Peter is presently
1982-2011 Contributing illustrator, The School Magazine, published by the Department of Education.
1999-2011 Illustrator / cartoonist, The Walkley Magazine, published by the MEAA (Walkley Award finalist 1999 and 2004).
2011 Storyboard artist, The Sapphires, The Sapphires Productions, feature film.
2011 Storyboard artist, Drift, World Wide Mind Films, feature film.
2011 Writer / illustrator, Alien Encounters, episodic graphic novel, Dept of Education, The School Magazine.
2011 Illustrator, Charlie Burr and the Three Stolen Dollars, Charlie Burr and the Great Shed Invasion, (written by Sally Morgan, Ambelin, Blaze and Ezekiel Kwaymullina), published by Little Hare.
2011 Storyboard artist, Wild Boys, Ep 1, Southern Star, TV series.
2010 Writer / illustrator, High Seas, an episodic graphic novel, The Dept of Education, The School Magazine.
2010 Storyboard artist, A Few Best Men, Arclight Films, feature film.
2010 Storyboard artist, The Hunter, Porchlight Films, feature film.
2004 - 2011 Illustrator and cartoonist, Fair Dinkum Histories (written by Jackie French) (1) Shipwreck Sailors and 60,000 Years (2) Grim Crims and Convicts (3) Rotters and Squatters (4) Gold Graves and Glory (5) A Nation of Swaggies and Diggers (6) Weevils, War and Wallabies. (7) Rockin', Rollin', Hair and Hippies. (8) Booms, Busts and Bushfires. Published by Scholastic.
2009 Storyboard artist, Beneath Hill 60 , The Silence Productions, feature film.
2009 Storyboard artist, Dogstar, series 2, Ep 30, Media World Pictures, TV series.
2009 Storyboard artist, Nanoboy, Ep 22, Scrawl Studios, animated TV series.
2008 Storyboard artist, The Waitomo ride experience, Lightwell Productions.
2008 Storyboard artist, Zigby, Ep 26, Flying Bark, animated TV series.
2005-2008 Illustrator, various brochures for the Department of Commerce.
2008 Storyboard artist, The Farm, Brown Cab Productions, short film.
2007 Illustrator / co-writer, Toddler Tantrum Toolkit, published by the Department of Community Services.
2007 Illustrator, numerous covers for The Diplomat magazine.
2007 Writer / illustrator, Maze of Twisted Tales, a puzzle book, published by Little Hare.
2007 Designer / illustrator, Plane Train Truck and Trolley, wordless picture book, published by Penguin.
2007 Storyboard artist, Dinosaur stampede, The Australian Museum exhibit.
2007 Storyboard artist, Courting Hope, Cleopatra Films, short film.
2006 Illustrator / co-writer, Charter of Rights, published by the Department of Community Services.
2006 Writer, Newspaper Illustrator, stage play (renamed Inside Out).
2006 Cartoonist, The Australian Workers Magazine.
2005 Illustrator, The Island (written by John Heffernan), published by Scholastic. Awarded the CBCA Honour Book Prize.
2005 Storyboard artist, Dogstar, series1, Ep 11, 15, 19, 23, 25, Media World Pictures, TV series.
2004 Illustrator, Rollercoaster (written by David Metzenthen), published by Penguin, Aussie Nibble.
2004 Production designer / storyboard artist, Akikaze, A film by Aaron Seymor, AFTRS short animated film.
2003 Illustrator, Spider! (written by David Metzenthen), published by Penguin, Aussie Nibble, nominated for the CBCA Book Of The Year.
2003 Background artist, Freddo Frog, Creative Animations TVC.
2002 Illustrator, I Wish I Had a Dinosaur (written by Ian Anggabrata with Mingga Anggawan), published by Scholastic, nominated for the CBCA Book Of The Year.
2000 Illustrator, Children’s evidence brochure, NSW Police.
2000 Illustrator, Y2K Dictionary, NSW Department of Education.
2000 lllustrator, Captain Cat and the Umbrella Kid series (written by Paul Shaw) published by Scholastic, (1) Fruit of Fury (2) Revenge of the Refrigerators (3) Cards of Chaos (4) Peaches of Panic.
