EDUCATION

Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA

M.F.A. in Animation                           Sep 2024 - May 2026

University of Southern California | Roski School of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA

B.A. in Art                                     Jan 2019 - Dec 2022

• GPA: 3.93

• Relevant Coursework: Advanced Game Project, Animation, Illustration, Comics, Oil Painting, Figure Drawing

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Skills: Programming, Game Scripting, Shader Scripting, 2D/3D Animation, 3D Modeling, Illustration, Traditional Drawing/Painting

• Programming Languages: C#, Python, HLSL, HTML/CSS

• Software: Unity, Blender, Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Perforce, Git

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cosmic Cobalt Productions | Los Angeles, CA Jun 2023 – Oct 2023

Background Artist

• Painted 30 pieces of background art in ’60s Chinese gouache poster style for animated documentary

Sofamon | San Francisco, CA (remote) Apr 2023 – Jul 2023

Illustrator

• Illustrated website art featuring company’s bunny mascot, displayed prominently on Web3 product’s homepage

Groupoo | Beijing, China (remote) Nov 2022 -  Dec 2022

Illustrator

• Designed keyframes and 2D assets for motion graphics commercial

Baobab Studios | Redwood City, CA (remote) Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

Marketing Art Intern

• Created marketing art featuring animated film characters

• Devised social media marketing plans for films Crow: The Legend (2017), Namoo (2021), Baba Yaga (2022)

• Developed main character designs for unannounced project

USC Immersive Media Lab | Los Angeles, CA May 2021 - Aug 2021

Concept Artist

• Painted environment concept art for VR driving simulator installed in Mercedes-Benz dealership in Carson, CA

TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games | Shenzhen, China (remote)     Feb 2020 - Jun 2020

Marketing Design Intern

• Established marketing design handbook to set guidelines for global marketing team

• Delivered graphic and typography designs to promote brand identity on social media

PROJECTS

Flarpy Blorb (2D video game)         Dec 2023 – Jan 2024

Programmer & Artist

• Developed a Flappy Bird-like side-scrolling game in Unity by myself

Skylost (3D video game)     Aug 2021 – May 2022

Art Director

• Led 10 artists on team of 30 to develop open-world game where player adventures among floating islands

• Established concept art, storyboards, UI design, and draw-overs to set direction for team

• Game is available on Steam, a USC Games Expo 2022 selection, featured in IGN live coverage

Home (3D animated short)   Nov 2020 – Aug 2021

Visual Development Artist

• Painted mood concepts to visualize a war-ridden Middle Eastern town based on script

• Designed environments and props to serve as reference for 3D artists

Black Metal (2D animated short)   Nov 2020 – Dec 2020

Cleanup Artist

• Assisted lead animator and cleaned up 12 shots of rough animation with line art

• Film was selected for several film festivals including the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival