Resume
Yuo Tengara
Lighter|Look Dev Artist
24207 Barker Dr. Diamond Bar, CA 91765 ● (909)680-2894 ● ytengara@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/ytengara
EDUCATION
Gnomon School of Visual Effects SEPT 2011 –SEPT 2013
2 year certificate program with emphasis on modeling and texturing.
University of California, Irvine SEPT 2007 – JUN 2010
B.A. in Studio Art
Asahi Gakuen APR 1995 – MAR 2006
Studied Japanese in a pure Japanese speaking environment.
EXPERIENCE
Gnomon Studio APR 2013 – present
Concept artist
●Assisted the director in bring his vision to life by providing sketches.
Project Holodeck: Wildskies OCT 2012 – APR 2013
Concept and texture artist
●Contributed to the project by coming up with idea sketches of an NPC based on the
description given by the art director and the client.
●Created a hand painted texture for game assets and learned how to work around the
limitation of game.
Yokohama Postal Service NOV 2010 – JAN 2011
Mail sorter
●Organized and sorted letters based on the address and assisted in packing the letters to be
delivered.
●Helped inputting address in the database to make sure the letters do not get lost.
Red Cross SEPT 2006 – DEC 2006
Assistant
●Packed medical kit and helped input address of shipment information into the database.
PUBLICATIONS & SHOWS
● Women & Criminal Justice Network Art Gallery MAY 2010
● Asian Pacific Student Association JAM Art Exhibition MAY 2010
● “It’s a TRAP !!!” UCI Senior Exhibition MAR 2010
●“You See I” Undergraduate Student Gallery NOV 2009
SKILLS
Proficiency in: Maya, Mudbox, Zbrush, Mari, Vray, Nuke, Adobe Photoshop, After Effect, and
Window operating systems
Knowledge of: drawing, digital painting, and photography
Language: English (native), Japanese (fluent)
Interest: spending time with my dogs, food photography, skiing, studying diamond grading