Academy of Animated Art
Karen K. is a skilled Lighting Artist currently working at ProRigs since November 2024 and serving as a CoFounder of the LightLinks Discord server since February 2023, where mentorship and resource sharing are prioritized for artists in the industry. With experience gained at the Academy of Animated Art as a Lighting & Compositing Artist, and previous roles including Lighting & Compositing Mentee at The Lighting Lab and Lighting Artist Mentee at WIA, Karen has developed expertise in lighting, compositing, and collaboration within animated projects. Additional background in technology and design is evident from positions such as Product Designer at 227 InfoSec, Inc. and User Interface Designer at SanDiego350, complemented by a strong educational foundation in Graphic Design, Web Development, and Linguistics.
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Academy of Animated Art
The Academy Of Animated Art was co-founded by Jasmine Katatikarn and Michael Tanzillo. We were two senior light artists at Blue Sky Studios with a combined 20+ years of working on VFX and Animated Films (Ice Age Films, Rio, Ferdinand, Peanuts, etc…). We’ve been in this game for a long time and we know what it takes to get a job in this industry. The problem? We weren’t seeing the skills necessary from people applying for jobs. We would travel on recruiting trips to colleges and universities and students would continuously show us reels that didn’t have the type of work or quality of work to get a job. We set out to change that. We developed a full range of artist-focused 3D animation courses that are geared for everyone who wants to jumpstart their animation career. And we crafted it in a way that will allow you to master all the necessary skills in a fraction of the time and pennies on the dollar compared to traditional schools.