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James Hyun
James Hyun

James Hyun

  South Korea

Find a career in North America as a 3D Artist in games and/or animation.

I first realized I wanted to work in the creative media and entertainment industry in high school. A buddy and fellow artist told me that, as a career, we can actually make games and movies that we love, and even get paid for working on them!

Learning: Rochester Institute of Technology

Skills: Adobe Photoshop Autodesk Maya Marmoset Toolbag3 Maya Photoshop Substance Painter Unreal Engine 4 ZBrush

Expertise: 3D Animation Game Design & Development Immersive Media Other

  • Skipped Debut N/A
  • Leveled up to Player Mar 06, 2019
  • Leveled up to Contender May 15, 2019
  • Leveled up to Rookie Apr 11, 2020
  • Pro TBD

Experience

Freelance Jr. Character Artist
Los Angeles, CA, USA | Nov 2019 - Present

Working remotely, collaborate with the Lead Concept Artist and Lead 3D Artist to create high resolution and game resolution characters.

Freelance Assistant Editor
New York City, NY, USA | Nov 2017 - Apr 2018

Assisted producers in handling images/video for clients during post production for commercials airing on TV, web, mobile, billboards, etc.

Freelance Stereoscopic Technical Assistant
Greenwich, CT, USA | Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

Headed the Stereoscopic Render Quality Check process and completed finishing stereo compositing shots in Nuke for the film 'Ferdinand'.

Current Education

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