Fan (Zoey) Bai
Story Artist | Traditional and Stop Motion Animation
415-278-1271
San Francisco, CA 94105
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Proficient in Toon Boom Harmony, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, TVPaint, Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Animate, Adobe Premiere, Adobe's After Effects, Photoshop, and InDesign, Blender, Procreate.
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Experienced storyboarding, key frames and in-between work for traditional animation, character design, environment design, layout design, compositing, editing, and scriptwriting.
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Skilled in both digital and traditional forms of drawing and painting.
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Native in Chinese Mandarin, fluent in English.
linkedin.com/in/zoeyfanbai
About Me
My name is Fan Bai, but I am also known as Zoey. My career as a traditional animator began in Beijing. I did storyboard works, drew key frames and in-betweens, and edited for 2D shorts, including traditional animations and paper-cut stop motions. I once directed an animation short. My script won a prize in Beijing. But I knew there was still a long way to go. So, I came to San Francisco. Now, I’m trying to find what is unique to me, where is my place in the whole traditional animation and the stop-motion world. I would like to be friends with everyone who loves animation, and join you in creating animations that will leave immortal marks in the hearts of audience!
Resume
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
BEIJING COLORFUL TIME TECHNOLOGY CO LTD.
Beijing, China
Full time Traditional Animator
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Contributed to the production of an educational short animation video series named A Furry Planet, including 2D animation design and drawing, paper-cut stop motion animation making, storyboard drawing, compositing and editing
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Created the episode 'How do Dolphins and Whales that Breathe with Their Lungs Sleep' in collaboration with colleagues, won Outstanding Short Film Award of Zhihu High Praise Joint Creation Competition
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Created the short video Happy Mid-Autumn Festival in collaboration with colleagues, adopted in WEEKLY·XIGUA
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Created the episode 'What will Happen when A Venomous Snake Poison Another Venomous Snake with Its Venom' in collaboration with colleagues, appeared on Weibo’s Hot Search List
Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
UNIVERSAL (BEIJING) CONSULTING CO LTD.
Beijing, China
Art Production Intern
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Involved in art production for the Universal Beijing Resort project
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Responsible for theme finishes and related projects, including color samples, color cards, plates arrangement, art production related documents filing and picture modification for varying themes using design tools
Nov 2020 - May 2021
ESCAPE
2D Animation Short Film
Beijing, China
Scriptwriting, Directing, Storyboard Drawing, Character Design, Production Design, and Post - production
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Directed of this animated short film
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Completed independently: scriptwriting, illustrated all storyboards, character design (Lucy), post-synthesis, and editing
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Worked in collaboration on environment design, prop and model making, special effects, colorizing
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Won 2nd Prize for Script Category in the 20th Animation Academy Awards of Beijing Film Academy
May 2020 - Nov 2020
DEEP - SEA PEARL
Beijing, China
Character Design
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Finished character introduction picture, character concept and detail design map, atmosphere sketch, and poster
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Won Outstanding Prize of Traditional Character Design in the 8th Chinese College Students Game Design Contest
May 2020 - Jun 2020
A SECRET IN A WATERMELON FIELD
Live Action Film
Hunan, China
Traditional Animation, Storyboards, Graphic Design
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Produced a traditional animation shot that a red car went through woods in night and the breeze rustled leaves in the trees
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Illustrated the poster for the short film and illustrated the storyboard of the entire short film
Education
Feb 2023 - Dec 2025
Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA 94105
Master of Fine Art: Animation and Visual Effects
(Traditional and Stop Motion Animation)