Speaking at Ringling

I will be giving an animation talk at Ringling College of Art and Design on March 29 at 7pm. Very excited to meet up with an old friend and colleague there, Paul Downs, and speak with the students!

Speaking at ISART

I will be speaking about animation at ISART Digital in Paris on Wednesday, October 10. Special thanks to Olivier Colas for coordinating the event. I am excited to meet with the faculty and students and to hopefully speak a little bit of French!

I cut together some shots I storyboarded, prevised, and animated for Blizzard Animation's cinematic for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King back in 2008. Arthas raises the dead Sindragosa who then powers up the entire undead army with a roar.
Animating is breathing life into the characters (and sometimes camera), i.e. making them move or not move. The final product is a massive team effort -- shout out to concept, C-dev, story, pipeline, tech, modeling, rig-sim, surfacing, lighting, compositing, FX, editing, directing, and any others I forgot to mention!
Director: Jeff Chamberlain
Animation Supervisor: James McCoy
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Instagram

I am finding myself more and more attracted to following people and posting on instagram lately. I think it is an easier way to blog. Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/illusionofalife/

UW Stout Skype Call

I will be reviewing portfolios over Skype on Monday, February 19 with students from UW Stout. Excited to see what those creative kids are up to!

Speaking at UW Stout

I will be speaking about animation at University of Wisconsin Stout on Monday, April 24. Should be fun! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uw-stout-idga-speaker-series-ronny-kim-tickets-33292957131?aff=es2

Animation Updated with Soldier 76 Cinematic

Updated the animation section with the latest Overwatch Animated Short "Hero" starring Soldier 76! If you haven't played the game yet, I highly recommend it. Amazing is an understatement.