Jae Il Son

2D Animation Generalist

New York, NY, USA
2D animation generalist with three years of experience in diverse areas of animation and film.
Excellent traditional animation skills and potentially evolving motion graphics skills.
Familiar with time-pressured working environment and multi-tasking between a software to another.

Work Experience

Rauch Bros. Animation

Freelance Animator

Assisting in general animation and inbetween works for award-winning episodes of StoryCorps.
Present New York, New York, United States

Freelance

Animator

Client: Adam Shecter
Title: Video Loss
Exhibition

- producing several looping animations to be used in media artist Adam Shecter's upcoming solo exhibition at Eleven Rivington Gallery.
- All works were done using Flash.
August 2013 - February 2014 New York, New York, United States

Bunko Studios

Animator/Storyboard artist

Working primarily as lead animator in 2D department but often my tasks were covering all the 2D aspects in general. Tasks include;

- Storyboard artist for new TV series development.
- Character designer especially in making rigged puppets by manipulating real photographs of celebrities for AE animation use.
- Background artist using photoshop as main software to produce realistic sets out of stock photos for use.
- Managing concept illustrations from layout to finalization.
- After Effects compositor and green screen keylight specialist.
- Clients: MAD tv animated series for Warner Bros and Ralph Lauren
March 2012 - October 2013 New York, United States

Freelance

Animator

Client: Gold Panda
Song: Brazil
Music Video

- Creating animated assets that match with live action music video.
- Rotoscoping.
May 2013 - June 2013 New York, New York, United States

Freelance

Director/Animator

Client: IceWorks
Promotional animation

- Making the story-line, storyboard, animation, and editing sound for the final export.
- Consulting and getting feed back from the client on every stage of the production.
April 2013 - October 2013 New York, New York, United States

Freelance

Animator

Client: Terrence Davis
Title: Colors: Bangin' in South Carolina
Documentary film

- Creating short, animated scenes that were used as reenactments visually telling the narrators stories.
- All images were drawn separately in photoshop and then composited using After effects.
December 2012 - January 2013 New York, New York, United States

Freelance

Director/Animator

Client: Small Multiples
Song: Make Up
Music Video

-Planning everything from storyboard to animatic in pre-production stage.
-All animation was done using Flash.
-Everything was put together including special effects in After effects.
August 2012 - November 2012 New York, United States

Education

School Of Visual Arts (SVA)

BFA Animation

September 2006 - May 2012 New York, United States

Languages

Korean (Native),
English (Fluent),

Awards

Irvine International Film Festival

Official Selection

2013

OCF Film Feestival

2012 Fall Finalist

2012

Socal Film Fest

Official Selection

2012

Annual Dusty Festival

Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation

2012

Indie Fest

Award of Merit

2012

Skills

After Effects, Corel Painter , Flash, Photoshop, Premiere, Toon Boom ,