BIOGRAPHY
JAY BLANDA
My professional career started when I left Joe Kubert's Art School with a starry eyed, optimistic spring in in my step to work for the video game company Hypnotix as a 2D traditional character animator -- that's the type of animation where you draw a million pictures, each one a tiny different from the last, for just a few magical seconds of movement. Though I had no real interest in the world of video games, my passion for animation and my need to pay the gas bill landed me happily at Hypnotix.
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After a couple of years animating video games for Sesame Street's "Dragon Tales", various Scholastic properties and the first artist to bring the legendary Mack Truck bull dog to life, I decided to chase my dream of animating TV comedy and began working for Camp Chaos on Vh1's ILL-ustrated as a 2D character animator, then Nickelodeon's Kappa Mikey.
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Starting an online comedy network with other accomplished animators, I began producing, directing and writing, while also learning 3D motion graphics.
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Ever since, I have animated for some of the world's top media companies; HBO, RollingStone Magazine, Complex Magazine and USA Networks. Now residing in Miami Beach, I am spending most of my artistic energy designing and building art installations for music & arts festivals along with Co-Founding the Burning Man art collective "Byte".
RESUME
ROLLINGSTONE MAGAZINE / WENNER MEDIA
COUNTRY RAM REPORT
Titles & Motion Graphics Animator
Conceptualized, designed and animated the opening titles for this mini-doc series sponsored by Dodge Ram.
CLIMATE CHANGE
2D & Motion Graphics Animator
Animated titles, lower 3rd graphics and 2D animation for this interview featuring Stephan Jenkins from Third Eye Blind.
DAWN OF DEF JAM
2D Character & Motion Graphics Animator
Created a unique pencil character animation to tell the story of Rick Ruben’s humble begginings in this Peabody nominated, mini-documentary from Rolling Stone Magazine. Also Animated the titles and lower 3rd plates to match the pencil style I designed for the documentary.
RICKONASSAINCE
Motion Graphics Animator
Animated titles, lower 3rd graphics for this interview featuring Rick Springfield.
MASTERING THE CRAFT
Motion Graphics Animator
Conceptualized and created titles for this mini-doc series sponsored by Patron. Directed and shot the live action scene on top, of which, I later added and animated titles/fx.
TRIGGER
Motion Graphics Animator
Created and animated titles and lower 3rd title plates for this mini documentary from Rolling Stone Magazine on Willie Nelson’s one and only beloved guitar, Trigger.
COMPLEX MAGAZINE
COMPLEX [CON]VERSATIONS
season 1
Titles & Motion Graphics Animator
Conceptualized, designed and animated the opening titles for this mini-doc series sponsored by Dodge Ram.
COMPLEX [CON]VERSATIONS
season 2
Motion Graphics Animator
Animated titles, lower 3rd graphics for this interview featuring Rick Springfield.
COMPLEX UNIVERSE
Titles & Motion Graphics Animator
Conceptualized, designed and animated the opening titles for this mini-doc series sponsored by Dodge Ram.
DUMB AS HELL
Titles & Motion Graphics Animator
Conceptualized, designed and animated the opening titles for this mini-doc series sponsored by Dodge Ram.
USA NETWORKS
DIG
Titles & Motion Graphics
Animated text and effects for this yearly recap for USA Network’s hit TV show DIG.
USA - MOVIE STUDIO REEL
3D & Motion Graphics
Animated the titles and effects for USA Network’s 2015 movie studio reel.
ROYAL PAINS INTRO
3D & Title Graphics
Designed and Animated this promo for the TV show Royal Pains that pastiches the famous Game of Thrones intro.
SUITS
Titles & Motion Graphics
Animated titles, effects and transitions for this promo celebrating USA and Lexus’ partnership for the TV show Suits.
INFAMOUS HERO
INFAMOUS HERO
February 2015
A mini doc series addressing the real life situations from the HBO series VINYL. We were responsible for all motion graphics and visual treatments.
HBO
1973 SHAPING THE CULTURE
February 2015
A mini doc series addressing the real life situations from the HBO series VINYL. We were responsible for all motion graphics and visual treatments.
MOLEHOUSE
EVIE
EVIE APP
April 2017
Animated Evie's squirrel logo for their app's pre loader and designed/animated various stock, customizable screens for their Snapchat channel.
CLIMATECHANGE.ORG
CLIMATE CHANGE
December 2015
Conceptualized and animated this narrative explaining the importance of a two degree change in the climate’s temperature.
COLLEGE COOKING NETWORK
COLLEGE COOKING NETWORK
December 2015 - Current
Running the company on a daily basis, our responsibilities included; delegating everyday tasks to independent contractors and developers, producing /directing /writing various comedy sketches, developing show concepts, building and managing the company’s 3,000 square foot film studio, designing and managing the company’s website and YouTube channel, creating traditional 2D animation, motion effects, editing, sound design.
Vh1
ILL-USTRATED
December 2015 - Current
Running the company on a daily basis, our responsibilities included; delegating everyday tasks to independent contractors and developers, producing /directing /writing various comedy sketches, developing show concepts, building and managing the company’s 3,000 square foot film studio, designing and managing the company’s website and YouTube channel, creating traditional 2D animation, motion effects, editing, sound design.
NICKELODEON
KAPPA MIKEY
December 2015 - Current
Running the company on a daily basis, our responsibilities included; delegating everyday tasks to independent contractors and developers, producing /directing /writing various comedy sketches, developing show concepts, building and managing the company’s 3,000 square foot film studio, designing and managing the company’s website and YouTube channel, creating traditional 2D animation, motion effects, editing, sound design.
ASIFA EAST
ANIMATION
AWARDS
2001