Taeyoung Choi

taeyoung1004@hotmail.com

EXPERIENCE

Concept Artist: Midway Amusement Games 09/29/05 - present

Artist: WMS GAMING 07/01/02 - 07/15/05, 03/07 - present

Assistant Animator: Calabash Productions Summer, 2001 animation on “Lucky Charms” and “Trix” cereal commercials.

Assistant of Professor Hyun-se Lee King Se-jong University 1999 - 2000

Drawing Instructor: Gadulgi Art Institute 1998 - 2000

SKILLS

Arts - Character and background design, traditional painting, caricaturing, traditional and computer modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, and storyboarding. Thorough understanding of color and composition.

Programs - Photoshop, Painter, Maya, 3D Studio Max, Soft Image, Lightwave, Bryce, Deep paint 3D, Z Brush, Aftereffects, Flash, Paint Shop Pro 6, Illusion, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.

EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATION

Invasion!, cover art Underwood 2007, Spectrum 14 & Digital Art Master Vol.2, Taekwon V 2007, EXPOSE 5, Master awarded 2007,

Art of Midway 2006, d'artiste: Concet Art 2006, EXPOSE 4, BLOOD GARDEN 2006.

Big Screen Harold Washington Library , Chicago 2002

Graduation Exhibition of Fine Art Jong ro Gallery, Seoul 1999

Popular President Fund Exhibition Guan-in Gallery, Seoul 1993

AWARDS

Master awarded in 'Concept catagory' EXPOSE 5 2007

Employee of the Month for March of 2003 2003

Divisional Headquarters Poster Competition: 1 st Place 1994

EDUCATION

King Se-jong University Seoul, Republic of Korea 1992 ? 1999 B.A. Fine Arts

Columbia College Chicago, IL 2000 ? 2002 B.A Art, Computer Animation Major

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Soldier, Korean Army 1994 ? 1996