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Jinwoo Kim

Novato,CA

Summary

Character-driven Animator focused on story development and high-quality animation. Adept at completing action-driven and dramatic shots. Versed in a wide range of animation styles, techniques and software programs. Expert animation professional accomplished in creating characters and scenes for different genres. Works great with animation team and other production staff to manage workloads and accomplish objectives. Attentive to details and specifications of each director's wishes.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Game Play Animation Intern

Activision Blizzard
Novato, California
06.2023 - 09.2023
  • I was solely responsible for animating an in-game character, starting from idle poses to the gameplay entry animations.
  • Understood and followed oral and written directions.
  • Active collaboration and effective communication with team members and game engineers.

3D Animator

Picostorm company
Busan
07.2020 - 05.2021
  • Built animations and models showing objects in motion.
  • Put together storyboards based on development choices, direction and cinematography.
  • Used maya program to create realistic characters with full range of emotions and movement.
  • Worked with artistic and technical teams to implement new software for updated animation objectives.
  • Participate as an animator in the Ark-Duck Family Project
  • Participate as an animator in the Sky-surfer Project

3D Animator

Freelancer
  • Participate as an animator for Pokemon TV series Project 2022.12-2023.04
  • Participate as an animator for Ghost Force Animation Project 2020.03-2020.06
  • Participate as an animator and Layout artist Lineage 2m Cinematic Project 2019.02-2019.05
  • Participate as an animator in EVR studio project H game Cinematic 2018.11-2019.02

Education

Master of Arts - 3D Animation

Savannah College of Art And Design
Savannah, GA
06.2023

Bachelor of Arts - 3D Animation

DongseoUniversity
Busan
08.2020

Skills

  • Realistic movement
  • Story development
  • Character creation
  • Experienced in [motion capture]
  • Animation pipeline familiarity
  • Cartoon style character movement
  • Camera layout skills

Accomplishments

Boone "animation short film."

  • Vermont animation festival award-best student film 2023
  • I participated in this film as a 3D character animator and layout artist, making most of the camera layout and character acting.

Chi_Earth "graduation short film."

  • Led team to achieve Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival award-rookie award
  • Web animation festival-Best University Student award-winning
  • to play in the 2020 Indie-anifest
  • to play in an ani-gallery on SBS broadcast

Timeline

Game Play Animation Intern

Activision Blizzard
06.2023 - 09.2023

3D Animator

Picostorm company
07.2020 - 05.2021

3D Animator

Freelancer

Master of Arts - 3D Animation

Savannah College of Art And Design

Bachelor of Arts - 3D Animation

DongseoUniversity
Jinwoo Kim