Sales Associate,storyboard, illustrator, animator, concept art

Stephanie Tsui

Portfolio: http://dragocon***.wix.com/stephartbug 626-***-**** ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To develop an art career in the field of entertainment utilizing my artistic and technical skills

particularly in the areas of visual development, storyboard, traditional 2-D and digital 3-D

animation.

CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Working knowledge of the following software:

3-D software:

2-D Video editing software:

3-D Studio Max

Adobe After Effects CC

Apple Final Cut Pro/ I-movie Autodesk Maya

Cinema 4D

Adobe Flash/HTML (web design)

Adobe Dreamweaver

DigiCel Flipbook

Writing software:

2-D Drawing programs:

Microsoft Office suite

Adobe Photoshop CC

PowerPoint Office

Adobe Illustrator CC

Corel Painter/Painter SAI

Toonboom Animate Pro

Storyboard Pro

EDUCATION

California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration/Animation Expected Graduation: Fall, 2014

Citrus College Glendora, CA

Associates Degree in Fine Arts: Entertainment & Animation Concentration June, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE

Storyboard / Concept Artist – Intern Burbank,ca

January 2014 – February 2014

Simka Entertainment

Worked on a team of artists on visual development for an animation project proposal:

created and developed original concept art and storyboard involving character design, expression

sheets, pose sheets, model sheets, background layout, with cleanup in Photoshop.

created color keys using Photoshop,

participated and brainstormed and wrote an original storyboard script.

Animation – Intern June 2013 – February 2014

Animate For The Cel Of It Productions

Assisted on new and on-going projects involving traditional storyboarding, background and layout,

character design, and concept art

Created storyboard segments & character design model sheets.

Drew and cleanup for various animation sequences for layout format.

Animated several scenes including drawing background layout

Compiled animation into flipbook/ toonboom

Office duties organizing files, scanning editing in Photoshop and computer setup

Concept Artist –“BVG Think Tank” Intern February 2006 – May 2006

The Walt Disney Company – Buena Vista Games

Created and developed new concepts for interactive video games. Gained exposure and training in all

aspects of video game concept development by producing from the initial concept and plot development

stage through the final submission stage

Created original art work for characters, environments and gameplay designs

Worked within a team consisting of artists, game designers and writers

Produced background layout for video game worlds

Wrote proposals for ideas for video game pitches

Worked on colored character design/creature design in Photoshop

Performed Photoshop touch up and photo bashing

Participated and proposed during brainstorming sessions for blue sky group point

meetings

OTHER EXPERIENCE

April 2007 – September 2007

Sales Associate,

Bath & Body Works, Inc., Pasadena, CA

• Assisted shoppers in selecting merchandise at this fast-paced, high energy retail setting

• Processed cash and credit transactions; accepted customer returns and respond to complaints

• Received new inventory and place on sales floor, organizing displays

Projects

California State University Summer Arts 2012 @ CSU Monterey Bay (July 16 – 29, 2012)

“Understanding Your Character for Animation” Workshop

Union Weekly (Long Beach, CA) (October 2011 – October 2012)

Illustrator for cartoons.

24 Hour Animation Contest (September 29, 2012)

“Counting on Sheep” (in production) by Aubrey Mintz (Long Beach, CA)

(December 2011) Color Artist

Online Game Modification Teams:

Volunteer Concept Artist & 3-D modeler for McAsmod's Werewolves Morrowind Mod

Volunteer Concept Artist for Heptamind German mod, Lost Species ut2004 mod, and Starship Troopers mod using

Real-time Engines & Game Editors such as Elder Scrolls Morrowind, Half life Valve

engine, Quake, Unreal engine

Specialized Training

American Animation Institute @ The Animation Guild, Local 839 (Burbank, CA)

“Composition For Animation”, “Perspective”, “Storyboarding” courses

(June – Aug, 2013)

Gnomon School of Visual Effects (Hollywood, CA)

Digital Animation and Design workshops

Digital Animation Program @ Glendale Community College (Glendale, CA)

Digital Animation courses

Activities volunteer-

Environmental Club- petitioned for reducing/eliminating disposable plastic water bottles on campus using metal or

reusable water bottles & installing refillable water filters on campus grounds.

Nihon Japanese American Club- work with students to sponsor and prepare fundraising basket ball games, made

cranes and setup sponsoring Japanese disaster relief fund

Chinese Club- fundraising events

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