+1 (484) 326-4833 || [email protected] || AIDANCHEN.MYPORTFOLIO.COM RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD), PROVIDENCE, RI BFA Film/Animation/Video 2024 -Graduated with Honors -Earned a Film/Animation/ Video Department Award of Distinction SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS (SVA), NEW YORK, NY, 2019 3-Week Intensive Program, Animation Hardworking, meticulous, versatile animator currently specializing in 2D animation. EDUCATION ABOUT ME 2D Animation Digital Compositing Character Design Stop-Motion Animation Fabrication Storyboarding SOFTWARES: Adobe After Effects Dragonframe ToonBoom Harmony TVPaint Clip Studio Paint Adobe Animate Adobe Photoshop SKILLS FILM WORK 2D ANIMATION INTERN, Pale Blue Dot Films May 2024-August 2024 Coordinated with producers and other interns to create animated sequences for Pale Blue Dot Films. Completed sequences from rough animation to cleanup using Clip Studio Paint. CO-CREATOR (+PRODUCER, FABRICATOR, COMPOSITOR) Mikey’s Crash Jun 2023-April 2024 Directed, edited, storyboarded and animated a mixed-media animation in collaboration with Vinny Wang in a 5-person crew as a RISD thesis film. Additionally coordinated with 20+ artists for collaborative sequences, fabricated physical background assets, composited together scenes, and oversaw crew animation and fabrication. Led, scheduled, and worked through every step of the production process using TVPaint and After Effects. CREATOR (+STORYBOARDS, ANIMATOR, COMPOSITOR) LIKE DEAD SKIN Feb 2023-May 2023 Directed an international, cross-college crew of four students in the creating a three-and-a-half minute animated film during the Spring semester of junior year at RISD. Led, scheduled, and worked through every step of the production process using Adobe Animate, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Reaper in directorial debut. AWARDS: Finalist, Canlandıranlar Animation Film Festival, 2023 Quarter-Finalist, Student World Impact Film Festival, 2023 Semi-Finalist, Mirada Corta Visiones Unicas, 2023 TECH SUNDAY Oct 2022 Recommended by peers and RISD Film/Animation/Video department faculty to teach other students Adobe After Effects. Created demo files and helped assist fellow peers in utilizing the software. TEACHING ASSISTANT 2022-2023 Assisted FAV professors in Digital Effects and Compositing, Video Practices, and Digital Practices classes respectively. Provided critique and helped troubleshoot student work. WORK EXPERIENCE RELEVANT COURSEWORK Character Design Fall 2023 Max Porter Animation Preproduction Spring 2023 Max Porter Storyboarding Spring 2022 Christy Karacas Digital Effects & Compositing Fall 2021 Andrew Hlynsky