I am a graduate of The Savannah College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Effects and a minor in Concept Arts for Games. I have accrued 7 years of tutoring experience, and 2 years of design and marketing experience that often required bilingual use of English and Chinese, both of which I am very fluent in.

​

Personality Traits: 

Accountable, responsible, hard-working, organized, quick study, diligent, loyal, flexible, team player, high tolerance of pressure, collaborative, humble

​

In 2019, I had an internship at a film post-production company, Digital Domain. I was trained under the compositing and matte painting departments in Digital Domain for a few months under 4 supervisors. During this training, I integrated live-action footage with matte paintings, 2D, and CG elements. This strengthened the fundamental compositing skills such as rotoscoping, color grading (2D and CG), keying, and matte extractions (blue/green screen or without any screen) in Nuke. I also created a matte painting in photoshop using their assets and projected it in Nuke (using camera projection). The second internship I got in 2019 was a full-time position as a 3D Modeler and Visual Effects Editor at a VFX, gaming, and educational company, Koding Kingdom in Hong Kong. I built visual effects assets for their VR game project.

​

From 2020 to 2021, I took two gap years in my studies due to the covid-19 pandemic while working as an assistant marketing manager at an intimate lifestyle company, Wanta. My major responsibilities were to manage all the designs and commercial work for the company. I assisted different departments to develop a successful marketing strategy, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, and accurately logging meeting notes. I also scheduled weekly promotions with the advertising department and ensured all projects ran smoothly, and on time. During my time with Wanta, I had the opportunity to collaborate with companies around the world such as LELO,  Je Joue, and Lora DiCarlo which furthered my experience in marketing and advertising. 

​

Apart from marketing experience, I’ve also worked as an Art Teacher at Choco L’art Studio, Smiles Arts, A-School in Hong Kong. I hosted daily arts and crafts workshops for ages ranging 3 to 50+ including acrylic painting, drawing, clay sculpting, and crafting. Therefore, I have become very proficient with communicating and instructing a wide variety of groups and clients from varying backgrounds.

​

Lately, I’ve just finished my first CGI and live-action short film, “I Snake You” https://elmaf8739.wixsite.com/elmarts/snake. I am the producer, director, concept artist, 3D modeling artist, and compositor. As such, I am very familiar with the production pipeline, including the assignment and organizing of tasks while supporting my team.

​

All of these experiences have taught me how to maintain productivity in a high-stress post-production and marketing environment. I am very goal-oriented, diligent, and always strive for the highest quality results in a time-sensitive manner. Additionally, I have acquired presentation skills and have been invited to present at several schools, even winning an annual SCAD public talk.

​

Want to know more about me? Go check out my resume & https://linktr.ee/ELMAF

​