Kas Xuan
Visual Development / Storyboard Artist, LA, CA
kasxuan039@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/kasxuan/
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SUMMARY
Story is the base of everything. A skillful concept artist is capable of helping their story artist to visualize their story from text, to catch the emotion, the mood, the character moment., to tell a story. ——————————————————————————————————
Skills
DIGITAL MEDIA TRADITIONAL MEDIA LANGUAGES- Photoshop CC – Acrylic – English- Illustrator CC – Gouache – Chinese – InDesign CC – Watercolor – Japanese- After Effects CC – Blender 2.82
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Education
Jul 2017 Academy of Art University, San Francisco,CAMay 2020 – MFA in Visual Development
Sept 2012 Academy of Art University, San Francisco,CADec 2016 – BFA in illustration
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Experience / Award
Experience
Current:
Freelance concept/ Storyboard artist
Most recent job: collaborating with one coal producer from Marvel Studios who worked on black panther before, making storyboards for her personal short film project.
Past:
*Concept artist at World entertainment(live action Movie)
*2D artist at Ingenuity Studios
*Background artist for Dolly Parton’s Music Video

Award
*Winner of Character Design- Academy of Art Spring show 2020
*2nd place of Storyboard -Academy of Art Spring show 2020
*2nd place of Concept art-Academy of Art Spring show 2019