Jae Il Son
2D Animation Generalist
New York, NY, USA
917 837 5563
www.jaeilson.com
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.
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.
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
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Skills
After Effects,
Corel Painter ,
Flash,
Photoshop,
Premiere,
Toon Boom ,