Design Assistant

Xiaoxue (Katie) Liu

Email:

***********@*****.***

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Apex, NC 27539

Tel: 803-***-****

Education History:

. MA in Animation, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

(March 15, 2011). Artistic Honors Scholarship.

. BFA in Graphic Design, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT

(December 17, 2006). Honor Student, Presidential Scholarship.

. BA in Print-making, Nanjing Arts Institute, Jiangsu, China (June 23,

2003).

Language Skills:

. Advanced Chinese speaking, reading and writing-native language.

. Intermediate- English speaking, reading and writing.

Design Skills:

. Concept design for animation, 3D Modeling, texture and lighting,

Storyboard, Matte Painting, Illustration Drawing

Computer Software Skills:

. Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Painter, Nuke, Adobe After

Effect, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Flash, FlipBook, and Microsoft Office.

Fine Art Skills:

. Painting: Oil, acrylic, watercolor, and ink

. Print-making: wood cut, etching, lithography, and screen-printing

Career Related Work Experiences:

. Adjunct Faculty in Game Art and Design at The Art Institute of Raleigh-

Durham, Durham, NC (April 2012 to October 2012): Taught college

students the basic knowledge of game design such as Character & Object

Design and 2D Flash Animation. Encouraged the students to explore

their own style; helped them to improve their skills in drawing and

software.

. Art Instructor at Champion Learning Academy, Morrisville, NC (June

2011 to June 2012): Taught students the foundation art such as sketch

drawing, acrylic painting, Chinese traditional painting and 2D cartoon

animation drawing. Encouraged their interest in art and let them

discover their own style.

. Art Teacher in Chinese brush painting workshop at Cary Academy, Cary,

NC (Spring Semester, 2012): Introduced and taught Chinese Painting to

students. During this workshop, the students learned the basic skills

of Chinese brush painting and the culture of Chinese traditional art.

. Volunteer at Artspace, Raleigh, NC (June 2010 to August 2010)

. Independent Art Teacher at private studio (May 2010 to Present): Teach

students sketch drawing, Chinese painting, oil painting and

illustration based on the students' different levels.

. Teaching Assistant for digital modeling, lighting and texture class,

Animation program, Savannah College of Art and Design (Fall Semester,

2009): Assistant to professor in class helped the students to improve

the works in Maya.

Awards in Competitions:

. The concept works of character were elected into Citrus Cel "Design in

character" illustration in Student Competition, Citrus Cel Festival,

Atlantic Beach, FL (March 25, 2010).

. The design project of "Mulan Garden" qualified for 2010 Disney

ImagiNation Competition (Feb 22, 2010).

. The illustration works of " Baby Tigers" and "The Girl and Tiger"

exhibited in Chinese Spring Festival Exhibition, Flushing Hall,

Flushing, NY (March, 2010)

. The fiction novel "New York Winter" was elected into Global Chinese

Literature Competition, China (September, 2009) - writing and design

(Chinese).

. The design project of "Bubble Tea" qualified for 2008 Disney

ImagiNation competition (Feb 2008).

. The work "ESPN Mobile" exhibited in the student gallery of the

University of Bridgeport website, Bridgeport, CT (December 2006)

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