Megan Soon
Character designer, vis dev artist and illustrator
Contact: megchandoodles@gmail.com
Megan is a vis dev artist specializing in character design. She loves to design costumes, and draw expressions to give characters personality and bring them to life. She has a penchant for Asian based fantasies and period pieces but loves all kinds of projects
Experience
— EMPLOYER
Atomic Cartoons
— ROLE
2D/CG Designer
— DATES
Jan 2021 – June 2021
August 2021 – April 2024
-2D Designer for the following productions:
>Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
>Young Love
>Teenage Euthanasia
>NDA animation test
-CG Designer for the following productions:
>LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
>Multiple NDA Lego special programs
-Developing accurate character turnarounds, hand charts, head angle charts, mouth charts, foot charts, special poses and color options
- -Exploring initial character, prop, environment and FX concepts based on script and storyboards, and taking them to a final render
-Style matching artwork to the show’s style guide
-Addressing revision notes from art director
-Adhering to a strict schedule for artwork submission
— EMPLOYER
Etsy
— ROLE
Small Business Owner
— DATES
2017 – Present
-Conceptualizing appealing artwork for various merchandise in multiple styles
-Photographing merchandise for item listing and marketing
-Organizing layers of artwork according to the provided template and manufacturer’s
standards for print
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Procreate, Shotgun/Flow, Lego Digital Designer
Education
— INFO
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Arts
Major in Japanese and minor in East Asian Studies. Graduated with distinction and with a certificate in translation
— INFO
Schoolism
Took various self-learning classes from Schoolism such as character design, pictorial composition and environment design
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