Experience

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  Pixar Animation Studios

  • United States
  • Animation and Post-production
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Shading Art Director

    • Sep 2021 - Present

    I lead a team of artists in exploring the visual look of a film, and creating specifications/packets toguide color and texture development onto CG model surfaces, through the production process. Directing artists, painters and shader artists (in collaboration with key Technical Leads) to develop and execute textures and surfaces for characters and environments.

  • Character Shading Artist/ Shading Designer

    • Mar 2005 - Sep 2021

    Under the Shading Art Director, I helped shading design of characters and sets. I also helped translate them onto 3d models for many feature animation films including Ratatouille, Wall-e, Brave, Up, Coco, Toy Story 3 and 4, Finding Dory, Incredibles 2, Luca and Lightyear.

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  Reach Ashland Youth Center

  • 16335 East 14th Street

  • Art Teacher

    • Oct 2017 - Sep 2022
    • 16335 East 14th Street

    I teach youth between 11-17 years of age a character-based drawing workshop each Fall. It focuses on storytelling, how to see and express them on paper with traditional medium like charcoal and pencils.

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  School of Visual Arts

  • New York, NY

  • Independent Studies Thesis Advisor

    • Jul 2017 - Aug 2022
    • New York, NY

    I advise 1-2 BFA or MFA animation students each year on their thesis projects through Zoom.

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  Activision/Z-Axis

  • Hayward, Foster City, CA

  • Concept/Texture Artist

    • 2000 - 2005
    • Hayward, Foster City, CA

    Texture Artist for PS2, Xbox, Nintendo - Dave Mirrar BMX, BMX2, BMX XXXConcept Artist for PS2, Xbox, Nintendo - X-men

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  Dae Advertising

  • San Francisco, CA

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • 1996 - 1999
    • San Francisco, CA

    Storyboarding - Bank of America TV commercialsArt Direction, Direct Marketing, Illustration - Pokemon Nintendo, Lucky Supermarket, Bank of America

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  K & L Advertising

  • New York, NY

  • Senior Art Director

    • 1993 - 1995
    • New York, NY

    Direct Marketing promotions for AT&T Chinese Market.

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  Finlay Enterprises, Inc

  • New York, NY

  • Art Director

    • 1988 - 1993
    • New York, NY

    As the Art Director, I helped produce all in-house 4-color catalog and marketing designs, advertising. I hired all photographers, Illustrators and graphic designers.As the Graphic Designer, I Initiated in-house desktop publishing dept. and helped hire freelance graphic designers.As an Illustrator, I helped producing all catalog illustrations when needed.

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  L3 Advertising

  • New York, United States

  • Graphic Designer

    • 1984 - 1988
    • New York, United States