“I love grilled cheese sandwiches.”

– Frankie Mendoza

Creative Professional For Over A Decade!

Passion for animation started early in high school where he learned to combine illustration with video and went on to win Best Animated Short in the district-wide film festival hosted by his high school.

Graduated from Arizona State University in 2010 with a Bachelor’s degree in Animation. While attending college, he juggled school with multiple short film productions, music videos, and freelanced for various graphic design and creative advertising agencies throughout the valley.

In 2011, he was invited to work at Floyd County Productions in Atlanta, starting as an animator on ARCHER. While working at Floyd County, he cut his teeth and took on compositing duties for productions like UNSUPERVISED and CHOZEN, as well as numerous un-aired pilots, pitches, and proof-of-concepts until 2015.

2016 saw more independent creative pursuits like a web-series, GLACIERSTONE, P.D. for Cartuna, digital illustration for the card game, FIGHT RIGHT MEOW, and a VR proof of concept pitch for Skydance Productions and DreamWorks.

Later that year, he worked for Gimmie Games as Lead Animator on a handful of digital slot machines like QUEEN OF PIRATES, PHOENIX PRINCESS, and MR. CASH MAN.

In 2017, he was invited to work at Augenblick Studios in Brooklyn on the first season of THE JELLIES as Lead Compositor / Lead Editor.

Then, in 2018 he started working at Titmouse, Inc. in Los Angeles on the first season of TIGTONE. He’s also continued working on pitches for animated series projects, like an adaptation of LITTLE JOE CHICKAPIG with writer Steve Bencich, and VIBE PATROL for ShadowMachine.

He’s mostly recently completed work on a new animated series for Netflix Animation called, CAPTAIN FALL GUY.

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • After Effects
  • Premiere
  • Cinema 4D
  • HARMONY

SKILLS

Concept Development

Every good project must start with a solid script or plan and then seen through to the bitter end with a unified vision.

Writing

Formatting is the key to expressing voice. Great story is all about a moving journey. And, the best beats will help deliver an awesome plot!

Otherwise, you’re just plotting along… and no one wants that.

Design

My process to create, fashion, execute or construct any good work of art relies on 10 main principles from Dieter Ram:

– Good design is innovative.

– Good design makes a product useful.

– Good design is aesthetic.

– Good design makes a product understandable.

– Good design is unobtrusive.

– Good design is honest.

– Good design is long-lasting.

– Good design is thorough down to the last detail.

– Good design is environmentally friendly.

– Good design is as little design as possible.

Direction

I follow these five principles when providing direction on projects:

– Be a leader and communicate.

– Encourage open discussion, take criticism, and embrace critique.

– Understand visual literacy.

– Be patient. Work smartly and calmly through issues.

– Lastly, try to watch everything you can.

Animation

2D / 3D

Composition

Explosions are my most favorite!

“And boom goes the dynamite!”

Editing

To be Linear or Non-linear, that is the question.

Creative Production

All aspects of a creative endeavor from the initial phases to wrapping up prove exciting when letting innovation and imagination take hold.