Professional Experience

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Online Freelance Artist                                                                          (2018-PRESENT)
- Utilizing Instagram, Twitter, Patreon, and Etsy to promote commission prices and services.
- Creating a variety of digital cartoon illustrations, album covers, character designs, & more.

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"The Mortal in God's Veins" Animated Short Film                   (NOV 2024-JUN 2025)
Director, Production Manager, Visual Artist, Animator, Compositor
- Sole creator of all preproduction materials; managed volunteer artists throughout production & post.
- Directed narrative, visual tone, animation, and final delivery. 

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“Grocery Isles" by Gab Talan                                                                 (APR-JUN 2024)
Art Lead, Storyboard Revisionist
- Responsible for storyboard drafts and revisions to keep continuity, and emphasize comedy and acting. - In charge of background layouts and graphic designs for 3D rendered environments.
- Created the color script to distinguish the palette of the protagonist’s imagination and the real world. 

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YouTube Content Creator                                                                           (2013-2020)
- Monetized personal channel with videos focusing on character-driven stories for teens. 
- Gained 34 thousand subscribers & 44 million total views.

 

Animated Short Film Projects​​ September

2023 - May 2025, produced at SCAD​

 

“Who Will You See When the World Ends?" by Doreen Yuan                 (NOV 2024)
Production Manager, Storyboard Revisionist, Layout Artist
- Saved the pitch from scrapping via upgrading the story direction through clear and interesting boards.
- Brought on to manage the preproduction phase in the last 2 weeks; recruited volunteers and managed deadlines, assets, materials, and the majority of character layouts to reach preproduction completion.

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Storyboarding
- Responsible for refining character acting and enhancing shot composition based on the director’s vision for "The Girl and the Egg" by Alex Diaz.
- Boarded two shots from rough thumbnails, emphasizing the scale of the rat robot in comparison to the rats and a human with comedic tone for "Rat King" (2024) by Aarti Damani.

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2D Character Layouts
- Pushed the dramatic character acting to enhance the ghoulish yet sassy personality of the drag queen ghoul character for "House of Ghoul" (2025) by Isabella Leijah.
- Translated rough sketches into clean, on-model character keys for the animators to work with "TV Boy" (2025) by Kei Kelly & Amber Guo.

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Character Design
- Created two high school background characters who embody the nostalgia of the 2010s for "Glass Feet" (2025) by Clayna Oviedo.
- In charge of designing the protagonist with notes and direction from the director. Supplied the design, an expression sheet, and weapons for "Dance at the End" by Quan "Sky" Bui.

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Prop Design
- Designed the mounted jackalope bust for "Don't Eat That!" (2025) by Kory Griggs.
- Created gravestones, drawing inspiration from the Chinese Cultural Revolution for "The Cold Sun" (2024) by Yang Meiqianzi.
- Designed three potted plants for "Goodbye, My Love!" by Aileen Meiling Liu.
- Created the book, crayons, birth certificate, and picnic blanket for "The Girl and the Egg" by Alex Diaz.

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Color Scripting
- Chose palettes to emphasize the desired storybook aesthetic for "The Girl and the Egg" by Alex Diaz.

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Miscellaneous Experience

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Bellevue College Course Navigator                                                     (FEB-MAR 2022)
- Selected by the class professor to assist her & students with navigating the STEM course.
- Took notes, moderated meetings, offered help to students, checked assignments ahead of time, etc.
- Developed a stronger ability to communicate with peers, organize materials, and follow leadership.

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Book Triology Author                                                               
- Independently developing the first entry to a series of fantasy books.
- An amnesia-ridden young woman who wakes up in an alternate universe where concepts of “good” and “bad” are reversed, leaving her to adapt and reinvdent her own identity in a confusing world.

 

Plushmaking Project                                                                                     (2020-2021)

- Created posable plush doll from scratch over a few months.

- Used faux fur, airbrushed acrylic paint, wire, polymer clay, epoxy, & polyesterbatting.