Visual Development Artist
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, Entertainment Arts Track - Background and Environment Design | ArtCenter College of Design | Pasadena, CA | August 2023
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Artist | artworxLA | Los Angeles, CA | February 2023 – March 2023
Designed and taught a workshop to high school students around curating and exhibition preparation, collaborated with classroom teacher, workshop coordinator, and the Pasadena Unified School District by providing a lesson plan and supply list. Learned the process of prepping for a gallery space (curating, installation, drywall patching, sanding, painting, cleaning, moving heavy equipment).
Production Assistant | Dilated Pixels | Los Angeles, CA | January 2023
Assisted directors, production team, and art department with camera, lighting, and administrative tasks to film a Turbo Tax commercial for the Super Bowl. Experienced value of teamwork and process of being on a live film set, completing the shoot on schedule.
Freelance Illustrator | M Blash | Los Angeles, CA | March 2017 - June 2017
Collaborated with a director on The Director’s Bureau list. Illustrated key scenes digitally in photoshop from script to help sell to investors. Acquired textures, patterns, and materials from various stores based on the director’s mood boards. Built props for shot reference and composition. Learned the process of film making and storytelling by visually communicating the written material.
Workshop Instructor | artworxLA | Los Angeles, CA | Spring 2016
Taught workshops for high school students, developed curriculums based on art foundation working with traditional mediums such as colored pencil, charcoal, and ink. Learned to manage a classroom and encourage students to plan for their future.
Intern for Graffiti Artist / Muralist | Man One Art | Los Angeles, CA | 2012 – 2013
Assisted a graffiti artist with art installations, prepped walls, and canvases, organized and cleaned studio space, built furniture, cut stencils, catalogued merchandise (toys, stickers, t-shirts, and artwork). Acquired the knowledge of managing an art studio and business.
COURSEWORK
Visual Development | ArtCenter College of Design | Pasadena, CA | April 2022
Collaborative project that developed an animation film based on a fairy tale, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, by illustrating digitally on Photoshop the character design, prop design, vehicle design, composition / layout design, background painting, and worldbuilding to tell a visually compelling story.
Color and Story | ArtCenter College of Design | Pasadena, CA | April 2022
Personal project that developed an animation film based on a novel, Pygmalion, by illustrating digitally on Photoshop the character lineup, character expression sheets, concept art, color keys / scripts, rough layouts, and final key scene illustrations to tell a visually compelling story.
SKILLS
Traditional
Figure, Costume, Landscape, Still Life, Drawing, Sketching, Painting, Pleinair, Gouache, Watercolor, Acrylic, Oils, Ink, Charcoal, Pencil.
Design
Background Painting, Layout Design, Prop Design, Character Design.
Software
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro, Procreate, Storyboard Pro, Excel, PowerPoint, willing to learn Autodesk Maya and Blender.
LANGUAGES
English – Native
Korean – Beginner
INTERESTS
Bebop Jazz, Ambient Electronic Music, Sound Design, Piano, Guitar, Analogue Synthesizers, Drum Machines, Record Collecting, Hiking, Nature, Pleinair Painting, Cooking, Organizing Studio Spaces, Building Computers, Gaming, Storytelling, and Film.