WORK EXPERIENCE
Character Designer Apprentice, Asians in Animation, March-May 2025
•Supporting character designer for Pilot Pre-Production Program “Tea Leaves Last”, a voluntary educational industry simulation of an animated pilot episode and show pitch
•Created character turnarounds, special poses, and held cels of background characters
•Provided black-and-white drawings for promotional posters to be completed by color artists
•Supporting character designer for Pilot Pre-Production Program “Tea Leaves Last”, a voluntary educational industry simulation of an animated pilot episode and show pitch
•Created character turnarounds, special poses, and held cels of background characters
•Provided black-and-white drawings for promotional posters to be completed by color artists
Comic Artist/Illustrator, Freelance, September 2019-Present
•Colorist for Webtoon Original series Sellswords & Sorcery
•Coloring/flatting assistant for graphic novel The Inbetweens
•Background inking, flatting, and shading assistance on webcomic/graphic novel series The Glass Scientists
•Pencils and inks for print comic Meta Runner: Source by Glitch Productions
•Promotional comic for The Crimson Gauntlet’s Guide to Disabilities and Neurodiverse Identities Kickstarter
•Independently producing webcomics and zines for sale online and at conventions
•Colorist for Webtoon Original series Sellswords & Sorcery
•Coloring/flatting assistant for graphic novel The Inbetweens
•Background inking, flatting, and shading assistance on webcomic/graphic novel series The Glass Scientists
•Pencils and inks for print comic Meta Runner: Source by Glitch Productions
•Promotional comic for The Crimson Gauntlet’s Guide to Disabilities and Neurodiverse Identities Kickstarter
•Independently producing webcomics and zines for sale online and at conventions
Merchandise Designer, Juniper Creates, Freelance, June 2021-October 2024
•Designed products such as apparel, plush toys, enamel pins, and posters for clients including Leah Ashe, Moriah Elizabeth, The Amazing Digital Circus, Sleep Deprived, and other YouTube content creators
•Designed plush toys with client feedback from sketch to manufacturing schematics drawn in Adobe Illustrator
•Illustrated packaging art for plush toy tags, packaging cards, and enamel pin backing cards
•Created concepts for product pitches to prospective clients
•Illustrated Season 3 poster for YouTube animated series Meta Runner by Glitch Productions
•Illustrated t-shirt key art for Apex Legends 23rd Season launch
•Designed products such as apparel, plush toys, enamel pins, and posters for clients including Leah Ashe, Moriah Elizabeth, The Amazing Digital Circus, Sleep Deprived, and other YouTube content creators
•Designed plush toys with client feedback from sketch to manufacturing schematics drawn in Adobe Illustrator
•Illustrated packaging art for plush toy tags, packaging cards, and enamel pin backing cards
•Created concepts for product pitches to prospective clients
•Illustrated Season 3 poster for YouTube animated series Meta Runner by Glitch Productions
•Illustrated t-shirt key art for Apex Legends 23rd Season launch
Illustrator/Texture Artist, Freelance, July 2016-August 2017, September 2018-November 2018
•Illustrated cover and 5 illustrations, including full spreads, for story Mollie Whuppie, featured in issue 54 of children’s book magazine Storytime. Process included designing characters according to client’s feedback.
•Character design explorations for development phase of CG preschool show for Nickelodeon.
•Illustrated promotional social media images for indie game Potionomics by Voracious Games.
•Stylized texture painting for characters for Wingfeather Saga animated short film.
•Illustrated cover and 5 illustrations, including full spreads, for story Mollie Whuppie, featured in issue 54 of children’s book magazine Storytime. Process included designing characters according to client’s feedback.
•Character design explorations for development phase of CG preschool show for Nickelodeon.
•Illustrated promotional social media images for indie game Potionomics by Voracious Games.
•Stylized texture painting for characters for Wingfeather Saga animated short film.
3D Generalist, Chromosphere, August 2017-September 2019
•Character and prop modeling for Google Spotlight Stories VR short film Age of Sail. Additional nCloth effects for character clothing in wind as well as weather effects animations.
•Environment modeling and effects animation for Google Spotlight Stories VR short film Sonaria.
•Created CG assets for short animated segment in Neil deGrasse Tyson’s COSMOS
•Character, prop, and environment modeling, texturing, and rigging for children’s interactive story experience Sinclair Snake for Wonderscope augmented reality app
•Character modeling, texturing, and rigging during development phase of Netflix’s City of Ghosts.
•Character, prop, and environment modeling, texturing, and rigging for Yuki 7 Microseries
•Character and prop modeling for Google Spotlight Stories VR short film Age of Sail. Additional nCloth effects for character clothing in wind as well as weather effects animations.
•Environment modeling and effects animation for Google Spotlight Stories VR short film Sonaria.
•Created CG assets for short animated segment in Neil deGrasse Tyson’s COSMOS
•Character, prop, and environment modeling, texturing, and rigging for children’s interactive story experience Sinclair Snake for Wonderscope augmented reality app
•Character modeling, texturing, and rigging during development phase of Netflix’s City of Ghosts.
•Character, prop, and environment modeling, texturing, and rigging for Yuki 7 Microseries
SOFTWARE
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, Autodesk Maya, Blender, Windows and Mac OSX
EDUCATION
Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graduated May 2016
Major: Computer Animation
President’s List 3 Semesters, GPA 3.61
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graduated May 2016
Major: Computer Animation
President’s List 3 Semesters, GPA 3.61
Concept Design Academy, Pasadena, CA
Continuing Studies, 2020
Dynamic Figure Drawing
Dynamic Sketching: Visual Communication
Continuing Studies, 2020
Dynamic Figure Drawing
Dynamic Sketching: Visual Communication
New York Art Academy, New York, NY
Continuing Studies, 2015
Color Confidence: Principles, Palettes and Practices
Continuing Studies, 2015
Color Confidence: Principles, Palettes and Practices
Fort Lee High School, Fort Lee, NJ
Graduated June 2012
Presidential Award for Academic Excellence
AP Scholar, International Thespian Society, Treasurer of National Art Honor Society
Graduated June 2012
Presidential Award for Academic Excellence
AP Scholar, International Thespian Society, Treasurer of National Art Honor Society