Services – Bio – Film Credits

Services

Conceptual design – Character visual development – Maquette creation

Bard Sculpture Studio provides the following services for Animated and Visual Effects films as well as general sculpture purposes using traditional and modern techniques:

• Digital sculpting/modeling  -coming soon-

• Character-Creature design/development/rendering: From concepts and iterations to final characters.

• Concept models: Environments, vehicles and architecture.

• Final Maquettes / Scanning Maquettes:  Establishing final design and attitude – Neutrally posed character sculptures for CG input.

• CG output based sculpture: Utilizing existing CG data to produce tangible models for revision/presentation purposes.

• Stop-Motion Puppets / Replacement Animation: Design maquettes and final puppet sculpts with interchangeable parts.

• Mold-making: From clay to designer resins, or using other more permanent materials for a lasting durable model.

• Maquette painting and photography.

• Bronze sculpture.

Bio

DAMON BARD

Associate Member of The National Sculpture Society

Member Local #16-I.A.T.S.E.

Member Local #839-I.A.T.S.E.

IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2692415/

LinkedIn resume listing: http://www.linkedin.com/in/damonbard

Damon Bard

Emeryville, CA

For close to 20 years, Damon Bard has been working as a freelance artist in the entertainment industry primarily as a sculptor but also as a character development artist and designer of characters and creatures. Since then, he has contributed to nearly 30 films and other various projects during his career.

Damon has also been fortunate enough to have worked along side some of the most talented, acclaimed, and awarded artists and directors in the industry and on a few of the most successful films ever made; Coraline, Kung Fu Panda, Ratatouille, Shrek 2, Star Wars: Episode 3, Over The Hedge, and Madagascar, to name a few. Additionally, Damon works on his bronze figurative sculpture and oil paintings between and during projects as time allows. (see other work here)

Bard Sculpture Studio is committed to furthering the excellence of the art of character design in the Animation and Visual Effects Industry by continuing to create using traditional/modern sculpture techniques and design methods to bring the most memorable characters and creatures to life for audiences around the world to experience and enjoy.

Damon currently resides in Emeryville, CA where he works and maintains a fully equipped studio to offer the best character services possible. (Please see contact section, for contact details.)

Media posts:

WonderCon 2009 WLTV interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQHsArYDpI

Character Design- Feb 09: http://characterdesign.blogspot.com/2009/02/coraline-maquettes-over-at-damon-bards.html

Character Design- Mar 2008: http://damon-bard-interview.blogspot.com/

Los Angeles Times- Nov 2007: (see here)

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