Sophia Johnson
Chicago, Illinois
boreasjohnson27@gmail.com 224-256-6755 https://www.sophiajohns27.com
Education
School of Visual Arts
New York, 2023-present
Master of Fine arts, Computer Arts
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois 2019-present
Bachelor Fine arts, Animation, Merit Scholarship Recipient
Dulwich College International Suzhou
Jiangsu, Suzhou, graduated 2019
Professional Experience
IB Bilingual diploma
Video Editing Internship, Design & Customize LLC
Burlingame, CA 2023.6.6-8-4
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 2021.12.10-2 5.13
Designed logos and fliers for advertisement.
3d Animator Internship, FlashMonkey Inc.
Chicago, IL 2021.7-2022.1.19
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.
AV tech support, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL, 2019- 2023
Worked as a technical support assistant for projectors, speakers, monitors, iMacs and Zoom in school events such as art exhibitions, artist talks and Zoom webinars. Handed out equipment to students during exhibitions and helped solve technical issues when equipment had problems or people were confused.
Specialized in Programs
Adobe Animate
Maya
Adobe Photoshop
Substance Painter
Adobe Premiere Pro
Zbrush
Adobe After Effects
Toon Boom Harmony
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro
Clip Studio Paint EX
Blender
Languages
English (native)
Chinese (proficient)
Learned to apply traditional animation principles to 3D rigged
models, and timing the keyframes to create believable animation.
Group Exhibitions
2019 Homescape, The Franklin, Chicago, IL
2021 Imaginary Worlds, Online
https://hubs.mozilla.com/4Y8Rb4T/virtual-installation-final-exhibition
Relevant coursework
Digital bodies
Created figures, rigged joints, and keyframed body parts in Maya
Virtual Installation
Made AR projects, such as filters in Instagram, Facebook, and applications with Vuforia, Unity, GitHub and Mozilla Hubs
Made fundamental animations using traditional methods of hand drawing, learning to apply the basic principles of animation.
Visual artist that has graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA degree. Currently attending the School of Visual Arts Computer Arts degree, focusing on 3D animation. Worked as a video editor intern in Burlingame and is fluent in English and Mandarin. Focus on digital drawing, animation, video editing, designing and in all, creating artworks of value.