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My name is Will Kim and I’m from Pasedena, California. I’m currently an artist and filmmaker and teach animation and drawing at Riverside City College where I also direct the Riverside City College Animation Showcase.
In 2007, I received a BFA in Character Animation from Cal Arts and then, in 2009, received my MFA in Animation from UCLA. In recent years, I’ve taught at CalArts, Community Arts Partnership and Sitka Fine Arts Camp as a media art instructor. My work has been shown in over 100 international film/animation festivals and auditoriums including Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater, Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Theater, The Getty Center, The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative, and Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego.
As an animation supervisor and a lead animator, I have participated in various feature and short live action films that were selected for the New York Times’ Critic’s Pick, the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, Los Angeles Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Cannes. Also, I’ve painted and animated for companies like ‘Adidas’ and ‘Ito En.’
I started painting with watercolor ever since I could barely hold a brush. It’s always been my favorite medium. When I paint, I try to paint the movement and gesture of people or animals, even flowers, I look for as much life and movement as possible, probably because I come from an animation background.
For that reason, often, either I don’t draw an underline before painting or I draw an underline very roughly with brush markers. I don’t normally prefer using pencils as much as pen or markers. I also try to mix as many colors as possible. I think the colors are the celebration of colorful life. So it makes me happy when I get to experiment with as many colors as possible.
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Dear Will, you art is so alive with color and vibrant strokes, thanks for sharing your outstanding resume with us. Thank you Charlie.
Thanks Sharon!! Glad you liked Will’s feature! 💕😃
Wow, these paintings are fascinating! I will make sure to check out your work on Etsy. 🙂 Thank you!
Yay! Love hearing that! So happy you liked Will’s work. 😃
Astonishing images. I love the camel!
Me too!! Hehe…thanks Michael. Glad you liked this feature!! 😃
Love all the movement. Thanks for sharing Charlie.
Thanks so much Susan!! 💕😃
As the others have mentioned, the colors and movements are all so intense and vibrant! Makes one happy to be alive!
I agree! Will’s work is so fun. Glad you liked it as well Teresa!! 💕😃
Fun and full of life! (K)
Thanks so much Kerfe! Glad you liked these! 😃
LOve the fish, the dromedary, and how he has captured the ‘movement’ of a sleeping koala…hahaha!! Excellent work. 😀
So glad you liked Will’s feature! Thanks Janina!! 😃
I love Will’s work and thrilled to see he lives in Pasadena, and has an animation background. I lived in Pasadena and worked along side animators so I have a soft spot for anything to do with animation and the golden state. Will’s work is so alive a vibrant, electric! Thank you for introducing us to Will!
Awesome! That’s so cool Cathe! 😃Yeah…I worked briefly with animators as well and it’s so much fun. It was a pleasure to feature Will. Glad you liked this!!
Your paintings are indeed alive with motion! You’ve made me look at my own work with different eyes!
I love your style. The bird at the top is my favorite – is it a flamingo?