Goose, a.k.a. Gustaf Aspegren
For contact information please email me at info@eevlgoose.com
99-00 Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden. Uncompleted Bachelor of Art, Industrial Design.
96-99 Lycee Technique du Genie Civil, Antibes, France. Applied Arts Baccalaureate.
May 07-Aug07: Freelance Concept Artist for Rhythm and Hues, Commune, Fast Eddie’s among other.
Brain Zoo Studios, Van Nuys- fall 06
Position: Concept Artist Intern
Duties: Conceptual development, color scripting, environment design, ideation sketching and texture painting.
Penn Film Studio AB, Sweden, a small traditional animation studio- summer 05
Position: intern on “Lilla Spöket Laban” TV show.
Duties: Scanning, digital touching-up, inking, coloring and composing in Toonz as well as organizing physical artwork.
Yu & Co, Hollywood- spring 04
Position: Freelance concept artist on the Anime Network’s “Giant Robots” bumper and “the Chronicles of Riddick” title sequence.
Duties: Mechanical designs, storyboarding, 3-d mock-up.
Galleri Palm, Sweden. 04-05
Position: Assistant to the gallerist, Handyman
Duties: Assisting the owner/ gallerist, performing a wide range of tasks before each new show.
American Film Institute, Hollywood- summer 2002
Position: Credited production designer on “180 miles away”, an AFI thesis film.
Duties: Working closely with the Director, the DP and the Producer, designing and building a set as well as dressing the outside locations and fabricating a variety of props.
Gernandt & Danielsson, Sweden
Position: Freelance designer
Duties: Interior and graphic design for the Gernandt & Danielsson lawyers office main headquarters.
_2006: Art Center Model Shop, Lazer-lab assistant.
_2004: June to August: Summer Worker at Stadsbostäder AB, Malmö, gardener and general physical work.
_2003: Teacher Assistant in Fridolin Beisert’s “3-d Object Modeling”, Alias Wavefront Autostudio, Art Center College of Design.
_2001 to 2004 and fall 2005: Senior Lab Assistant in the Art center computer labs.
_2002: Student Representative, Art center Student Government
_2000: Bar-back, Bartender and Waiter at “Norrlands bar & grill”, Stockholm, Sweden
Very teamwork minded, dedicated to high quality and high finish both in the big picture and the small details, strive towards original out-of-the-box solutions, very quick learner. Affinity in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects Procreate Painter, Alias Wavefront Maya and Autostudio, as well as Microsoft Office and Apple Imovie
Fluent in English, French and Swedish, dabbles in German.
References: available upon request.
For contact information please email me at info@eevlgoose.com
Education
May 07- Bachelor of Science, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, USA. First 4 terms as product design, then switched to the Transportation department to focus on Entertainment design.99-00 Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden. Uncompleted Bachelor of Art, Industrial Design.
96-99 Lycee Technique du Genie Civil, Antibes, France. Applied Arts Baccalaureate.
Professional Experience
Sep 07 to present: Visdev Apprentice at Disney Feature animation, Burbank, working full time on productions under the supervision of a mentor.May 07-Aug07: Freelance Concept Artist for Rhythm and Hues, Commune, Fast Eddie’s among other.
Brain Zoo Studios, Van Nuys- fall 06
Position: Concept Artist Intern
Duties: Conceptual development, color scripting, environment design, ideation sketching and texture painting.
Penn Film Studio AB, Sweden, a small traditional animation studio- summer 05
Position: intern on “Lilla Spöket Laban” TV show.
Duties: Scanning, digital touching-up, inking, coloring and composing in Toonz as well as organizing physical artwork.
Yu & Co, Hollywood- spring 04
Position: Freelance concept artist on the Anime Network’s “Giant Robots” bumper and “the Chronicles of Riddick” title sequence.
Duties: Mechanical designs, storyboarding, 3-d mock-up.
Galleri Palm, Sweden. 04-05
Position: Assistant to the gallerist, Handyman
Duties: Assisting the owner/ gallerist, performing a wide range of tasks before each new show.
American Film Institute, Hollywood- summer 2002
Position: Credited production designer on “180 miles away”, an AFI thesis film.
Duties: Working closely with the Director, the DP and the Producer, designing and building a set as well as dressing the outside locations and fabricating a variety of props.
Gernandt & Danielsson, Sweden
Position: Freelance designer
Duties: Interior and graphic design for the Gernandt & Danielsson lawyers office main headquarters.
Additional experience:
_2007: Featured Works at “Taillights and Tire Smoke” and “Don’t Be Scurred” shows at Fast Eddie’s and The Social Trust._2006: Art Center Model Shop, Lazer-lab assistant.
_2004: June to August: Summer Worker at Stadsbostäder AB, Malmö, gardener and general physical work.
_2003: Teacher Assistant in Fridolin Beisert’s “3-d Object Modeling”, Alias Wavefront Autostudio, Art Center College of Design.
_2001 to 2004 and fall 2005: Senior Lab Assistant in the Art center computer labs.
_2002: Student Representative, Art center Student Government
_2000: Bar-back, Bartender and Waiter at “Norrlands bar & grill”, Stockholm, Sweden
Traditional Skills
Strong sketching and visual communication skills in a variety of mediums, effective concept development of original material through process driven design, strong sense of compositional layout and design. Capable of working both towards traditional 2-d applications as well as 3-d cgi end products.Very teamwork minded, dedicated to high quality and high finish both in the big picture and the small details, strive towards original out-of-the-box solutions, very quick learner. Affinity in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects Procreate Painter, Alias Wavefront Maya and Autostudio, as well as Microsoft Office and Apple Imovie
Fluent in English, French and Swedish, dabbles in German.
Interests and Hobbies
Bike riding (former member of the Swedish National Cycling team and world top 12 BMX racer), shooting people during paintball competitions, Vintage Cars and motorcycles, snowboarding, furniture, messing around in the wood and metal shop, watching freaky animations and movies, going to punk rock concerts, tattoos and low-brow art shows and definitely traveling to distant places.References: available upon request.