2000 Storyboard artist / key background designer, The Kangaroo Creek Gang, Southern Star, animated TV series.
1999 Illustrator, Tatterhood, Norwegian folktales (translated by Margrete Lamond), published by Allen & Unwin.
1999 Writer / performer, the shipwreck stories, The Pandora and The Sydney Cove, commissioned by and performed in the Australian National Maritime Museum.
1998 - 2000 Illustrator of The Opinion Page and feature articles for The Australian newspaper, published by News Ltd.
1996 Illustrator, Whales, an interactive exhibition held by The Australian National Maritime Museum.
1996 Assistant Art Director, All Dogs Go To Heaven II, MGM animated feature.
1996 Art / Animation Director, Ingenious!, ABC, Questacon and Radiant CD-Rom. Winner of the 1997 ATOM award for best Educational Title and the 1998 AIMA award for best Game or Entertainment Title.
1995 Designer / illustrator, Pirates! An interactive exhibition held by the Australian National Maritime Museum (re-installed in 1998 and 2006).
1995 Illustrator / art director / animation director of Ingenious! A CD-rom - ABC, Questacon, Radiant co-production. Winner of the 1997 ATOM award for Best Educational Title and the 1988 AIMA award for Best Game or Entertainment Title.
1995 Background designer, Co Co Pop Circus, Anifex TVC.
1994 Drawing animator, The Story of Rosy Dock, Jennie Baker’s short animated, Film Australia.
1994 Line-test animator, Cadbury's Licorice, Anifex TVC.
1993 Designer / illustrator, Mission Possible, Theatre in Education, The Roads and Traffic Authority.
1993 Animator, Dymock’s Book Sale, RKA Animation TVC.
1993 Background designer, Puss’n Boots, Burbank Films, animated feature.
1992 Designer / illustrator, Click Clack Road Safety Show, Theatre in Education, The Roads and Traffic Authority.
1992 Storyboard artist, Sniper, Sniper Productions, feature film.
1992 Line test animator, Rid Weed, Quickfresh, Hershey’s Hugs, Commonwealth Bank, Ibbetson Cherry and Deane, TVC’s.
1992 Producer / animator, Commonwealth Bonds, Porchlight Productions TVC.
1992 Background artist, Pete Repeat, RKA Animation TVC.
1991 Designer / illustrator, Watercare, education package commissioned by the Sydney Waterboard.
1991 Layout artist / background designer, Fish Police, Hanna Barbera, CBS Prime-time TV series.
1991 Producer / animator, Artes Sale, Porchlight Productions TVC.
1990-1995 Set designer / illustrator for the REP Theatre. In the Boom Boom Room, Trafford Tanzi, The Miss Firecracker Contest, The Savage Dilemma.
1990 Line test animator / designer, Commonwealth Bank Origami 1,2,3, Ross Woods TVC’s. Awarded 3 FACT Awards in 1990.
1990 Line test animator / designer, Hershey’s Hugs, Ibbetson Cherry and Dean TVC.
1990 Layout artist,Tom and Jerry, Mr Big Cartoons / Hanna Barbera, TV series.
1988-1995 Illustrator, Streetsense, Road safety calendars, Roads and Traffic Authority.
1989-1992 Graduate, Diploma in Acting, The Ensemble Studios, Sydney.
1988-1989 Illustrator, movie posters, Alby Mangel’s World Safari II, Celia, Daisy and Simon.
1989 Layout artist, A Pup named Scooby Doo, Hanna Barbera, TV series.
1988 Background layout artist, Prisoner of Zenda, Burbank Films, animated feature.
1988 Background layout artist,The Black Arrow, Burbank Films, animated feature.
1987 Layout director, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, Snorkels, Foofur, Hanna Barbera animated TV series, Optifex International, Manila.
1986 Character designer / layout artist, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Last of the Mohicans, Black Beauty, Wind in the Willows, Westward Ho, Burbank Films, animated features.
1986 Background artist / designer,Top Cat, Pound Puppies, Teenwolf, Berenstain Bears, Hanna Barbera, animated TV series.
1985 Designer / layout artist, various TVC’s, Animation Partnership,Dragon Animation, London.
1985 Layout artist, The Velveteen Rabbit, US ABC TV, animated special.
1984 Animator / layout artist, The Amazing Bungee Venture, US ABC TV special.
1984 Layout artist on The Pink Panther, Hanna Barbera, primetime special.
1984 Animator/layout artist – The Secret World Of Og, Clutz, Dragon’s Blood, Robbut, Arnold of the Ducks, The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper, Hank the Cowdog. CBS Storybreak TV specials
1981–1985 Animator / inbetweener / layout artist on Popeye, Smurfs, Laverne and Shirley, Donkey Kong, Mork and Mindy, Lucky Luke, Dukes of Hazard, Hanna Barbera, televison series.
1981-1982 Illustrator of newspaper advertisements for David Jones.
Awards
2011 WYSIWYG 3D APDG Award for drawing. For the storyboard of the feature film - Beneath Hill 60.
2006 Best General Illustrator Stanley Award. Awarded by the Australian Cartoonists Association.
2005 Children’s Book Council of Australia's Honour Book Prize for - The Island, written by John Heffernan, published by Scholastic.
1997 ATOM award for Best Educational Title for - Ingenious! An interactive CD-rom, produced by the ABC, Questacon and Radiant.
1991 3 FACT Awards for animation on 3 Commonwealth Bank Origami commercials: Alligator, Birds and Sheepdog.
1989 2 Australian Writers and Art Directors Awards for Graphic Design.
1988 AIMA Award for Best Game or Entertainment Title for - Ingenious! An interactive CD-rom, produced by the ABC, Questacon and Radiant.
PETER SHEEHAN www.petersheehan.com
- A Director and treasurer of The Australian Production Design Guild.
- Freelancing as a writer, illustrator, designer and storyboard artist.
1982-2011 Contributing illustrator, The School Magazine, published by the Department of Education.
1999-2011 Illustrator / cartoonist, The Walkley Magazine, published by the MEAA (Walkley Award finalist 1999 and 2004).
2011 Storyboard artist, The Sapphires, The Sapphires Productions, feature film.
2011 Storyboard artist, Drift, World Wide Mind Films, feature film.
2011 Writer / illustrator, Alien Encounters, episodic graphic novel, Dept of Education, The School Magazine.
2011 Illustrator, Charlie Burr and the Three Stolen Dollars, Charlie Burr and the Great Shed Invasion, (written by Sally Morgan, Ambelin, Blaze and Ezekiel Kwaymullina), published by Little Hare.
2011 Storyboard artist, Wild Boys, Ep 1, Southern Star, TV series.
2010 Writer / illustrator, High Seas, an episodic graphic novel, The Dept of Education, The School Magazine.
2010 Storyboard artist, A Few Best Men, Arclight Films, feature film.
2010 Storyboard artist, The Hunter, Porchlight Films, feature film.
2004 - 2011 Illustrator and cartoonist, Fair Dinkum Histories (written by Jackie French) (1) Shipwreck Sailors and 60,000 Years (2) Grim Crims and Convicts (3) Rotters and Squatters (4) Gold Graves and Glory (5) A Nation of Swaggies and Diggers (6) Weevils, War and Wallabies. (7) Rockin', Rollin', Hair and Hippies. (8) Booms, Busts and Bushfires. Published by Scholastic.
2009 Storyboard artist, Beneath Hill 60 , The Silence Productions, feature film.
2009 Storyboard artist, Dogstar, series 2, Ep 30, Media World Pictures, TV series.
2009 Storyboard artist, Nanoboy, Ep 22, Scrawl Studios, animated TV series.
2008 Storyboard artist, The Waitomo ride experience, Lightwell Productions.
2008 Storyboard artist, Zigby, Ep 26, Flying Bark, animated TV series.
2005-2008 Illustrator, various brochures for the Department of Commerce.
2008 Storyboard artist, The Farm, Brown Cab Productions, short film.
2007 Illustrator / co-writer, Toddler Tantrum Toolkit, published by the Department of Community Services.
2007 Illustrator, numerous covers for The Diplomat magazine.
2007 Writer / illustrator, Maze of Twisted Tales, a puzzle book, published by Little Hare.
2007 Designer / illustrator, Plane Train Truck and Trolley, wordless picture book, published by Penguin.
2007 Storyboard artist, Dinosaur stampede, The Australian Museum exhibit.
2007 Storyboard artist, Courting Hope, Cleopatra Films, short film.
2006 Illustrator / co-writer, Charter of Rights, published by the Department of Community Services.
2006 Writer, Newspaper Illustrator, stage play (renamed Inside Out).
2006 Cartoonist, The Australian Workers Magazine.
2005 Illustrator, The Island (written by John Heffernan), published by Scholastic. Awarded the CBCA Honour Book Prize.
2005 Storyboard artist, Dogstar, series1, Ep 11, 15, 19, 23, 25, Media World Pictures, TV series.
2004 Illustrator, Rollercoaster (written by David Metzenthen), published by Penguin, Aussie Nibble.
2004 Production designer / storyboard artist, Akikaze, A film by Aaron Seymor, AFTRS short animated film.
2003 Illustrator, Spider! (written by David Metzenthen), published by Penguin, Aussie Nibble, nominated for the CBCA Book Of The Year.
2003 Background artist, Freddo Frog, Creative Animations TVC.
2002 Illustrator, I Wish I Had a Dinosaur (written by Ian Anggabrata with Mingga Anggawan), published by Scholastic, nominated for the CBCA Book Of The Year.
2000 Illustrator, Children’s evidence brochure, NSW Police.
2000 Illustrator, Y2K Dictionary, NSW Department of Education.
2000 lllustrator, Captain Cat and the Umbrella Kid series (written by Paul Shaw) published by Scholastic, (1) Fruit of Fury (2) Revenge of the Refrigerators (3) Cards of Chaos (4) Peaches of Panic.
2000 Storyboard artist / key background designer, The Kangaroo Creek Gang, Southern Star, animated TV series.
1999 Illustrator, Tatterhood, Norwegian folktales (translated by Margrete Lamond), published by Allen & Unwin.
1999 Writer / performer, the shipwreck stories, The Pandora and The Sydney Cove, commissioned by and performed in the Australian National Maritime Museum.
1998 - 2000 Illustrator of The Opinion Page and feature articles for The Australian newspaper, published by News Ltd.
1996 Illustrator, Whales, an interactive exhibition held by The Australian National Maritime Museum.
1996 Assistant Art Director, All Dogs Go To Heaven II, MGM animated feature.
1996 Art / Animation Director, Ingenious!, ABC, Questacon and Radiant CD-Rom. Winner of the 1997 ATOM award for best Educational Title and the 1998 AIMA award for best Game or Entertainment Title.
1995 Designer / illustrator, Pirates! An interactive exhibition held by the Australian National Maritime Museum (re-installed in 1998 and 2006).
1995 Illustrator / art director / animation director of Ingenious! A CD-rom - ABC, Questacon, Radiant co-production. Winner of the 1997 ATOM award for Best Educational Title and the 1988 AIMA award for Best Game or Entertainment Title.
