About Jiaxin [Lydia]
She is a Shanghai/Plymouth/Los Angeles based award-winning digital artist who has been worked in Film, TV, Games and VFX for close to 8 years at such places as Halon Entertainment(for Epic Games,US) TwoFour Group(for ITV,UK) and Daqian Post Production(for Tencent Video,China). Having previous experience in programming, she then turned her hand to technical animation and Unreal Engine Film-making.
She earned an MFA degree in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), a BA degree from Plymouth University in Media Arts and BSc Degree from Donghua University in Educational Technology.
Experience
Associate Technical Animator
High Moon Studios, Microsoft Activision Blizzard, Carlsbad
Dec 2023 - Present
Associate Technical Animator
Halon Entertainment, Los Angeles
Feb 2023 - Nov 2023
Previs Artist (Rigger / Technical Artist)
Proof Inc., Los Angeles
May 2022 - Aug 2022
Animator (VFX / Motion Graphics)
Daqian Post Production Company, Shanghai
May 2020 - Sept 2020
Editing Assistant
Twofour Broadcast, Plymouth, UK
Sept 2018 - Jul 2019
Graphic Designer
Cocoon Networks London, UK
May 2018 - Sept 2018
Multimedia Artist
Shanghai D9 vision Studio
Oct 2015 - Sep 2017
Editing films for Companies and Shanghai department of education
Production Assistant
Shanghai Mirage Entertainment Company
Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
TV series planner and advertising campaign planner
Marketing Intern
Shanghai JOYTIME Entertainment Company
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
TV series social media marketing and data analysis
Education
California Institute of the Arts
MFA Experimental Animation
University of Plymouth
BA(Hons) Media Arts
Donghua University
BSc Educational Technology
Projects
2023 - Shape Island (Apple TV+)
Previs Technical Artist
2022 - UE4 VR Project "Night Ocean City"
Creator & Producer & Programmer
2021 - Unreal Engine Real-time Animation "Awaken"
Director, Creator, Character Modeler, Character TD, Tool Dev
2021 - 3D Animation "Introducing iScreen Pro"
Director, Modeler, Rigger, Animator
2019 - Unity VR Project "Escape Game"
Creator & Producer & Programmer
2019 - Experimental Animation "Human Ingredients"
Director & Animator & Music
2018 - Impossible Railways Episode 4
Twofour Broadcast / UKTV (UK)
Editing Assistant
2018 - PAPA Water Pump Installation animation
Water Powered Technologies / Bude, UK
Director & Animator
2018 - Projection Mapping "Historical Aquarium"
Machine of the Ocean, Royal WilliamYard Ocean Studio, Plymouth, UK
2018 - Brand Advertising Campaign Plan "The Egg Factor"
The Creme Egg advertising campaign competition First Prize Winner
2018 - Interactive Installation "Unplanned Barcelona ‘Eixample’ map"
Media Arts Takeover Exhibition, Roland Levinsky, Plymouth, UK
2016 - TV series online "Guardian" / Youku, China
Shanghai JOYTIME Entertainment Company
Marketing Assistant & Marketing Research Analyst
2016 - TV series Marketing Campaign Plan
"The Rhapsody of A Summer Dream" / MangoTV, China
2015 - Introduction Film "Collecting Wisdom"
Shanghai Yangpu District Department for Education, Shanghai, China
Editor
2013 - Animation "Uncle Zhao style"
The 11th National High School Student Animation Competition First Prize Winner
Producer, Director & Editor