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Sophia Johnson

           New York, New York

           boreasjohnson27@gmail.com

           https://www.sophiajohns27.com/reel

 

Professional Experience

Animator and Concept Artist, Aquest

New York, NY June 2024 - Sep 2025

Worked on creating a 1-minute 2D animation video for Aquest. Drew character designs and concept art for the world of Aquest, painted numerous backgrounds from scratch using Photoshop. Animated keyframes and in-betweens for many shots in Toon-Boon Harmony. Utilized After Effects to add cut-out animation, special effects, and compositing, combining different animation methods to create overall satisfying results. Edited sound in Premiere Pro later to finish the animation. Animated walk cycles, shooting cycles for robots in Maya and modeled props for a developing RTS game.

General Assistant, VIEW Conference 2024

Turin, Italy, June - October 2024

Worked as a general assistant hybrid for VIEW Conference 2024, helping with both partnerships, social media and marketing. Designed posters for online promotional activities and marketing using Photoshop.

Researched and reached out to animation studios, establishing partnerships between the conference and studios.

Video Editing Internship, Design & Customize LLC

Burlingame, CA June - August 2023

Created 3D and 2D animations for advertisement on Instagram. Modeled, textured and animated assets in Blender, and composited videos to match the brand. Added and edited stock library audio to provided footage and made many different designs of logo openings for each advertisement clip.

Graphic Design Internship, Dim Events

Chicago, IL Dec 2021- May 2022

Designed logos and fliers for advertisement, also created an art handbook guideline for the company using inDesign.

3D Animator Internship, FlashMonkey Inc.

Chicago, IL Dec 2021- May 2022

Designed the mascot of the company and created a 3d model based on it. Painted and rigged the model  in Maya for animating. Made 3 demo animations to demonstrate the character and created an introduction video for the company.

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Storyboarding

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3D, 2D Animation

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Modeling

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Concept Illustration

Projects

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Maya

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Adobe Photoshop,

Premiere, After Effects

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Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

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Nuke

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Substance Painter

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Zbrush

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Toon Boom Harmony

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Clip Studio Paint EX

Languages

English (native)

Chinese (proficient)

MFA Thesis Animation Strawberry Meringue Cake

September 2024-May 2025

Achievements

2024   VIEW Conference, Turin, Italy

  Panelist for Young People in VIEW: Storytelling and Climate Change

Education

School of Visual Arts

New York, 2023-2025

Master of Fine arts, Computer Arts

 

School of the Art Institute

of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois 2019-2023

Bachelor Fine arts, Animation

Worked from preproduction to finish for my 3D Animation film, Strawberry Meringue Cake. Handled all

story aspects, designs, concept art. Reached out and hired individuals over the world on a student budget

to collaborate and create music, sound effects, compositing, 2d FX and partial 3D animation, working as the overall director to supervise and give feedback on the style and exact shots. During production process, participated in the overall process of modeling, rigging, painting, animation, and the final compositing stage, creating a 2 minute animation film in the end.

2023    School of Visual Arts

 MFA Computer Art Award Recipient

2019-2023    School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  Merit Scholarship Recipient

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