Ivey Ao
Freelance artist, animation/illustration/cartooning
New York, NY, USAWork Experience
Bunko Studios
Special effects artist, Sound Management
• Green screened live actors into computer drawn backgrounds. Focused on an extensive amount of lip-syncing to pre-drawn animatics.
• Carefully coordinated placements of stock footage into video segments.
• Freelanced with a team of professional animators. Produce segments for the Mad TV Series which aired on the Cartoon Network television channel on 2011.
• Carefully coordinated placements of stock footage into video segments.
• Freelanced with a team of professional animators. Produce segments for the Mad TV Series which aired on the Cartoon Network television channel on 2011.
July 2011
- August 2011
New York, New York, United States
Bryant Park
Animator, graphic designer
• Produced The Bryant Park Pond commercials for winter, 2011.
• Constructed large amounts of typography, advertising and promoting sponsorship for Bryant Park.
• Composited typography segments into a commercial.
• Constructed large amounts of typography, advertising and promoting sponsorship for Bryant Park.
• Composited typography segments into a commercial.
July 2011
- August 2011
New York, New York, United States
Sock Eye Media
Compositing Management, Special Effects
• Cooperated with a studio of animators and illustrators to produce online, children’s nursery rhyme videos.
• Generated special effects including camera angling, camera panning, glow effects, color saturation and masking.
• Composited video segments to pre- recorded audio using After Effects.
• Animated cartoon characters frame by frame using Adobe flash or puppetry animation using Adobe After Effects.
• Generated special effects including camera angling, camera panning, glow effects, color saturation and masking.
• Composited video segments to pre- recorded audio using After Effects.
• Animated cartoon characters frame by frame using Adobe flash or puppetry animation using Adobe After Effects.
January 2012
- February 2012
New York, New York, United States
Blue Print Productions
animator, video editor, graphic designer
• Illustrated hundreds of layers of vector drawings, and compiled them into video segments using motion graphics techniques.
• Animated and coordinated placements of typography. Scrutinized layout, object placements, and color schemes.
• Utilized Photoshop for touch-ups and clean-ups.
• Animated a small segment using traditional 2D method. Illustrated each drawing frame by frame and composited them into a moving image.
• Compiled moving vector drawings and animations into an animated segment explaining easements and farmland preservation in a live action documentary on farming.
• Animated and coordinated placements of typography. Scrutinized layout, object placements, and color schemes.
• Utilized Photoshop for touch-ups and clean-ups.
• Animated a small segment using traditional 2D method. Illustrated each drawing frame by frame and composited them into a moving image.
• Compiled moving vector drawings and animations into an animated segment explaining easements and farmland preservation in a live action documentary on farming.
January 2012
- March 2012
New York, New York, United States
Signe Baumane Studio
coloring assistant
- Colored large amounts of individual drawings using Photoshop and composited them using Adobe Premiere.
- Assisted in organizing an Indie feature film
- Assisted in organizing an Indie feature film
March 2012
- May 2012
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Or Olam Synagogue
graphic artist
• Collaborated with print makers to outline a menorah title logo for a Jewish synagogue. Converted and reproduced a 3D model of the menorah into a flat 2D vector image for the print maker to work with.
• Digitally inked, colored and rendered image using Illustrator. Able to preserve the depth, appearance and precision of the 3D model into a 2D illustration. Produced a document than can be resized according to desired height
• Digitally inked, colored and rendered image using Illustrator. Able to preserve the depth, appearance and precision of the 3D model into a 2D illustration. Produced a document than can be resized according to desired height
July 2012
- July 2012
New York, United States
Jumblebugs
storyboard artist
- Drew storyboards for a children's app. Organized scenes, story composition, and character acting.
March 2013
- March 2013
New York, New York, United States
Fanum.fm
animator, graphic designer, motion graphics artist
• Constructed digital graphics for the Fanum company website. Designed and illustrated a detailed pair of headphones that replaced a previous, simpler draft. Headphones served as the Fanum website button.
• Animated layers of vector character animations and composited them into a one minute, motion graphics commercial. Utilized 3D effects, puppetry and special effects. Harmonized color schemes and composition.
• Animated layers of vector character animations and composited them into a one minute, motion graphics commercial. Utilized 3D effects, puppetry and special effects. Harmonized color schemes and composition.
November 2013
- February 2014
New York, United States
Electric Theatre Company
After Effects Assistant
After Effects assistant artist. Tasks included managing and organizing cartoon elements in files, preparing files for high definition export and exporting high quality images for animators to composite in Nuke.
August 2017
- August 2017
California, United States
Tapestry LA Church
Animator, Illustrator
-Constructed a one minute video advertisement with animation and motion graphics.
-Build all of the assets, including graphics, character illustrations and typography.
-Composed and composited all of the assets in Adobe After Effects. Synced all of the visuals to sound and voiceover.
-Animated all graphics and typography using After Effects. Exported the files into videos.
-Utilized the special effects options supplied in After Effects to freshen up the visuals.
-Build all of the assets, including graphics, character illustrations and typography.
-Composed and composited all of the assets in Adobe After Effects. Synced all of the visuals to sound and voiceover.
-Animated all graphics and typography using After Effects. Exported the files into videos.
-Utilized the special effects options supplied in After Effects to freshen up the visuals.
September 2017
- September 2017
California, United States
Octopie Studios
Assistant Animator Assistant colorist
Assistant animator and color assistant. Worked with fellow animators and storyboard artists. Responsible for adding color into existing animation and generating new animation from storyboards.
November 2017
- November 2017
California, United States
Jonas & Company
Assistant Animator, Assistant Colorist
Assistant animator and colorist. Worked with a team of animators, storyboard artists and musical tracks. Animated and colored segments for a music video.
January 2019
- January 2019
California, United States
Initital Prefabs
2D Environment Creation and Design
Environment designer. Designed, colored and created environmental assets for a video game built. Worked with a team of programmers, coordinating the art with the gameplay design and world building.
August 2020
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New York, United States
Education
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
bachelor's degree in art
New York, United States
Languages
Chinese (Native),
English (Fluent),
Awards
Skills
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Animate,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere,
Animating,
Final Cut Pro,
Graphic Design,
Illustration,
Image Adjusting,
Video Editing/compositing,