Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Technical Tools
Accomplishments
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Donghoon Heo

British Columbia,Canada

Summary

Ambitious 3D Animator looking for new professional challenge and increasing responsibility. Expert in Maya and learn new applications quickly. Successful at bringing new life to existing characters and environments.

Work History

3D Animator

Hawkeye Studio
Remote
01.2024 - 03.2024
  • Worked on pre-visualization, hand key animation, and level design for a 3D animated short film.
  • Led animation team through effective project management, participating in meetings to ensure alignment with client vision, and delivering exceptional visual experiences.
  • Used Maya and Unreal Engine 5 to create realistic characters with dynamic parkour movement.

Skills: Maya, Unreal Engine 5, 3D Animation, Pre-visualization

3D Animator

LOCUS
Seoul, Korea
2019 - 2021
  • Projects included Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, Lineage2 Revolution, Blade & Soul 2, Tianyu, Onmyoji, Steel Rain 2, TV commercials.
  • Created realistic high-quality hand key 3D animation and pre-visualization from storyboards for game cinematic and TV commercial. Worked closely with director to create high-quality scenes that exceed expectations and engage audiences.
  • Created 3D animated scenes to show the clients what their movie look like before filming it.

Creative Developer

MwonderLab Studio
Remote
2023 - Current
  • Developed a painting software that has an automatic coloring feature.
  • Implemented supervised machine learning to enhance performance of core algorithm.
  • Used C++, OpenCV, ImGui, STL, HLSL, and DirectX11.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Animation & Visual Effects

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
01-2023

Skills

  • 3D animation
  • hand key animation
  • pre-visualization
  • 2D animation
  • storyboard

Technical Tools

  • Maya
  • Unreal Engine 5
  • Photoshop
  • Premiere
  • Toon Boom Harmony
  • After Effects

Accomplishments

Spring Show 2023

  • Winner, Realistic animation
Donghoon Heo