Education:
October 2003 – December 2006
Art Institute of Seattle
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts & Animation
- The Art Institutes Scholarship
Shipped Games:
- Pirates of the Burning Sea
- UpperDeck U
- Bakugan Dimensions
- (plus 3 unreleased titles)
Experience:
August 2011 – Present
Globetrotting Artist
Freelance Artist, Photographer, Content Creator, and Blogger
- Create traditional oil paintings, drawings, digital art, sculptures, arts + crafts, etc. for clients
- Photograph portraits, products, and events for clients
- Graphic design for online and offline marketing materials
- Advertising, public relations, and online marketing through social media
- Design booth display and setup at events
- Manage blog to give readers tips for traveling
- Collaborated with brands such as The Body Shop, TripScout, MVMT, Taos Footwear, Rosefield, Epic, Enchant Christmas, and more to conceptualize, shoot, and edit photos for social media to promote products/awareness
- Visual category winner in the Lonely Planet YouTube Share Your Adventure Contest
- Finalist for Pantene’s Labels Against Women #ShineStrong campaign
- Finalist for Travello’s Ultimate Aussie Adventure
- Finalist for Airtreks’ Trek the World 2020
- Top 10 for Pacsafe’s #PacsafeBeMore contest
- Featured on “40 Asian Travel Bloggers to Inspire Your Next Vacation”
- Selected to kick-off travel crowdfunding site, Trevolta, with project proposal: “Sketch the World”
- Selected to co-host #RTWChat on Twitter with BootsnAll Travel to interact and give expert advice to their 60k+ followers
January 2007 – August 2011
Flying Lab Software
UI/Graphic Artist
- Created 2D and 3D artwork (icons, healthbars, maps, etc) for the user interface
- Created UI concept art
- Created banners for advertisements (still images and animated flash ads)
- Created various web art
- Redesigned the website for “Pirates of the Burning Sea”
- Created sail textures for ships
- Animated motion graphics for trailer/proposal projects
- Worked at the company booth at PAX 2007 – 2009
- Selected to be a member of the top secret Fun Committee to bring fun and joy to the company
December 2006
Run Studio
Contract Storyboard Artist
- Created storyboards for a Microsoft project
June 2006 – December 2006
Flying Lab Software
Intern
- Created icons for the user interface and town sign textures for “Pirates of the Burning Sea”
2005 – 2007
Jefferson Community Center
Contract Graphic Designer
- Created fliers, postcards, brochures, etc. for various programs
July 2006
Jefferson Community Center
Animation Teacher
- Taught traditional 2D animation in a group environment and to work as a team to finish a group project
Skills:
Digital:
- Photoshop
- Lightroom
- After Effects
- Sony Vegas
- Premiere Pro
- Maya
- Flash
- Audacity
- Photography
Traditional:
- Pencil
- Ink
- Pastel (chalk/oil)
- Painting (oil/acrylic/goache/watercolor)
- Sculpture
- Life Drawing
- Concept Art
- Model Sheets
- Storyboards
Photography Resume
Designers
- Agua Brava
- BD Homme
- Cami Anna Lynn
- Delicate and Layered
- Ilha Swimwear
- Kate Kinkle
- Nune Hov Couture
- Rene Ropas
- UNCL
- Volorean
Fashion Shows
- Fashion Night at the Wing 2013
- The Bellevue Collection Fashion Week 2012
- Vancouver Fashion Week 2012
- Pink Carpet Project 2012
- Nordstrom Fall Fashion Show 2011
- Front Row Fashion Presented by Vogue 2011
- Rene Ropas Dollhouse Prom 2011
- Neiman Marcus Fall Runway at FNO 2011
- Bachelorette Fashion Show 2011
- Haute Summer Night 2011
- Seamless in Seattle 2011
- Seattle Fashion Week 2011
- Front Row Fashion Presented by Vogue 2010
- Seattle Fashion Week 2010
Publications
- Fashion Network Seattle
- Helloindo Magazine
- Seattle Magazine
- Northwest Asian Weekly
- The International Examiner
- The Seattle Times
- The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Exhibitions
- Inspire at Voda Studios
- FNS Launch Event
- El Diablo