the Vegesaurs S2-S3
Animation Director -Ginger & the Vegesaurs S1
Episodic Director - Kangaroo Beach S2
2019 -2020 SLR Productions
Episodic director - Space Nova S1
2017 -2018 Beyond Productions
Storyboard Artist - Motown S1, Beatbugs S2
2016 - 2017 SLR Productions
Animation Director - Lexie & Lottie Twin Detectives S1
Director Assistant - Guess How Much I Love You specials
2015- 2016 Cheeky Little Media
Storyboard Artist - Kazoops S1
2014 - 2021 UTS - University Technology Sydney
Teacher/Tutor - Animation fundamentals & life drawing as part of Bachelor of Design Animation
Previous Experience
2007 -2014
TAFE NSW Student disability support – Hornsby & Ryde Campus
DULWICH HILL & KILLARA HS - Facilitate Animation Workshops
BEYOND Productions - Hoopla 4 x 11 min storyboard
HOPSCOTCH FILMS - The Gradual Demise of Philippa Finch series animation (17 x 3 min)
QANTM - Lecturer and tutor animation/drawing/storyboard
SLR Productions - Lead Design Model Pack Skinner Boys/Captain Flinn /Guess How Much I love You S2 /Captain Flinn/GASP
Kapow Pictures - Animation, design, Storyboard - My Great Big Adventure ABC series / Chico Bonbon pilot /CJ the DJ series/ Louis’ Lunch Pilot
Enmore Design Centre - Lecturer and tutor animation/storyboard
2006 – 2007
Madcow Pictures/Kapow Pictures/Flying Bark Studios
Commercial work
2003 – 2006
COMPUTER GRAPHIC COLLEGE
Lecturer and tutor traditional animation/storyboard
2005
YORAM GROSS STUDIOS
Key Backgrounds Clean up - Deadly Series (13x22min)
2002 – 2004
KAPOW PICTURES
Yakkity Yak Series (26 x 22min) Key Backgrounds Clean up/model pack design/clean up
MADCOW PICTURES
Cartoon Network animation assistant
FILM GRAPHICS
Kellogg’s Commercial animation assistant
1984 – 2002
ENERGEE ENTERTAINMENT
WALT DISNEY AUSTRALIA
HANNA-BARBERA AUSTRALIA
Skills
Mac OSX/Windows
Toonboom Storyboard Pro, Adobe Suite
Education
2017 - Bachelor of Fine Arts & Visual Culture
2005 - Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment – Computer Graphics College
2005 - Flash Animation for Web – The Computer Graphics College
2003 - Photoshop Basics – Castle Hill Community College
1981 - Life Drawing / Fine Art – Meadowbank TAFE