WORK OBJECTIVE
Be part of an extraordinary team as a 2D/3D concept/BG designer, where I can utilize my artistic skills, creativity, and passion for storytelling.
BACKGROUND DESIGNER/ CONCEPT ARTIST
HOVR STUDIO, NEW YORK, NY / 2021-2023, REMOTE
Lead Background Designer / Musical Feature film, “The Unusual Tale”.
Attended biweekly meetings to review ideation and designs with the director.
Review sessions and supervision of 2 junior layout background designers.
NICKELODEON, BURBANK, CA / 2020–2021
Layout Background Designer / Animated TV Series, “Casagrande” .
Attending biweekly meetings with the art director to review 10_15
sketches I created based on the staging of the storyboard .
Cleaning up and finalizing last week's sketches according to the design guide.
TITMOUSE, BURBANK, CA / 2020
Layout Background Designer / Animated TV series, “Bless the Harts”
Based on the storyboard & the Style guide of the show I created 8 to 10 sketches
and finalized them base of the art director's notes on a weekly basis.
ENDLESS INK, SAN FRANCISCO, CA / 2018-2020
Concepts & Visual Development Artist Educational Game “Hack”.
Working closely with the design team to ideate and design visual concepts
based on rough UI layouts provided by the team.
Prepare assets and design packets for the technical team.
2K VISUAL CONCEPTS ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS, NOVATO, CA / 2018
Concept Artist / Game, “WWE 2019’”
Meetings with the art director depending on the progression the assignments.
Create 3D packets for the modeling team.
SHINY SHOE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA / 2018
Created Concept Art For The Game, “Death's Door”
Short daily meetings with the art director to receive assignments and review works.
CARTOON NETWORK, BURBANK, CA / 2017
Background Designer / The Animated TV Series, “BEN 10”
Created 6 to 12 layout background sketches and finalize them on a weekly basis.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE STORYBOARD ARTIST
HOVR STUDIO, NEW YORK, NY / 2021-2023, REMOTE
Storyboarded 3 sequences of the musical feature film, “The Unusual Tale”.
GOLD VALLY FILM, LOS ANGELES
Storyboarded 4 sequences of the feature film “Ella And The Dueling Queens”,
Feature animated film, 2019
2K VISUAL CONCEPTS ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS, NOVATO, CA / 2018
storyboarded the cut-scenes of the game WWE2019
ali.hoseinkhan@gmail.com
Sherman Oaks, California, USA
SKILLS
-Environment Design -Character Design
-Maya
-Basic understanding of anatomy
-Photoshop
-Adobe Premiere
-Adobe After Effect
-Storyboard Pro
-Procreate
-Sculpting
-Zbrush
-Time Management
-Organization
WEBSITES:
www.alimation.art
www.artstation.com/ali_hkh
EDUCATION
MFA VISUAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Academy of Art University,
San Francisco, CA 2012- 2015