Willy Hwang

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Skills
  Drawing, Painting, Adobe Photoshop/Imageready
  Basic knowledge of Maya, 3dsmax, Sketchup, and Adobe After Effects

Education
  Academy of Art University 1999-2006
BFA Animation- Visual Development

Work experience
  Pixar
  (May 2008-Present)

  "Cars 2 (2012)" (Animated Film)
-Prop/Set model packets and research (July-present 2009)

  "Cars Toons (2009)" (Animated Shorts)
-Shading/concept-centric artwork for sets and characters,
  assistant to art director (Feb-June 2009)

  "Toy Story 3" (Animated Film)
Set shader packets

  "Cars Toons (2008)" (Animated Shorts)
Texture painting and Shader packets (contract)

  "Up" (Animated Film)
-Model packets and plastic model kit building (contract)

  "Wall-E" (Animated Film)
-Digital cel painting, some 2-d effects animation,
  some After Effects comping on end credits (contract)
-Database maintenance with new art asset management software (contract)

  Enemy of The Industry, LLC
  (November 2007)
  "Petrolfame" (Animated short)
-Background paint, Colorscript (freelance)

  Pixar
  (June 2006-January 2007)
  "Ratatouille" (Animated film)
-Production Assistant, Model Packeteer (internship/contract)

  (March 2007-November 2007)
  "Ratatouille" (Animated film)
-Digital Cel Painter on Ratatouille end credits
  and "Your Friend the Rat" DVD short

  Brown Bag Press (2005)
  "Lava Punch" (collaborative graphic novel)
-Development and illustration of 24-page story "Aviatrix"

  (2006)
  "Lava Punch 2" (Collaborative graphic novel)
-Development and illustration of 36-page story "Aviatrix 2"

  Poi Pounder Productions (2001)
  "Aloha Is... Just Leiing Around" (2d animation short)
-Animator / In-between Animator / Inker / Colorist (internship)

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