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Designing characters, environments, and props for cool mobile games!

-Provide designs and concepts for backgrounds, characters, props, color, and lighting-Establish strong communication with clients to ensure creative goals are met-Self manage projects and organize priorities efficiently to meet all deadlines-Updated clients with work progress consistently and address notes in a timely manner-Deliver all assignments promptly and at the highest quality-Clients include: Ghostbot Inc, Glu Mobile, Aquarius Entertainment Merchandising Inc, & Fox Cub Games with Big Pig Studios

Daly City, Ca

-Worked with in-house supervisor on a set of character and level designs for the Spyro Reignited Trilogy video game and maintained the art style consistent with the client’s art direction-Co-Art Directed Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Season II), creating background keys, colorscripts, & lighting guides all compiled in "episodic workbooks" for our outsourcing studio-Assisted in reviewing background and lighting work from the outsourcing studio and contract artists-Clients include Disney/Lucasfilm Animation, Hasbro, and Sanzaru Games with Toys For Bob

Daly City, Ca

- Contributed a variety of work including, design, cleanup, rigging, & layout on various projects- Provided visual development for unannounced projects- Art Directed Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Season I), heading the background and character lighting departments, as well as contributed some character and vehicle designs- Clients include: Disney Publishing/Disney Jr. Watch, Lucasfilm, Nickelodeon, Vtech Toys, Hasbro Studios and Global Monster Media

Daly City, Ca

- Provided work in Character/Background Layout, Character Rigging and Turnarounds, and Clean-up for characters, backgrounds, and props- Clients include Disney Publishing, Facebook, Nickelodeon, Storm 8, and VTech Toys

Daly City, Ca

-Coordinated with Art Lead to develop character assets for mobile games under specific styles & deadlines-Received feedback from Art Lead(s)/Director(s), and made any revisions promptly and positively-Obtained a greater understanding of the animation and gaming industry

San Jose State University

-Managed the WorkAbility IV’s database and records of 80+ active registered clients -Served as liaison between registered WAIV Clients and WAIV Program Employer Specialists -Administered WorkAbility IV’s Production Reports and Statistics-Generated monthly reports for Staff at Department of Rehabilitation-Collaborated with Center staff to assist the SJSU community become more familiar with Career Center resources and services

Point Richmond, Ca

-Contributed in creating an interactive storybook iPad Application targeted for young children-Provided ideations for secondary animation and animated using Adobe Flash -Assisted in converting final designs into vector art in Flash-Revised rough animations

San Jose, Ca

-Closely collaborated with a crew of 30+ to fully produce an animated short film meant for all audiences. -Assisted in gathering reference, and traditionally animated several shots-Short has been widely received and screened in several film festivals; in addition to earning many honors including Gold Medal in the Moving Image category in the Society of Illustrator 55, and Honorable Mentioned in the Short Animation category in Asian on Film Fall 2012 awards.

Fremont, Ca

-Supervised and assisted students become familiar with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator-Managed high quality-printing for student portfolios-Assisted in administering student files for class archives-Tracked inventory of class supplies and equipment

Bfa Animation/Illustration

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Fine Arts