My first job in animation was on The Simpsons. I was hired when
Producers of the show walked by my desk at Cal Arts in my freshman year
and left me a note, offering me to test to take as Animator. The test
was to turn Skinner's Mom. I passed the test, was hired as a Full
Animator (not Assistant) and never finished my second year at CalArts.
Here is a link to my page in The Simpsons Wikipedia. It is not 100%
accurate, there are many other contributions I made to The Simpsons
while I worked for 20th Century Fox and Klasky Csupo. I will try and
update this information in the near future. Some of the additional
Simpsons work I did was publicity art/press photos for the Main
Characters, Storyboard, Prop and Background Design for some episodes,
completely animated and designed my own Itchy & Scratchy cartoon
(solo), "Sundae Bloody Sunday", Character Design, Animator on several
Butterfinger commercials, Animator on the second version of the Main
Title for The Simpsons.
Sundae Bloody Sundae (YouTube):
https://youtu.be/AzPpkEJBJhM?si=-otsj1n9wvCBIb6R
NOTE: I (and the entire crew) won my first Emmy (certificate) for Best Animated Series working on The Simpsons.
The Simpsons Wikipedia link is here:
https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Frederick_J._Gardner_III
