Profile
Lover of
corgis and
pugs. Nintendo fan. Japanese culture enthusiast. A visual artist for any studio in need of creative assistance, seeking opportunities to utilize my artistic skills to advance on my career.
Education
- San Jose State University, graduated in May 2012.
Bachelor of
Fine Arts in Animation/Illustration, Minor in Japanese. Cum Laude.
Dean’s Scholars Awards in Spring 2009-2010.
- Relevant Coursework: Traditional drawing, 2D Animation, 3D
Modeling, Visual Development, Creative Thinking Art course in Paris,
France (Summer 2009)
Skills and Qualifications
- Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, basic Flash, Autodesk Maya, Zbrush, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel
- Language: Fluent in English (written and spoken) and Cantonese (spoken, intermediate written). Advanced Japanese.
Experiences and Activities
- Office Associate for DoujinPress (April 2013-present)
Responsible for answering most customer inquiry emails, managing all online customer orders processes, packaging, and shipping orders. Advertises the products in creative and user-friendly ways. Optimizes images on Photoshop, proofreads, typesets, and processes print jobs for the company’s original books in InDesign.
- Graphic Artist for Spotivate Inc. (November 2012-March 2013)
I freelance vector web graphics, such as icons, advertisements, mascot illustrations. I also assist in image optimizations as well as revising Powerpoint content layouts, under supervision of the Founder of Spotivate.
- Project Assistant for Daniel Huenergardt (November 2012-January 2013)
- Indesign Assistant for typesetting, making composition decisions, organizing & optimizing photos for Schwager Davis Inc.’s bid manuals of over 100 pages. Schwager successfully won the bid through the manual.
- Photoshop Artist and Cashier for Sleigh Ride Portraits. I used Photoshop to take out greenbacks, touch up the portraits from camera, and put them in custom backgrounds. I also assisted as cashier, taking orders, keeping track of receipts, putting data on Excel spreadsheet, and labeling orders with their corresponding numbers.
- Web graphics & Illustrations Intern at Baydin, Inc. (February 2011 - September 2011)
Paid
Intern at Baydin Inc’s product Email Game that is currently under
development. I made animation graphics, illustration designs, vector
logos, and also web icons for the company. The programs used are
Photoshop and Illustrator.
- In-between Animator for student film “No Robots” (Summer 2010)
Film won 2010 CSU Media Arts Festival Rosebud Award for Animation
- 3D Modeler and Texturer Intern for Judo Baby Studios (Winter 2009 - August 2010)
A 3D modeler and texturer for character’s accessories assets for the game “Dog Football” with Autodesk Maya and Photoshop.
- Part-time Graphic designer for SJSU Engineering Deans Office (Spring 2008 - Spring 2009)
Created
flyers and posters with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, under the
supervising of the Director of Communication in the office.
