RESUME

Hi!

My name is Young Soo, but please call me David.

I am a CG character animator and animation mentor. I love this craft and I have been working passionately and professionally for over five years now in Feature Film Animations, TV Series and Game Cinematics.

I also have experience teaching animation to students from colleges and offline, online animation schools for over five years as well.

Having experience working with many different people from many different countries, cultures and languages have shown how much I love to interact with talented, open-minded people who want to entertain viewers worldwide by bringing characters to life.

Thank you for taking the time to view my resume.

Founder & CEO - Ani-Tribe

2019 - current (Seoul, South Korea)

- Ani-Tribe is an online 3D animation school geared towards helping students achieve their goals in becoming a professional in the CG industry. We specialize in educating 3D animation in terms of teaching the 12 principles of animation in depth along with body mechanics and acting for students to become hired as character animators, VFX animators, game cinematic animators and game animators in the CG industry

- building an online education platform with the benefits of both online and offline characteristics for an ideal learning experience

- constantly evolving the online education platform for better results in terms of students portfolio and employment rate for graduates

- building a genuine community for alumni

Co-Founder & Animation Mentor - CG5 Academy

2015 - 2020 (Seoul, South Korea)

- Building an education community academy for all those who are

interested in working in the CG industry. Our five main mission values

include Mentoring, Education, Special Lectures, Community and Jobs

- Constantly evolving a curriculum for character animation from foundations to advanced level students including developing abilities to work together as a team and professional

- Mentoring students through portfolio development all the way till they get hired as a competent CG character animator not just in terms of skills but also in terms of professional & open-minded behavior

Animation Teacher - SBS Academy for Computer Arts

2013 - 2015 (Seoul, South Korea)

- Teaching character animation for all levels (intro to advanced)

- Created a curriculum for character animation from foundations to

advanced level students

Character Animator - Lucasfilm Animation

2013 - 2014 (Singapore)

- Worked on the feature animated film "Strange Magic"

Animation Professor - Chungkang College of Cultural Industries

2013 - 2013 (Icheon, South Korea)

- Teaching Advanced Character Animation to junior and senior year

college students

Lead Character Animator - Wonder World Studios

2013 - 2013 (Seoul, South Korea)

- Worked on the feature animated film "Jungle Shuffle"

Character Animator - Cinepix

2011 - 2012 (Seoul, South Korea)

- Worked on TV series called Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.

(Seasons 2 & 3)

Animation Intern - Delacave

2011 - 2011 (Paris, France)

- Worked on the feature animated film "Cendrillion au Far West"

Character Animator - Epsodic L.L.C.

2007 - 2008 (Redwood City, CA, USA)

- Worked on game cinematics as animator and storyboard artist

Skills

Autodesk Maya

3ds Max

Linux

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Languages

English

Korean

French (working)

Japanese (working)

Animsquad Expert Workshop

2013 - 2014

Advanced Character Animation Workshop - A semester of packed intense character acting animation that focused on strong, clear acting performances through internal and external materialization of emotional change.

Animation Master Class Workshop (Eric Goldberg)

2012 - 2012

Advanced Character Animation - A seminar from the legend himself about his personal tips and tricks when going through various stages in animation based on his book, "Character Animation Crash Course!".

GOBELINS, l'école de l'image

2010 - 2011

3D Character Animation - Building on its 40 years of experience and its worldwide reputation of excellence in Character Animation, GOBELINS has designed an advanced programme 3D Character Animation. A jam-packed one year curriculm filled with learning everything there is to know about 3D advanced character animation from reviewing the 12 principles to acting and dialog and quadrupeds with an internship at the end if you can manage to get it yourself.

Animation Mentor

2007 - 2010

Advanced Studies in Character Animation - With two sememsters still left, I must say the bulk of my animation training started with Animation Mentor. The 18 month online animation program covers animation basics, polishing animation and portfolio quality development. This is where I learned to develop the artistic and technical skills I needed to be successful as a character animator.

Academy of Art University

2002 - 2007

BFA in Animation and Visual Effects - Every good education starts with a solid foundation and I found mine here at AAU. I learned not just about animation but many other useful knowledges to further my career and become a more well-balanced professional individual.

David Jang