Hi I’m Chris Piatkowski I am a focused, adaptable, and empathetic motion graphics designer, with over 8 years of design and animation experience. I do this by creating and designing new illustrations & animations that show unique perspectives. This allows me to pursue my calling of exploring and showing uniques truths in my work. When I’m not working I’m relaxing, brushing up on my Japanese, and do martial arts. こんにちは、私はChris Piatkowskiです 私は8年以上のデザインとアニメーションの経験を持つ、集中力があり、順応性があり、共感的なモーショングラフィックデザイナーです。 私はこれを行うには、独自の視点を示す新しいイラストやアニメーションを作成してデザインします。 これは私が私の仕事の中でユニークな真実を探求し、示すという私の呼びかけを追求することを可能にします。 仕事をしていないときは、リラックスして日本語を磨き、武道をしています。 Teacher, Oakwood Tokyo International School Contract Apr 2020 – Present, Tokyo, Japan Kindergarten Classroom Teacher, teaching multiple subjects to children in an international school environment. Also leads the intermediate English lesson for children living in Japan. Freelance Illustrator & Animator, Chris Piatkowski Jul 2011 – Present, Kanagawa, Kawasaki Creative living and working in Japan since 2016, providing bespoke animation, illustration, and design work for companies and individuals within the Japan market. In past exchanges I have provided specialized digital illustrations for creative and commercial work. Tokyo Coding Club, Animation Instructor June 2019 - February 2021, Tokyo, Japan 2D animation instructor, teaching students how to illustrate & animate using digital software from the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Also teaching basics in art, graphic design, and video editing. Help having students create short animation works and increase overall art knowledge and artistic ability. Culture Kids Tokyo, Graphic Design Specialist/Teacher September 2019 - April 2020, Tokyo, Japan Teaching science and other subjects while at the same time designing flyers, webpages, and other documents for one of a kind learning experience for children in Tokyo. In this position design and maintained the company website, along with creating promotional materials. An-yal, Visual Designer September 2018 - September 2019, Tokyo, Japan Created social media content for Instagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms, as well as helped with internal design projects, such as logo development and website creation. While in this designed company website and update logo head as well. Everyst Stories (By 96 Problems), Story Artist September 2017 - July 2018, Tokyo, Japan Creating stories and illustrations for new story applications based in Japan. Helped with the creating illustrative assets for user stories as well as the creation of my personal story, in the early role of the application.

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Hi I’m Chris Piatkowski I am a focused, adaptable, and empathetic motion graphics designer, with over 8 years of design and animation experience. I do this by creating and designing new illustrations & animations that show unique perspectives. This allows me to pursue my calling of exploring and showing uniques truths in my work. When I’m not working I’m relaxing, brushing up on my Japanese, and do martial arts. こんにちは、私はChris Piatkowskiです 私は8年以上のデザインとアニメーションの経験を持つ、集中力があり、順応性があり、共感的なモーショングラフィックデザイナーです。 私はこれを行うには、独自の視点を示す新しいイラストやアニメーションを作成してデザインします。 これは私が私の仕事の中でユニークな真実を探求し、示すという私の呼びかけを追求することを可能にします。 仕事をしていないときは、リラックスして日本語を磨き、武道をしています。 Teacher, Oakwood Tokyo International School Contract Apr 2020 – Present, Tokyo, Japan Kindergarten Classroom Teacher, teaching multiple subjects to children in an international school environment. Also leads the intermediate English lesson for children living in Japan. Freelance Illustrator & Animator, Chris Piatkowski Jul 2011 – Present, Kanagawa, Kawasaki Creative living and working in Japan since 2016, providing bespoke animation, illustration, and design work for companies and individuals within the Japan market. In past exchanges I have provided specialized digital illustrations for creative and commercial work. Tokyo Coding Club, Animation Instructor June 2019 - February 2021, Tokyo, Japan 2D animation instructor, teaching students how to illustrate & animate using digital software from the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Also teaching basics in art, graphic design, and video editing. Help having students create short animation works and increase overall art knowledge and artistic ability. Culture Kids Tokyo, Graphic Design Specialist/Teacher September 2019 - April 2020, Tokyo, Japan Teaching science and other subjects while at the same time designing flyers, webpages, and other documents for one of a kind learning experience for children in Tokyo. In this position design and maintained the company website, along with creating promotional materials. An-yal, Visual Designer September 2018 - September 2019, Tokyo, Japan Created social media content for Instagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms, as well as helped with internal design projects, such as logo development and website creation. While in this designed company website and update logo head as well. Everyst Stories (By 96 Problems), Story Artist September 2017 - July 2018, Tokyo, Japan Creating stories and illustrations for new story applications based in Japan. Helped with the creating illustrative assets for user stories as well as the creation of my personal story, in the early role of the application.

