Fine Art portfolio: https://sookingart.myportfolio.com/
Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/sjking5040
Feature Animation reel: https://vimeo.com/91933315
Well versed as an artist in the animation industry for 10+ years but looking also to branch out into different fields that has a use for a highly organized, creative, energetic, outgoing individual that loves to learn new things, meet new people, and give your company her all.
Work Experience:
Freelance CG Artist/Illustrator/Educator
Online Instructor in Digital Design and Illustration for Studio Arts: Education for Entertainment Creatives.
Designed and painted Utility/Traffic box painting for City of Burbank in October 2023. Utilized 3d techniques in fitting my design to a box on Hollywood Way and Alameda.
Talent handler for Lightbox Expo 2023 in Pasadena and LA Comicon 2023 in Los Angeles.
Freelance Visual Development Artist
Sony Pictures Animation
Design props and Character color design for an unannounced project.
Visual Development Artist
DreamWorks Television Animation
Design color and linework for props, sets(color only), characters (color only), color scripts, and paintovers.
Utilize extensive knowledge of surfacing techniques in combination with color design experience.
3d prop design using Blender/Maya/Substance Painter/Mari.
Shows: Curses! and Be@rBrick
Lead Surfacing Artist
DreamWorks Television Animation
Look Development for new shows, help create the Surfacing pipelines, materials, and shaders.
Quality control and supervise the surfacing of all assets from partner studios.
Writing technical documentation for partner studios to adhere to our pipeline.
Collaborate with Art Directors, Executive producers, Lighting/Compositing, FX, Modeling, Rigging, and Hair/Fur in achieving the quality of the desired look of the show in pre-productions and in post.
Shows: Two unanounced shows, Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Fast and Furious: Spy Racers, Doug Unplugs, Dragons: Rescue Riders, Spirit: Riding Free, Boss Baby Back in Business, Adventures of Puss in Boots, Voltron, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, All Hail King Julien, Kung Fu Panda: Paws of Destiny, Veggie Tales in the House
Surfacing/Lighting/Color Designer
DreamWorks Feature Animation
Surfacing and Look development of Characters, Environments, and props for Home, Kung Fu Panda 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Flushed Away.
Hair/Fur Groom for Characters and Environments (grass) for Turbo and Monsters Vs. Aliens.
Light and FInal color composite for Bee Movie, Shark Tale, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Color Design and Final color composite for Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron, The Road to El Dorado, The Prince of Egypt
Assistant Art Director
Turner Feature Animation
Color design of Characters, Environments, Props, and Effects for Cats Don't Dance
Supervise the implementation of color designs in Digital Ink/Paint.
Assist the Art Director in the Final color compositing of Cats Don't Dance.
Movies:Cats Don’t Dance https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118829/
Color Designer
Hyperion Animation
Color Design of characters, props, and backgrounds
Shows: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, Little Wizards, Life with Louie, Itsy Bitsy Spider
Color Designer
Klasky Csupo Animation
Color Design of characters, props, and backgrounds
Shows: Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man, Aaah!!! Real Monsters
Education:
Otis/Parsons College of Art and Design
BFA, Illustration and Communication Design
Skills:
Surfacing, Texturing, and Digital painting
Animation Color Design
3d and 2d prop design
Digital and Tradition Illustration
Managing talent and Customer service online and in person
Teaching digital and traditional art online and in person
3d Modeling and sculpture
Writing technical documentation
Software Knowledge: Shotgrid, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Substance Painter and Designer, Mari, Zbrush, Blender, Harmony, Nuke, Maya (Vray, Redshift, Arnold), Xgen, Unreal Engine
Murals indoor and outdoor
Floral design
Textile design traditionally and digitally
Lecture/Teaching Experience:
2023: Digital Design and Illustration at Studio Arts | Education for Entertainment Creatives
2019 -2022: CG surfacing mentor at DreamWorks Animation
June 2022 and July 2023: Virtual guest lecturer for Cal State Fullerton Digital Animation department
July 2022: Virtual guest lecturer for Escuela Escena in Mexico City, Mexico