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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Teach topics such as Digital Art, Anime Design, Minecraft Coding, Scratch Coding, Maker Engineering, & LEGO Engineering to elementary school kids ranging from K-5th grade.Prepare, modify, & update lesson plans to ensure that the codeCampus curriculum remains current, engaging, enriching, fulfilling, & fun for students.Promote SEL (Social Emotional Learning) skills to students by incorporating key components into lessons &encouraging students to work collaboratively.

El Segundo, California, United States

Served as one of the main 3D Artists on the mobile game, HouseFlip - created regular updates to the game by modeling, texturing, & integrating new assets into Unity. Pioneered & supported our contract with Walmart by creating 3D assets that matched their real-life products & incorporating these props into our gamePrototyped, designed, & built new levels/environments. Created the Sapporo level in our game by modeling the landscape based on real-life maps/roads, modeling/texturing unique landmarks in the city, whiteboxing the interactable items in the level, & set dressing smaller details to bring the city to lifeResearched various cities, architectural landmarks, & furniture styles to incorporate into our home renovation game. Explored & designed the props that would eventually be added to our game as new furniture staging stylesServed as one of the Technical Artists on our project currently in development. Debugged, researched & created new workflows that combined Unity’s timeline system with seamless character swapping & unique camera animations

Modeled hard-surface & organic assets using Maya & Zbrush including gem, jewelry, and backpack assets for Chi-Chi’s Gem Stall in the pilot episode of TAC-KC, village assets for a 3D music video of Baa Baa Black Sheep & the titular character’s futuristic pirate ship in Captain Future PirateUV Mapped, painted textures & created shaders using Substance Painter in order to update existing assets for Baa Baa Black Sheep & stylize/finalize treasure assets for Captain Future PirateFinalized assets in Unreal by testing gameplay functionality & physical simulations, creating/applying materials & creating LODs for optimization. Finalized and integrated assets for platforms like Roblox by ensuring low poly count, applying textures & creating particle effects.Brought various landscapes to life in Maya & Unreal using terrain sculpting tools, manual asset placement & procedural scattering in order to build, light, & successfully translate 2D concepts into detailed 3D environmentsCreated cinematic sequences in Unreal by importing & set dressing assets within levels, creating materials, placing/animating cameras using the sequencer, assisting with animation cleanup/layout & rendering finalized scenes Developed a successful Maya to Unreal Engine pipeline in collaboration with our other 3D Artist by researching techniques/tools, performing tests on assets & documenting our pipeline in order to communicate this workflow to other traditional CG Artists in the teamScripted helpful shortcuts using Python & MEL in Maya in order to speed up my modeling workflow. Created blueprints in Unreal Engine to assist with the Cinematic Pipeline as well as animation blueprints for gameplay demos

Created proof of concept videos for the LAB Team at pocket.watch by modeling/shading/lighting/rendering 3D Assets, placing and cleaning MoCap Animation in Unreal, and creating 2D Animation with Adobe Character AnimatorOrganized & advanced our team’s pipeline by testing new tools & techniquesServed on the company’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee.

Berkeley, California, United States

Mentored a team of 11 students in creating a 50 second 3D animated short - answered questions, debugged technical issues & provided critique on their workWrote & improved assignments by clarifying staff expectations, revising grading rubrics & creating clearer weekly deadlinesDelivered lectures & created demo videos on Organic Modeling, Set Dressing, Project Management, Character Retopology & Dynamic MASH Networks

Berkeley, Ca

Mentored teams (2 groups of 4-5 students every semester) in creating 3D animated shorts - answered questions, debugged technical issues, held office hours & gave weekly critique/feedback on their workSupervised logistics & facilitators for the course (10-15 on avg) - led meetings to oversee grading, revise lectures/HW & establish goals for the week of instructionDemonstrated problem-solving by transitioning course into an online format for 40 students & 14 facilitators during the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Burlingame, Ca

Taught topics in technology to 1st-4th graders; subjects included Computer Literacy, 3D Modeling, Coding, & Stop-Motion AnimationPromoted Social Emotional Learning Skills -- Responsibility, Empathy, Collaboration, Initiative, Problem-Solving & Emotion Management

Berkeley, Ca

Coordinated campus events such as the Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk to generate awareness on suicide preventionPartnered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to raise funds for suicide prevention researchPromoted a safe community on campus where mental health & illness is openly discussed