Yezi Xue

Yezi Xue has had a long and varied work experience. Yezi began their career in 2004 as a Commissioned Muralist at the St. Louis Park Public Library. In 2006, they moved on to Reelworks Animation Inc. where they worked as an Assistant Animator, Visual Designer, and Production Artist. From 2008 to 2010, they were a Resident Assistant at Ringling College of Art and Design. During this time, they also held internships at Pixar Animation Studios, Moonbot Studios, and Sony Pictures Imageworks, where they worked as a Lighting Intern, Lighting/Compositing Intern, and Lighting TD Associate, respectively. In 2012, they began working at PopCap Games as a CG Generalist/Artist. In 2014, they moved to Walt Disney Animation Studios as a Lighting Artist. In 2018, they began working at Lightstorm Entertainment as a Motion Editor. Finally, in 2019, they began working as an Art Director at Roboto Games.

Yezi Xue completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Animation at Ringling College of Art and Design from 2007 to 2010. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts at the University of Minnesota from 2004 to 2006.