Jessy Le
jessyleart@gmail.com
Experience
FREE BIRDEES: DESIGN ASSOCIATE
July 2023 - present
Idealize prints for new products, research for new products, art direct the freelancers: provide feedback and draw over art work, sketch and create print elements for clothing using Illustrator, edit product flat lays and lifestyles in Photoshop, color matching using a light box
Programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, Canva, Figma
WEBCOMIC ARTIST
Mar 2020 - July 2023
Write and draw, webcomic: Rose and Sol, on Webtoon Canvas and Tapas. Released weekly. Storyboard, line art, flat color, and shading. Used Blender to create skeleton 3D models to draw over for environments
Programs: Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate, Blender
FIREFLY GAMES: ARTIST
Aug 2015 - Aug 2022
Create ads for mobile games, illustration, sketching (traditional and digital), digital painting, use developer art assets to create marketing spots for social media (Facebook, Instagram), file organization (Dropbox and local drive), online research for social media ads for mobile games, create pitch presentations for IP games using Powerpoint, Photoshop, and Illustrator, assignment tracking with JIRA and Basecamp
Games: Dreamworks Universe of Legends, Terminator Dark Fate Mobile Game, LOL Surprise: Room Makeover
Skills: Digital Art, Marketing asset creations
Programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, IOS and Android OS, After Effects, 3Ds Max
SOTU PRODUCTIONS: COSTUME/WARDROBE ASSISTANT
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Hand sewing, machine sewing, working with various tools and textiles to create production ready costumes, pattern making, create mood boards with Photoshop, online research for costume design (Pinterest, tumblr, google), image database organization (Pinterest), shopping in LA fashion district for materials
Projects: Pepsi Nex commercial (Momotarou Ep. 3), Estee Lauder Alice in Wonderland youtube spot, Bollywood themed event, Arabian
Nights themed event, Samsung Smart Switch commercial
Tools Used: Photoshop, Pinterest
JOE.METHOD: CONCEPT ARTIST & ANIMATOR
Sep 2014 - Oct 2014
Concept art, character animation, environment sketching and painting, and in-game art
Tools Used: Photoshop, Modo (3D program), Flash, Illustrator
Education
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, May 2014, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor’s of Fine Art with Honors
Studio Classes: Concept art, illustration, life drawing, digital painting, 3D modeling, and 2D/3D animation, graphic design
CG SPECTRUM, 2023
Intro to Concept Art
Worked with a mentor to improve on digital painting, perspective, and design
Workshops
STEAMBOT STUDIOS, Explore workshop, May 2013, New Orleans, LA
Attend various concept art workshops hosted by David Levy (Vyle), Sparth, Rainart, Feerik, Manu, as well as a number of other concept artists and story tellers
Classes attended:
Art in Video Games: Sparth
Story Crafting and Vampires: Amy and Vyle
Life Drawing - Voodoo Priestess: Coro and Manu
Inventing Architecture: Thom Tenery
Painting Fantasy Art: Kekai Kotaki
Character Anatomy: Clayburn Moore
Designing Sci-fi: Sparth