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Rita Sunshine O Young

Character Designer at Gadget-Bot Productions
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Experienced visual development artist with a strong background in character design and illustration.
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Location
Glendale, California, United States, US
Languages
  • Polish Professional working proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Rita Sunshine O-young is a skilled artist with a strong background in visual development, character design, and illustration. With a Bachelor's degree in Animation/Illustration from San Jose State University, she has honed her skills through various roles, including character designer, visual development instructor, and freelance artist. Her experience spans multiple industries, including gaming, animation, and advertising.

Experience

  • Gadget-Bot Productions
    • California, United States
    • Character Designer
      • Sep 2021 - Present
      • California, United States

      • Designed characters and creatures for "Kaidro the Awakening" graphic novel.• Posed, inked, colored, and lit characters for graphic novel.• Contributed to backstory and visual inspiration for set of game characters and roughed and finalized character turnarounds for unreleased Kaidro Game.• Character and creature layout for 2D animated trailers.• Created artwork for merchandise.

  • Super Tree LLC
    • Freelance Character Designer
      • Mar 2022 - May 2022

      • Character exploration sketches for an unreleased game.• Roughed and finalized character designs and assets.

  • ArtCenter College of Design
    • Pasadena, California, United States
    • Visual Development Instructor
      • Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
      • Pasadena, California, United States

      • Taught a remote concept art workshop intensive at ACX Teens.• Presented lectures regarding visual development for animation and games.• Supported students through live feedback, demos, drawovers, and critiques.

  • Bad Dream Games
    • California, United States
    • Freelance Environment Designer
      • Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
      • California, United States

      • Extensive thumbnailing and color styling to establish look of environments.• Designed creatures, props, and painted finished environment illustrations.

  • Trikon Production House
    • Freelance Illustrator
      • Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

      • Created promotional illustrations for social media.

  • Untitled Game
    • Freelance Character Designer
      • Aug 2020 - Oct 2020

      • Drew thumbnails, costume iterations, and final character design.• Created posing sheets, walk cycle, and color iterations.

  • Bad Dream Games
    • Los Angeles, California, United States
    • Freelance Character Designer
      • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
      • Los Angeles, California, United States

      • Designed a character for One Hand Clapping, a platform game.• Drew thumbnails, costume iterations, and final character design.• Created posing sheets, walk cycle, and color iterations.

  • Upwork
    • Glendale, California, United States
    • Freelance Artist
      • Mar 2020 - Jun 2020
      • Glendale, California, United States

  • Yeganeh Bakery
    • San Jose, California
    • Barista
      • Aug 2018 - May 2019
      • San Jose, California

  • SJSU Intermediate Acrylic Painting
    • San Jose, California, United States
    • Teacher's Assitant
      • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
      • San Jose, California, United States

      • Demoed for students in class both through drawing and acrylic painting. • Assisted in lighting, color, perspective, and acrylic painting demos. • Was responsible for grading and giving critiques on homework.

  • Urban Sitters
    • Sonoma County
    • Babysitter
      • Apr 2016 - Jan 2017
      • Sonoma County

  • Santa Rosa Junior College
    • Santa Rosa, California, United States
    • Art Gallery Attendant
      • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
      • Santa Rosa, California, United States

      • Monitored a gallery of both professional and student work. • Explained historical context of artwork to guests. • Assisted in gallery clerical duties.

  • Ohana Hawaiian Bbq
    • Santa Rosa, California
    • Cashier
      • Sep 2014 - Nov 2015
      • Santa Rosa, California

  • Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds
    • Santa Rosa, Califronia
    • Arts and crafts teacher
      • Jun 2013 - Jul 2015
      • Santa Rosa, Califronia

      I would teach children and families crafts at the Sonoma County fair in the summertime.

  • ART START
    • Sonoma County
    • Art Apprentice
      • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
      • Sonoma County

      Summer art apprentice painting murals and outdoor art.

Education

  • 2016 - 2019
    San Jose State University
    Bachelor's degree, Animation/ Illustration
  • 2020 - 2023
    Concept Design Academy
    Figure Drawing, Creature Design, Character Design
  • 2019 - 2021
    Brainstorm Burbank
    Perspective, Form Language, Character Design, VisCom
  • 2014 - 2016
    Santa Rosa Junior College
    General Ed

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