FIONA HSU fiona.corvidae@gmail.

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Visual Development | Background Art
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EDUCATION SKILLS
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) ​Painting and drawing

SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT (expected graduation year: 2023) ​Adobe Photoshop

Studio/Fine Art major and Arts Education minor | GPA: 3.6/4.0 ​Adobe Illustrator

Women in Animation (WIA) ​Premiere Pro

SEPTEMBER 2021 - DECEMBER 2021 ​Procreate

Mentored by VFX Artist Yvonne Muide in matte painting ​Blender

Emile Cohl Atelier (ECA) ​Maya / Arnold

MARCH 2021 - JUNE 2021

​Strong time management

Environment Art/Design Certificate. Skills learned: Maya, Arnold, Nuke, shader ​Strong work ethic
editing, modeling, lighting design, compositing, rendering, networking, etc.
​Strong self discipline
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / WORK HISTORY ​Excellent communication

Illustrator/Graphic Designer — UCLA Marketing Department ​Customer Service

JUN 2021 - PRESENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Experienced in working with supervisors and art directors on environment SILVER TIER seal upon
concepts for campus, video storyboards, mural art, and other production graduation from Emile Cohl
editing. Atelier’s Environment art
program
Background Design Artist — “The Time Trio” Animated Film
NOMINEE in 7th Fine Art
FEB 2022 - PRESENT
Photography Awards
Worked on visual developments for background and prop designs based on international competition in
animatics and storyboards from other artists in the production team. Fine Art/Amateur category

Children’s Book Illustrator — Unannounced Children’s Book SHORTLIST WINNER in

London International Creative
DEC 2021 - PRESENT
Competition in
Design and illustrate characters, props, backgrounds, and story scenes for photography/student division
an independent author and his unannounced children’s book series.
LANGUAGE
Environment Concept Artist — The Third Cartel
English (fluent)
MAY 2021 - NOV 2021
Mandarin Chinese
Design and create environment concept art for an unannounced social (intermediate)
simulation mobile game, design layouts for game avatars and props.