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EMAIL: yurimnkim@gmail.com

2D ILLUSTRATOR, Freelance

May 2015 - January 2017, March 2020 - Present // Remote

  • Provide a variety of illustration services which include story art, character designs, background art, and logo designs

  • Work with authors to develop story illustrations, character concepts, and backgrounds for children’s book

  • Produce illustrations for individual commissions as well as larger studio projects

  • Storyboard and animate character driven sequences for small film projects

  • Highly prioritized clear communication with client through every step of the job

  • ​Premiere

  • After Effects

  • Autodesk Maya

  • Blender

OBJECTIVE

Aiming to provide my skills, experience, and personal drive for a team of highly creative, hardworking individuals, to collaborate and produce quality content

EXPERIENCE

STORYBOARD ARTIST, Coronation Media

July 2025 // Gettysburg, PA

  • Contracted to storyboard unannounced episode of CG animated kids show

  • Boarded and audio synced 6-minute script from start to finish

  • Developed sequence for 45 second promotional sequence

  • Contributed ideas to enhance character personality and storytelling

  • Completed revisions given by animation director and producer

2D ARTIST, Taco Pizza Cat Games

October 2020 - November 2023 // Remote

  • Generated illustrations and game art for the indie RPG deck-builder game, KINDFOLX

  • Created art assets ranging from story sequences, cut scene illustrations, character art, backgrounds, UI elements, and prop designs

  • Brainstormed with game runner on story ideas and character designs

  • Maintained style and quality while managing time constraints

DESIGN INTERN, Media General FX

January 2015 - April 2015 // Richmond, VA

  • Prepare still and animated monitor graphics for local news stations along the east coast

  • Design and animate a pre-production package which included an opening, stinger, looping background, lower third title, and monitor graphics

EDUCATION

STORYBOARD COURSE, CG Master Academy

April 2023 - June 2023

  • Learned and practiced all aspects of storyboarding for animation which include beat boards, thumbnailing from a script, balancing a composition, scenes with multiple characters, camera movement, and utilizing Storyboard Pro

  • Received direct critique and advice from a professional industry level story artist

BFA ANIMATION, Virginia Commonwealth University

August 2011 - May 2015

  • Studied all aspects of animation fundamentals including timing, posing, weight, and performance

  • Pursued different animation mediums such as traditional frame-by-frame, 3D character, and stop motion

SKILLS

  • Toonboom Storyboard Pro

  • Photoshop

  • Clip Studio Paint

  • Toonboom Harmony

ACHIEVEMENTS

2025 STORY ARTIST FINALIST, Nickelodeon Artist Program

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