Rachel C. Young

Education

Concept and Design Academy - Pasadena (October '09-December '09)
- Storyboarding

Animation Academy - Burbank (March-April '07, January ‘09-Current)
- Character Design, Background Design, Concept Development

The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts and Animation
December 15th 2005
-3.8 GPA
-3 animations accepted in digital arts festival, ARTimation

Jobs

Self-Published Comic Book Creator ('09-Current)
-Writer, Penciler, Inker, Color and Layout Artist for series entitled "Witchman"

Freelance Storyboard Artist (Nov '09-April '10)
Kush Boys Studios
-storyboard for animated music video

Animator (May '09 - Sept '09)
Animax Entertainment
Van Nuys, CA
- animation for MTV's Popzilla

Freelance Animator (June ‘08 - December ’08)
Pretty Good Games Corp
Redondo Beach, CA
- animate characters in Flash for webgames

Animator/Illustrator (July ‘07- March ’08)
Animax Entertainment
Van Nuys, CA
- animate and illustrate and design for interactive websites and online
games, character turn-arounds, and file management

Graphic Designer (August ‘06-April '07)
Mazal Enterprise
North Hills, CA
- responsible for creating ads and labels including illustration and
creation of mascot characters

Animator (February ’07)
168 Hour Film Festival
- was an animator and storyboard artist on a team that submitted the
first animated piece (Animated in Flash) to this festival.

Character Designer (March ’06)
Time Piglets Animation
- designed characters and created a rough animation

 

Events

Long Beach Comic Convention (Oct '09)

Wizard World Chicago (Aug '09)

Skills

Technical
Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash,
3D Studio Max, After Effects, InDesign, Microsoft Suite

Traditional
Pencil, Marker