Honor Henningsen

Fabricator, Animator, Illustrator

 honorhenningsen@gmail.com (415) 525-7002 

Website: https://www.honorableart.com/   

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/honor-henningsen-7592291b5/    

EDUCATION

San Jose State University, San Jose, California August 2021-December 2023

  • BA Design Studies with a concentration in Animation and Illustration

  • Shrunkenheadman Animation/Illustration Club Member

Santa Rosa Junior College, Petaluma, California     June 2018-May 2021

  • Earned Associate’s Degree in Studio Arts for Transfer         May 2021

SKILLS

  • Porcelain casting

  • Plaster mold making

  • Puppet, doll, and prop fabrication

  • Small-scale costume sewing

  • Strong drawing and painting fundamentals

  • Story and character development

  • Toon Boom Harmony

  • 3DS Max

  • Microsoft Office

  • Google Workspace

  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, Premiere Pro

  • Excellent writing skills

  • Storyboarding

  • Detail oriented

  • Collaborative and communicative worker

  • Procreate proficiency

CREATIVE EXPERIENCE

Stop-Motion Set and Prop Fabricator - Roadkill Jamboree Film (December 2022-April 2023)

  • Collaborated with the director and set lead of a BFA stop-motion hybrid music video/thesis film, Roadkill Jamboree.   

  • Painted, weathered, and made set pieces; helped director of the film paint the set.

University of Texas at Austin, Math Dept. - Illustrator of Poster Assets (July-October 2022)

  • Consulted for heads of a project published by the University of Texas at Austin which was presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) conference in Nashville, TN.    

  • This project was funded by the National Science Foundation to investigate how Latine students are resisting and adapting to surveillance from white institutions.

Doll Making Apprentice (2021-2022)

  • For Stephanie Blythe, master dollmaker and member of the National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA) 

  • Worked with Stephanie Blythe to create 60 Maquette dolls for the National Institute of American Doll Artists’ annual convention and expo.            (December 2021-June 2022)

Social Media Manager and Illustrator                           (2021-Present)

  • Assistant and social media manager to Sylvia Boorstein, co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center; author 

Fairmont Hotels- Illustrator, Muralist (2019-Present)

  • Designed coloring pages for Fairmont Hotels: Sonoma Mission Inn and Claremont Hotel (April 2022)

  • Illustrated cartoons for Fairmont San Francisco’s children’s program      (February 2020)

  • Painted 3 wall murals for the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco         (April-May 2019)

  • Created illustrations for Fairmont San Francisco’s Social Media                 (March 2019)

Illustrator for Benefit Concert Invitation in New York City (April 2018)

  • Illustrated the invitation for Arlington Academy of Hope benefit concert at Public Arts in New York City         (2018)