Ching-Ya Yang

11728 Dorothy St Apt206 ● Los Angeles, CA 90049 ● (415)632-6320 ●

Lighting, Texturing & Look Development Experience

Senior Lighting Artist Jan 2018 – Present

Virtuos, Shanghai, China

● Project: Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

● Worked on key lighting, baking, and postprocessing for levels.

● Worked closely with the art director and the client to achieve the look.

● Troubleshooting and optimization with TA and QA to achieve better performance while maintaining visual quality.

● Tasks planning and time managing for the lighting team.

● Trained juniors and new-employed lighters.

● Helped to translate interviews and feedback from the director

Psyop, Los Angeles, CA

VR UE4 Look Development Artist Jun 2016 – Dec 2017

● Look development, lighting and surfacing for various VR experiences in Unreal Engine 4.

● Worked on several Facebook masks using AR Studio.

● Painted textures of characters, props and environment for commercials.

Texture Artist Mar – Jun 2016

Sunny Boy entertainment, Los Angeles, CA

● Optimized UVs and painted textures of assets.

Texture Artist Jun 2016 – Dec 2017

SOBA, Los Angeles, CA

● Painted textures of props and environment for an unannounced short film called “Sonder”.
● Texture baking and tiling techniques researched and optimized for the use in Unity.

Surfacing Artist Jun – Jul 2015

Oculus Story Studio, San Francisco, CA

● Painted textures of props, environment and characters of the VR short film called Henry .
● Worked with art director, environment, shading and lighting leads to make optimization for the film.

Co-Director, Texture Artist, Lighter, & Compositor Jul 2012 – Dec 2014

Allen-Allen, 3D Animated Short Film, San Francisco, CA

● Designed & produced the animation short with 3 animators.
● Textured, lighted and composited all 3 characters, 5 scenes and 40 shots.

Texture Artist, Lighter & Compositor Jul – Dec 2013

Soar, 3D Animated Short Film, San Francisco, CA

● Painted textures of props and environment.
● Composited background shots.
● Built foreground compositing template script for lighters.

Co-Director, Modeler, Lighter, Animator & Compositor May 2010 – Jun 2011

Hi-Tech, 3D Animated Short Film, Taiwan

● Designed & produced the animation short with 2 animation artists.

Awards

Spring Show 2015 - 3D Short Film, Third Place May 2015

Allen-Allen, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

4C Digital Award - Animation, Quality Award Nov 2011

Hi-Tech, Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA (IDB), Taiwan

Young Designers Exhibition - Visual Communication Design, Judges' list Award May 2011

Hi-Tech, Taiwan Design Center, Taiwan

Education

M.F.A., 3D Animation & Visual Effect 2011-2014

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

B.F.A., Applied Art 2007-2011

Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan