Animation/Illustration Artist in the Greater Los Angeles Area

Well-educated animation designer looking for opportunities to contribute to the fields of animation or video game design. Experienced in animation background painting, concept design and illustration for both short animation films and commercials. Can help you visualize your concept, story, and brand by creating unique color schemes, lighting and composition strategies. Areas of interest for career pursuit include animation background design/painting, animation/commercial concept design, and illustration for children’s books.

EDUCATION:                  
                                           M.A. in Animation, M.A. in Illustration                                               Graduation: August 2013
                                           Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)                                              Savannah, GA
                                           
                                           B.F.A. in Animation                                                                                  Graduation: June 2009
                                           China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)                                           Beijing, China
                               
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:                         
  • Adobe Master Collection
  • Toon Boom Harmony
  • Autodesk MAYA
  • Maxon Cinema 4D
  • Gouache Painting
  • Chinese Painting
  • Chinese Calligraphy 
  • Chinese Guqin 
  • Conversational and Written Fluency in Chinese & English

EXPERIENCE:

-----------------------------COMMERCIAL ANIMATION PRODUCTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Womany.net 525 Festival Promotion Campaign (2016): collaborate with the director and sound designer from Taiwan, design and produce visual content based on the script for the animated promotion campaign

-----------------------------ANIMATION PROP DESIGN & STORYBOARDING----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • ABCmouse.com English Educational Animation (2015 - 2016): design and correct props and storyboard based on curriculum needs, convey director’s idea into drawings, give artistic guidance to production studio in China

-----------------------------ANIMATION BACKGROUND PAINTING-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • InspireQ Commercial short Animation (2016): painted backgrounds in watercolor look style for the commercial animation
  • Mickey Mouse Club (2016): painted the opening and closing credits consistent with the classic Disney themed style for Disney TV Animation
  • The Awesomes, Season 3 (2015): painted vividly creative yet character cohesive backgrounds for the Hulu-streamed series
  • Mickey Mouse Club (2015): painted the opening and closing credits consistent with the classic Disney themed style
  • The Thunderbolt Project, Disney 101 Dalmatians short film (2014): painted backgrounds in the style of the original Disney production  
  • Gata Gang (2014): painted backgrounds for this TV-series pitch for an animated musical featuring swamp animals in their habitat
  • Snow Boat (2013): painted backgrounds for this award-winning animated short film that incorporated unique stylized textures and backgrounds 

-----------------------------ART DIRECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Snow Boat (2013): art director for this award-winning animated short film with duties including communicating with the film director and with a team of 2D and 3D artists  

-----------------------------CHARACTER DESIGN--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Untitled [Imgin] Project (2015): designed characters for augmented reality video game featuring anthropomorphized animals for Imgin studio.
  • McDonald's fish o fillet commercial bid (2014): desgined mermaind and sea animals characters for a paper-cut animation

-----------------------------ILLUSTRATION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Cosmic Trainting Center Events Posters & Merchandises (2016): designed and illustrated holidays/special events posters, such as the training center anniversary event and Christmas special event poster, etc. designed and illustrated patterns for the training center’s sportswear products, such as T-shirts and stretch pants, etc.
  • Disney Flower & Garden Festival 2015 commercial bid (2014): illustrated in the style of vintage fruit advertisements 

-----------------------------BRANDING & IDEATION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Seize 365 studio (2014): created idea and executed project for motion graphic design for their brand logo
  • Jollibee (2014): storyboarding for TV commercial based on the idea of family values featuring the brand’s spaghetti 
  • Plan C Agency (2014): storyboarding for their business promotional video highlighting a diversity of Asian cultures 
  • Umeken (2014): designed web banner for one of their health care products, Royal Jelly
  • Ajinomoto (2014): created idea for print ads featuring Gyoza based on the idea of  “having Gyoza for your holidays”
  • Beverly Center (2014): designed graphics for “Fashion for Success” webinar print ads and save the date cards
  • Gilead (2014): designed brochure in both English and Chinese versions to advertise Viread, a chronic hepatitis B medication                                        

WORK HISTORY:  
  • Cosmic Training Center, Los Angeles, CA                                                Jul. 2016 - Present
          Illustrator/Graphic Designer, Contractor
  • Mango Work, Taiwan                                                                                  Feb. 2016 - Present
          Remote Background Artist, Contractor
  • Age of Learning, Inc., Los Angeles, CA                                                    Aug. 2015 - Mar. 2016
          Artist
  • Leci Design, Guangzhou, China                                                                 Sept. 2015 - Present
          Remote Animation Trainer, Part-time
  • Bento Box Animation, Atlanta, GA                                                            Feb.2015 - Jun. 2015
          Background Artist, Contractor
  • DUCK Studio, Los Angles, CA                                                                   Sept. 2014- Present
           Freelancer
  • Sedona Studios, Los Angles, CA                                                                Apr.2014- Sept.2014 
          Background Artist, Internship, Part-time
  • Plan C Agency, Los Angles, CA                                                                  Jan.2014-Jan. 2015
          Creative Graphic Designer, Part-time
                                          
AWARDS:
  • Snow Boat, short film 
Art Director
snowboatfilm.com
  • Winner Best Student Film - 2015 West Chester Film Festival, West Chester, PA.
  • Winner Achievement in Art Direction - 2014 SCAD Graduate Show, Savannah, GA.
  • Winner Achievement in Look Development - 2014 SCAD Graduate Show, Savannah, GA. 
  • Winner The Strangest Road Award - 24th MEDIAWAVE "On The Road" Online Film Festival, Komárom, Hungary.
  • Nominated Best Animated Film- 2015 West Chester Film Festival at West Chester, PA.
 
  • SCAD Academic Scholarship 2009-2013
  • CAFA Calligraphy Award in Calligraphy Exhibition 2006


REFERENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST