+1(484)326­4833 [email protected] aidan.chenz.org ABOUT ME FILM WORK FREELANCE ANIMATOR SEP 2024 ­ PRESENT 2D ANIMATOR/COMPOSITOR MAY 2025 ­ JULY 2025 Rough, clean­up, color animator for All Mine! (dir. Lee Tomlinson) Rough animator for MONOTONY (dir. Ian Robertson, volunteer) Rough animator for The Cliff (dir. Vinny Wang) Worked alongside producers and staff to complete animated sequences and composite shots for an upcoming project. 2D ANIMATION INTERN MAY 2024 ­ AUG 2024 Pale Blue Dot Films Pale Blue Dot Films Coordinated with producers and other interns to create animated sequences for an upcoming project. RELEVANT AWARDS & HONORS LOCAL FILMMAKERS Q&A PANEL JUNE 2025 Art All Night Trenton 2025 Selected as one of 5 creators to participate in a Q&A session with local filmmakers on behalf of Mikey's Crash Hardworking, meticulous, versatile freelance artist currently specializing in 2D animation. SKILLS 2D Animation Digital Compositing Character Design Stop­Motion Animation Fabrication Storyboarding SOFTWARE Adobe After Effects Dragonframe ToonBoom Harmony Da Vinci Resolve TVPaint Clip Studio Paint Adobe Animate Adobe Photoshop EDUCATION RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD), Providence, RI BFA, FILM/ANIMATION/VIDEO 2024 ­Graduated with Honors ­Dept. Award of Distinction 2D COMPOSITOR SEP 2025 Asians in Animation Used After Effects to composite together shots for an unreleased project. CO­CREATOR, WORKAHOLICS WANONYMOUS APR 2026 Created storyboards, character designs, background art and assets, organizational frameworks, 2D animation, sound effects, and composited scenes, working with a crew of 7 to complete a one­minute animation within 48 hours for the Cardiff Quick Draw event. Philly Animators PRODUCTION COORDINATOR/2D ANIMATOR JAN ­ MAR 2026 Created rough, cleanup, and color animation across one month as part of an exquisite corpse animation. Additionally coordinated with organizer to construct project timeline, schedule meetings across 14 participants, created a master document to communicate requirements/deadlines and a debrief form to receive feedback. Philly Animators Exquisite Corpse FREELANCE CHARACTER DESIGNER MAY 2026 ­ PRESENT Completing various character design materials for an upcoming project. C8P, LLC. EDUCATIONAL WORK FREELANCE ART INSTRUCTOR APR 2025 ­ PRESENT Successfully created and completed multiple iterations of a Cartooning class for 9­12 year olds and an Animation Basics class for teens across Fall, Winter, and Spring sessions. Additionally slated to teach a class on flipbooking across 4 weeks of the Summer 2026 session. Wallingford Community Art Canter