HAEUN
KWON
LIGHTING / COMPOSITING ARTIST
PERSONAL SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
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3D Lighting and Compositing
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3D Texturing
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3D Modeling and Sculpting
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Confident working On-set, Virtual, and Hybrid
Women in animation (wia) Mentorship Program mentee
Improving Your Understanding of Digital Lighting
- Theory and Practice Lab
Apr 2024- Aug 2024
Mentor: Christy page
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Attending the WIA mentorship circle held by Christy Page, a current Lead VAD artist at ILM
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Learning in depth pipeline & workflow of Katana and Unreal Engine within studio settings and industry-level lighting techniques
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Practicing lighting skills with in-session exercises and critiques
THE MENHEIM CLINIC
Collaborative 3D Short Film
SEP 2022 - JUN 2023
Lead Lighter
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Mentored a team of 6 and provided critiques and feedback
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Incorporated render layers and AOVs for compositing using Nuke and After Effects
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Composited 2D effects on top of 3D lit sequences in Nuke
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Worked on base lighting set-up for all of the interior environment
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Worked alongside the art director to produce lighting tests for style frames and look development
Technical Director
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Research for smooth transition from Maya to Unreal engine for lighting, rendering, and compositing process
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Responsible for set dressing in Unreal Engine
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Held weekly meetings and help sessions for critiques
SCADpro x film hedge LED VOLUME PROJECT
SCADpro Sponsored Production for Unannounced Film Project
MAR 2023 - JUN 2023
lead lighter
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Set the base lighting for the Motel stage in Unreal Engine 5 and optimized the setup for the real-time LED volume production
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Incorporated feedback received from the directors and Unreal Engine technical production lead to fit their visions
persimmon red
Real-Time Rendering Collaborative 3D Short Film
Aug 2023- May 2024
Lighting / compositing artist
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Lit 4 shots using Unreal Engine 5 and composited 8 shots using Nuke X
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Closely followed the color script and the directions given by the directors
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Used Perforce to optimize the lighting process among the lighting team
FRESH MEAT
Collaborative 3D Short Film
SEP 2022 - NOV 2022
Lighter
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Lit 8 shots using Arnold Lighting to fit the director’s vision and color scripts
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Integrated Render Layers for compositing in After Effects
ACHIEVEMENTS
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Achievement & Academic Honors
Scholarship
SEP 2020 - JUN 2023
Dean's List of Honors
SEP 2020 - JUN 2023
Overall Winner of the 2021 Foundation Studies Portfolio Award Exhibition
MARCH 2021
EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Animation
GPA 3.96/4
Atlanta, GA | 2020 - 2023
LANGUAGE
English (Fluent)
Korean (Fluent)
SOFTWARE
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Autodesk Maya and Arnold
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Nuke and Nuke X
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Unreal Engine 5
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Substance 3D Painter
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Z Brush
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Adobe CS
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Autodesk Mudbox
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Marvelous Designer
INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION ASSISTANT
On-Campus Student Employee
SEP 2022 - JAN 2023
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Worked with SCAD’s International Student Services Office to assist with the orientation for new international students
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Was trained to communicate appropriately with students from different cultures and those experiencing culture shock.