Checkered Ninja
Checkered Ninja
Checkered Ninja
Checkered Ninja
Checkered Ninja
Checkered Ninja
Jakob Foged
Storyboard Artist
About
Jakob Foged
Born in Aarhus, Denmark
Lives & work Copenhagen, DK
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With 15 years in the animation industry I have work in both animation and live-ction, features and series. Such as HBO's series His Dark Materials and Netflix's mini-serie Watership Down, and the upcoming danish features Checkered Ninja 2 and Little Allan. Currently working at Sparre production on the animated tv-seires Team Nuggets.
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Animaskin
Storyboard Artist
March 2023 - December 2023 (10 months)
Oslo, Norge
The Animation Workshop, VIA University College
Storyboard Teacher
January 2023 - February 2023 (2 months)
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Anima Vitae
Storyboard Artist
July 2022 - January 2023 (7 months)
Sparre Production ApS
Storyboard Artist
October 2021 - July 2022 (10 months)
Karlas fantalastiske Klasse for DR og Canal Plus
The Animation Workshop, VIA University College
Storyboard Teacher
September 2021 - September 2021 (1 month)
Anima Vitae
Storyboard Artist
July 2021 - August 2021 (2 months)
Copenhagen Bombay Productions Storyboard Artist October 2020 - Present (8 months) Sprinter Galore,
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Wil Film
Storyboard Artist
July 2020 - September 2020 (3 months)
Lille Allan "Den Menneskelige Antenne"(animated feature)
Happy Flyfish
Storyboard Artist
May 2020 - July 2020 (3 months)
Lille Frø "Short film"
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Doha Film Institute
Storyboard/drawing Class
March 2020 - April 2020 (2 months)
Doha, Qatar
A. Film A/S
Freelance Storyboard Artist
October 2019 - January 2020 (4 months)
Copenhagen Area, Denmark
- Ternet Ninja 2/ - Checkered Ninja 2 (animated Feature)
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The Animation Workshop, VIA University College
Storyboard portfolio consultant/teacher
November 2019 - November 2019 (1 month)
Viborg, Denmark
Storyboard portfolio consultant2 Weeks
The Animation Workshop, VIA University College
Storyboard teacher
September 2019 - September 2019 (1 month)
Viborg, Denmark
Course " Drawing for storyboarding"1 week course
Painting Practice
Freelance Storyboard Artist
April 2019 - July 2019 (4 months)
Cardiff, United Kingdom
- His Dark Materials, Season 2, HBO (Live Action Tv-series)-Halo , (Live Action Tv-series)
People Moving Pixels
Freelance Storyboard Artist
January 2019 - February 2019 (2 months)
Santa Cruz De Tenerife Area, Spain
- Talking Tom and Friends, (Animated Tv-series)
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The Animation Workshop, VIA University College
Storyboard portfolio consultant/teacher
November 2018 - November 2018 (1 month)
Viborg, Denmark
Storyboard portfolio consultant2 weeks
The Animation Workshop, VIA University College
Storyboard teacher
September 2018 - September 2018 (1 month)
Viborg, Denmark
Storyboard Teacher"Introduction to storyboarding"1 week Course
Wil Film Aps
Freelance Storyboard Artist
September 2017 - June 2018 (10 months)
Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Gingerbread Animation
Freelance Storyboard Artist
May 2017 - September 2017 (5 months)
County Dublin, Ireland
Space Chickens in Space, Disney Channel (Animated Tv-series)
WATERSHIP DOWN TELEVISION LTD
Freelance Storyboard Artist
April 2016 - September 2016 (6 months)
London, United Kingdom
Watership Down, Netflix (Animated Tv-series)-
Wil Film ApS
Storyboard Artist
April 2014 - December 2015 (1 year 9 months)
Copenhagen Area, Denmark
NinjaGo/Lego Star Wars (Animated Tv-series)-
Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
Storyboard Artist
August 2012 - March 2014 (1 year 8 months)
Copenhagen Area, Denmark
Angry Birds (Animated Tv-series)
Wil Film ApS
2 years
Storyboard
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Copenhagen Area, Denmark
NinjaGo (Animated Tv-series)
Previz
2010 - 2011 (1 year)
Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark
Orla Frøsnapper (Animated Feature)
Orbit Studio
Storyboard Artist
2011 - 2011 (less than a year)
Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark
Copenhagen Bombay Productions
2D Animator
2008 - 2009 (1 year)
Copenhagen Area, Denmark
Æblet og Ormen (Apple and the Worm) (Animated feature)
Cartoon Saloon
Storyboard Artist
2007 - 2008 (1 year)
Kilkenny, Ireland
Skunk Fu (Animated Tv-series
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Education
The Animation Workshop
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Character Animation · (2003 - 2007)
The Drawing Academy
Classical Drawing · (2001 - 2002)
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