I am a 3D generalist, Motion Designer/Animator, and Graphic Designer who specializes in different fields such as graphic design, animation, motion graphics, and web design and pride myself in delivering insightful and professional results for my clients. I have been trained in fine and studio arts since I was in junior high school, earned my B.F.A. (Bachelors of Fine Arts) in 2D Hand-Drawn/ Traditional Animation in 2008, followed by a M.F.A. (Masters of Fine Arts) in 3D Computer Animation and Design in 2011, both from the School of Visual Arts. Because of this background, I have a broad set of skills that includes hand drawn, cell-animated, traditional animation, 3D animation in various programs including Autodesk Maya and Cinema 4D, 3D Max, Hudini, Blender, Z-Brush and many others, as well as computer-based traditional animation in Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects, and design programs such as adobe XD, and Figma, and various other programs for whatever task may be required. In addition to schooling, I have had thirteen years of work experience in the animation industry, working at studios such as Augenblick Studios on animation for the feature film "The Ten", and Nickelodeon on the webseries "The Legend of Korra". I have been animation director for Nathan Love and as Lead 3D Generalist at Transistor Studios, Head of animation for FUHU inc for the NABI tablets, and worked on The Dr. Phil McGraw show creating production quality bumpers and interstitials.

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I am a 3D generalist, Motion Designer/Animator, and Graphic Designer who specializes in different fields such as graphic design, animation, motion graphics, and web design and pride myself in delivering insightful and professional results for my clients. I have been trained in fine and studio arts since I was in junior high school, earned my B.F.A. (Bachelors of Fine Arts) in 2D Hand-Drawn/ Traditional Animation in 2008, followed by a M.F.A. (Masters of Fine Arts) in 3D Computer Animation and Design in 2011, both from the School of Visual Arts. Because of this background, I have a broad set of skills that includes hand drawn, cell-animated, traditional animation, 3D animation in various programs including Autodesk Maya and Cinema 4D, 3D Max, Hudini, Blender, Z-Brush and many others, as well as computer-based traditional animation in Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects, and design programs such as adobe XD, and Figma, and various other programs for whatever task may be required. In addition to schooling, I have had thirteen years of work experience in the animation industry, working at studios such as Augenblick Studios on animation for the feature film "The Ten", and Nickelodeon on the webseries "The Legend of Korra". I have been animation director for Nathan Love and as Lead 3D Generalist at Transistor Studios, Head of animation for FUHU inc for the NABI tablets, and worked on The Dr. Phil McGraw show creating production quality bumpers and interstitials.

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I am a 3D generalist, Motion Designer/Animator, and Graphic Designer who specializes in different fields such as graphic design, animation, motion graphics, and web design and pride myself in delivering insightful and professional results for my clients.

I have been trained in fine and studio arts since I was in junior high school, earned my B.F.A. (Bachelors of Fine Arts) in 2D Hand-Drawn/ Traditional Animation in 2008, followed by a M.F.A. (Masters of Fine Arts) in 3D Computer Animation and Design in 2011, both from the School of Visual Arts. Because of this background, I have a broad set of skills that includes hand drawn, cell-animated, traditional animation, 3D animation in various programs including Autodesk Maya and Cinema 4D, 3D Max, Hudini, Blender, Z-Brush and many others, as well as computer-based traditional animation in Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects, and design programs such as adobe XD, and Figma, and various other programs for whatever task may be required.

In addition to schooling, I have had thirteen years of work experience in the animation industry, working at studios such as Augenblick Studios on animation for the feature film “The Ten”, and Nickelodeon on the webseries “The Legend of Korra”. I have been animation director for Nathan Love and as Lead 3D Generalist at Transistor Studios, Head of animation for FUHU inc for the NABI tablets, and worked on The Dr. Phil McGraw show creating production quality bumpers and interstitials.

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Freelance Gig
Expert

Language

Chinese
Advanced
English
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Education

Master of Fine Arts at School of Visual Arts
May 27, 2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts at The School of Visual Arts
May 27, 2009

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Industry Experience

Gaming, Computers & Electronics, Education, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment
    uniE608 Sage Intacct Ad
    I did all things on this including storyboarding, design and motion graphics from end to end of the creative proccess.
    uniE608 Hyman Ad
    I did animation and design and shot design and pretty much everything for this (texturing, modeling, layout, etc) ad for Hyman Cannibis.
    uniE608 Fidelity Investments Ad
    I did animation and design in cinema 4d for this.
    uniE608 Nabi Tablet Character
    I did all facial animation for the tablet character and was head of animation at the company.
    uniE608 Puff Utica Ad
    I did modeling, lighting, rendering, shot composition and pretty much everything on this ad for Puff Utica
    uniE608 E lend Promo
    I did animation, 3D generalist work, texturing, modeling, lighting and compositing and look and feel for this ad.
    uniE608 Pixels Ad
    I was animator, editor and compositer for this ad for the film pixels in conjunction with the NBA
    uniE608 Sol Beer Ad
    This is a commercial for Sol beer that i did in 2012 whilst being staff at Transistor Studios. I did the animation as well as the motion graphics. I helped with the art direction as well.
    uniE608 Payrix TOUR22 Explainer Video
    A explainer video i did for the company Payrix with the DVI Group
    uniE608 Hasbro Transformers RESCUE BOTS Ad
    This is a commercial I did while at Transistor Studios in NYC for Hasbro's Transformers RescueBots. I did animation, motion graphics, and modeling and design.
    uniE608 Cartoon Network Rebrand
    video animator This was a rebrand for cartoon network in partnership with the NYC studio Nathan Love. I did animation for this.

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