WORK EXPERIENCE
- Artist, Double Helix Games, Irvine, CA / "Defiance™ PC" MMORPG

* Updated various weapons textures

- 3D Environment artist, Double Helix Games, Irvine, CA / "Battleship™" The movie FPS / Oct. 2011 -- Present

* Modeled, unwrapped, and textured environment props
* Generated surface materials for assets I created and exported for the project

- 3D Environment artist, BioWARE, Austin, TX / "Star Wars™: The Old Republic™" MMORPG / Oct. 2010 -- Oct. 2011

* Have worked on Star Wars: The Old Republic within the Hero Engine
* Exterior work including terrain editing, asset placement, texture painting, lighting
* Interior work including lighting, asset placement, optimization
* Have contributed to 4 planets including Nar Shaddaa, Tatooine, Dromund Kaas and Quesh

- Texture artist Intern/ Digital Domain, Venice, CA / "Real Steel" The Movie / Jul. 2010 -- Aug. 2010

* Was in charge of uving, texturing on several main character robots for the movie

- Producer, KTVN-nc, San Jose, CA 2006 -- 2007
- System engineer, Penta Systems Technology Inc, Seoul, Korea 1997 -- 2001

EDUCATION
- Academy of Art University, SF, CA. M.F.A. Animation & VFX, Sep. 2008 -- Aug. 2010
- Academy of Art University, SF, CA. B.F.A. Illustration, Jan. 2003 -- May 2005
- University of Southern California, LA, CA. Graduate school, Computer Science, 2001 -- 2002
- Yonsei graduate school, Korea M.S. Computer Engineering, Mar. 1999 -- Feb. 2003

APPLICATIONS
- MAYA, Mudbox, xNormal, Photoshop, UDK, Crazybump

AWARDS
-"HU'S GAME" / 2012 WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL IN POLAND, 2012 PENTEDATTILO FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2012 PISAF IN KOREA OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2012 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FEST HOLLYWOOD OFFICIAL SELECTION / BG Modeling and texture
-Festival Screenings Animated Shorts,Computer Animation Festival in Siggraph 2011 in Vancouver / Best Animation Award in Emmys Student Award
Team project "Monster and Dumpling", (Aug. 2011)
-Pick of the Krop on Northbound in 3D Graphics, kropped.com, (Mar. 2011)
-Pick of the Krop on Routine Patrol K7 in 3D Graphics, kropped.com, (Mar. 2011)
-Dope award on Nova Prospekt, Dope awards, (Oct. 2010)
-Dope award on Routine Patrol K7, Dope awards, (Oct. 2010)
-3DTotal Excellence Award on Nova Prospekt, 3DTotal.com Award of Recognition, (May 2010)
-The Best in Category Award for "3D Modeling Environments", 1st Place, Spring Show Animation Awards 2010
Academy of Art University, (May 2010)
-The Best in Category Award for "Environment Modeling", 1st Place, Spring Show 2010 School of Game Design Awards
Academy of Art University, (May 2010)
-The Best in Category Award for "BEST IN SHOW", Spring Show 2010 School of Game Design Awards
Academy of Art University, (May 2010)
-Game Artisan Choice Awards on Nova Prospekt, GameArtisans.org Award of Recognition, (Apr. 2010)
-The Editor's Picks on Nova Prospekt, CGHUB.com, (Apr. 2010)
-Image of the Week on Nova Prospekt, Voted Editor's Pick of the Week, 3D Artist Magazine online, (Apr. 20th 2010)
-CGArena.com Excellence Award on Northbound, CGArena.com, (Jan. 2010)
-Second runner-up, Team Project, LITTLE BIG PLANET PSP 24 Hour, Game Jam Session, Sony Computer Entertainment America
(Nov. 2009)

PUBLICATIONS
-Artwork featured, Routine Patrol K7, 3D Art Essentials (Feb. 2012)
-Artwork featured, Nova Prospekt: Broken Symmetry, "MAYA IMAGES FROM ARTIST WORLDWIDE" / Maya Essentials, (June. 2011)
-Artwork featured, Nova Prospekt: Broken Symmetry, 3D World Community-Portfolio,3D World Magazine 132 Issue, (Aug. 2010)
-Artwork featured, Northbound, Routine Patrol K7, Showcase, Digital Arts Magazine, (Apr. 2010)
-Artwork featured, Routine Patrol K7, Community Reader¡¯s Gallery, 3D Artist Magazine 13 Issue, (Mar. 2010)
-Artwork featured , Routine Patrol K7, Community Inbox, 3D World Magazine 127 Issue, (Mar. 2010)
-Artwork featured, Routine Patrol K7, The best new personal artwork, 3D World Community-Portfolio, 3D World Magazine 126 Issue, (Feb. 2010)

-Sungho Lee(Illustrator), Silent Control, (March 2012)
-Sungho Lee(Illustrator), The Autobiography of Jesus Christ, (Jan. 2009)
-Sungho Lee(Illustrator), O.T.1:The Original Transformer, (Sep. 2006)