Resume

Lecture/Teaching Experience:
2024 Winter: Online instructor for Digital Sketch and Drawing at Studio Arts | Education for Entertainment Creatives
2024 December: In person Guest Lecturer for Syracuse University, Dick Clark program in North Hollywood, California
2023 Winter:  Online instructor for Digital Design and Illustration at Studio Arts | Education for Entertainment Creatives
2019 -2022: CG surfacing mentor at DreamWorks Animation
June 2022 and July 2023: Virtual guest lecturer for Cal State Fullerton Digital Animation department
Juy 2022: Virtual guest lecturer for Escuela Escena in Mexico City, Mexico
2014 - 2019: Art lessons for grades K - 5 at Mark Keppel Elementary School, Visual and Performing Arts Magnet
Volunteer Work:
2024: Painting murals with Muralism.org at Fair Avenue Elementary School in North Hollywood and Charles H. Kim Elementary School in Los Angeles
Volunteered to help paint exterior mural at the Campbell Center in Glendale, California with the Glendale Rotary Club in 2023
2018-2019: Set design and painting for two theatrical musicals, Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan at Mark Keppel Elementary School, Visual and Performing Arts Magnet.
2014 - 2019: Art lessons for grades K - 5 at Mark Keppel Elementary School, Visual and Performing Arts Magnet
Work Experience:
Senior Surfacing Artist/Illustrator/Educator
2024 Winter: Online instructor to teach Digital Design and Illustration for Studio Arts: Education for Entertainment Creatives
2024 December: artist member of Laetro.com and guest host for Drawing Club online.
2024 Frogtown Artwalk : Artist member of the Elysian Arts Collective
2023 Winter: Online instructor in Digital Design and Illustration for Studio Arts: Education for Entertainment Creatives
2023: Artist handler for LightBox Expo in Pasadena and LA ComicCon  in Los Angeles 
2023 October: signed and painted Utility/Traffic box painting for City of Burbank in October 2023.
Part time Costumed art model at Art Center

Freelance Visual Development Artist
Sony Pictures Animation 
Design props and Character color design for an unannounced project.

Visual Development Artist  
DreamWorks Television Animation
Design color and linework for props, sets(color only), characters (color only), color scripts, and paintovers.  Utilize extensive knowledge of surfacing techniques in combination with color design experience.  3d prop design using Blender/Maya/Substance Painter/Mari.
Shows: Curses! and Be@rBrick

Lead Surfacing Artist  
DreamWorks Television Animation
Look development of new shows and helping create the surfacing pipelines and materials for new shows. 
Quality control and supervise the surfacing of all assets from partner studios.
Writing technical documentation for partner studios to adhere to our pipeline.    
SHOWS:2 Unanounced shows, Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight,  Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Fast and Furious: Spy Racers, Doug Unplugs, Dragons: Rescue Riders, Spirit: Riding Free, Boss Baby Back in Business, Adventures of Puss in Boots, Voltron, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, All Hail King Julien, Kung Fu Panda: Paws of Destiny, Veggie Tales in the House  

Surfacing/Lighting/Color Stylist 
DreamWorks Feature Animation 
Surfacing and Look development of Characters, Environments, and props for Home, Kung Fu Panda 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Flushed Away
Hair/Fur Groom for Characters and Environments (grass) for Turbo and Monsters Vs. Aliens
Light and Final color composite for Bee Movie, Shark Tale, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Color Design and Final color composite for Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron, The Road to El Dorado, The Prince of Egypt

Assistant Art Director 
Turner Feature Animation 
 Color design of Characters, Environments, Props, and Effects for Cats Don't Dance
Supervise the implementation of color designs in Digital Ink/Paint
Assist the Art Director in the Final color compositing of Cats Don't Dance
MOVIE: Cats Don’t Dance  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118829/

Color Designer
Hyperion Animation 
Color Design of characters, props, and backgrounds 
Shows: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, Little Wizards, Life with Louie, Itsy Bitsy Spider  

Color Design/Stylist  
Klasky Csupo Animation
Color Design of characters, props, and backgrounds
Shows: Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man, Aaah!!! Real Monsters
  
Education:  
Otis/Parsons College of Art and Design 
BFA, Illustration and Communication Design  

Skills:
Surfacing, Texturing, and Digital painting
Animation Color Design
3d and 2d prop design
Digital and Tradition Illustration
Managing talent and Customer service online and in person
Teaching digital and traditional art online and in person
3d Modeling and sculpture
Writing technical documentation
Software Knowledge:  Shotgrid, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Substance Painter and Designer, Mari, Zbrush, Blender, Harmony, Nuke, Maya (Vray, Redshift, Arnold), Xgen, Unreal Engine
Murals indoor and outdoor
Floral design
Textile design traditionally and digitally
Lecture/Teaching Experience:
2023 Winter: Online instructor for Digital Sketch and Drawing for Studio Arts | Education for Entertainment Creatives
2024 Winter: Online instructor for Digital Design and Illustration at Studio Arts | Education for Entertainment Creatives
2024 December: In person Guest Lecturer for Syracuse University Dick Clark program in North Hollywood, California
2019 -2022: CG surfacing mentor at DreamWorks Animation
June 2022 and July 2023: Virtual guest lecturer for Cal State Fullerton Digital Animation department
July 2022: Virtual guest lecturer for Escuela Escena in Mexico City, Mexico







 
 
 
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