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Hi I’m Chris Piatkowski

I am a focused, adaptable, and empathetic motion graphics designer, with over 8 years of design and animation experience. I do this by creating and designing new illustrations & animations that show unique perspectives. This allows me to pursue my calling of exploring and showing uniques truths in my work.

When I’m not working I’m relaxing, brushing up on my Japanese, and do martial arts.

こんにちは、私はChris Piatkowskiです

私は8年以上のデザインとアニメーションの経験を持つ、集中力があり、順応性があり、共感的なモーショングラフィックデザイナーです。 私はこれを行うには、独自の視点を示す新しいイラストやアニメーションを作成してデザインします。 これは私が私の仕事の中でユニークな真実を探求し、示すという私の呼びかけを追求することを可能にします。

仕事をしていないときは、リラックスして日本語を磨き、武道をしています。

Teacher, Oakwood Tokyo International School Contract

Apr 2020 – Present, Tokyo, Japan

Kindergarten Classroom Teacher, teaching multiple subjects to children in an international school environment. Also leads the intermediate English lesson for children living in Japan.

Freelance Illustrator & Animator, Chris Piatkowski

Jul 2011 – Present, Kanagawa, Kawasaki

Creative living and working in Japan since 2016, providing bespoke animation, illustration, and design work for companies and individuals within the Japan market. In past exchanges I have provided specialized digital illustrations for creative and commercial work.

Tokyo Coding Club, Animation Instructor
June 2019 - February 2021, Tokyo, Japan

2D animation instructor, teaching students how to illustrate & animate using digital software from the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Also teaching basics in art, graphic design, and video editing. Help having students create short animation works and increase overall art knowledge and artistic ability.

Culture Kids Tokyo, Graphic Design Specialist/Teacher
September 2019 - April 2020, Tokyo, Japan

Teaching science and other subjects while at the same time designing flyers, webpages, and other documents for one of a kind learning experience for children in Tokyo. In this position design and maintained the company website, along with creating promotional materials.

An-yal, Visual Designer
September 2018 - September 2019, Tokyo, Japan

Created social media content for Instagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms, as well as helped with internal design projects, such as logo development and website creation. While in this designed company website and update logo head as well.

Everyst Stories (By 96 Problems), Story Artist
September 2017 - July 2018, Tokyo, Japan

Creating stories and illustrations for new story applications based in Japan. Helped with the creating illustrative assets for user stories as well as the creation of my personal story, in the early role of the application.

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Skills

Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
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Cartoon
Adobe Animate
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Freehand Digital Illustration
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Experience Level

Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Cartoon
Expert
Adobe Animate
Expert
Freehand Digital Illustration
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Motion Graphic
Expert
Adobe After Effects
Expert
Character Design
Expert
Short Film
Intermediate
2D Animation
Intermediate
Toon Boom Harmony
Intermediate
Freelance Gig
Intermediate
Adobe InDesign
Intermediate
T-shirt Design
Intermediate
Clip Studio Paint
Beginner
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Language

English
Fluent
Japanese
Intermediate

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts at Art Institute of Austin
September 24, 2011

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Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Other
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    uniE621 Magical Girl
    Personal project, wanted to explore doing something a little lighter and more fantasy based.
    uniE621 Fashion Model
    Quick illustration practice that became more of finished sketched. illustrator
    uniE621 Gangsta Ganon
    I fun character design practice of a concept I thought of combining hip with the Legend of Zelda character Ganon. illustrator
    uniE621 Monkey King T-Shirt
    I quick illustration design for a movement instructor based in Tokyo Japan. illustrator
    uniE621 Chinese Warrior
    Quick illustration practice that became more of finished sketched. illustrator

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