1995 Background designer, Co Co Pop Circus, Anifex TVC.
1994 Drawing animator, The Story of Rosy Dock, Jennie Baker’s short animated, Film Australia.
1994 Line-test animator, Cadbury's Licorice, Anifex TVC.
1993 Designer / illustrator, Mission Possible, Theatre in Education, The Roads and Traffic Authority.
1993 Animator, Dymock’s Book Sale, RKA Animation TVC.
1993 Background designer, Puss’n Boots, Burbank Films, animated feature.
1992 Designer / illustrator, Click Clack Road Safety Show, Theatre in Education, The Roads and Traffic Authority.
1992 Storyboard artist, Sniper, Sniper Productions, feature film.
1992 Line test animator, Rid Weed, Quickfresh, Hershey’s Hugs, Commonwealth Bank, Ibbetson Cherry and Deane, TVC’s.
1992 Producer / animator, Commonwealth Bonds, Porchlight Productions TVC.
1992 Background artist, Pete Repeat, RKA Animation TVC.
1991 Designer / illustrator, Watercare, education package commissioned by the Sydney Waterboard.
1991 Layout artist / background designer, Fish Police, Hanna Barbera, CBS Prime-time TV series.
1991 Producer / animator, Artes Sale, Porchlight Productions TVC.
1990-1995 Set designer / illustrator for the REP Theatre. In the Boom Boom Room, Trafford Tanzi, The Miss Firecracker Contest, The Savage Dilemma.
1990 Line test animator / designer, Commonwealth Bank Origami 1,2,3, Ross Woods TVC’s. Awarded 3 FACT Awards in 1990.
1990 Line test animator / designer, Hershey’s Hugs, Ibbetson Cherry and Dean TVC.
1990 Layout artist,Tom and Jerry, Mr Big Cartoons / Hanna Barbera, TV series.
1988-1995 Illustrator, Streetsense, Road safety calendars, Roads and Traffic Authority.
1989-1992 Graduate, Diploma in Acting, The Ensemble Studios, Sydney.
1988-1989 Illustrator, movie posters, Alby Mangel’s World Safari II, Celia, Daisy and Simon.
1989 Layout artist, A Pup named Scooby Doo, Hanna Barbera, TV series.
1988 Background layout artist, Prisoner of Zenda, Burbank Films, animated feature.
1988 Background layout artist,The Black Arrow, Burbank Films, animated feature.
1987 Layout director, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, Snorkels, Foofur, Hanna Barbera animated TV series, Optifex International, Manila.
1986 Character designer / layout artist, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Last of the Mohicans, Black Beauty, Wind in the Willows, Westward Ho, Burbank Films, animated features.
1986 Background artist / designer,Top Cat, Pound Puppies, Teenwolf, Berenstain Bears, Hanna Barbera, animated TV series.
1985 Designer / layout artist, various TVC’s, Animation Partnership,Dragon Animation, London.
1985 Layout artist, The Velveteen Rabbit, US ABC TV, animated special.
1984 Animator / layout artist, The Amazing Bungee Venture, US ABC TV special.
1984 Layout artist on The Pink Panther, Hanna Barbera, primetime special.
1984 Animator/layout artist – The Secret World Of Og, Clutz, Dragon’s Blood, Robbut, Arnold of the Ducks, The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper, Hank the Cowdog. CBS Storybreak TV specials
1981–1985 Animator / inbetweener / layout artist on Popeye, Smurfs, Laverne and Shirley, Donkey Kong, Mork and Mindy, Lucky Luke, Dukes of Hazard, Hanna Barbera, televison series.
1981-1982 Illustrator of newspaper advertisements for David Jones.
Awards
2011 WYSIWYG 3D APDG Award for drawing. For the storyboard of the feature film - Beneath Hill 60.
2006 Best General Illustrator Stanley Award. Awarded by the Australian Cartoonists Association.
2005 Children’s Book Council of Australia's Honour Book Prize for - The Island, written by John Heffernan, published by Scholastic.
1997 ATOM award for Best Educational Title for - Ingenious! An interactive CD-rom, produced by the ABC, Questacon and Radiant.
1991 3 FACT Awards for animation on 3 Commonwealth Bank Origami commercials: Alligator, Birds and Sheepdog.
1989 2 Australian Writers and Art Directors Awards for Graphic Design.
1988 AIMA Award for Best Game or Entertainment Title for - Ingenious! An interactive CD-rom, produced by the ABC, Questacon and Radiant.
PETER SHEEHAN www.petersheehan.com