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Concept artist, Illustrator, Contents developer, Animation art director

Hello Guys~My Name is Yeong un Lee. I Live in Seoul South Korea.Kivalnet ontains my thoughts and the values that I am aiming for. And there is a record of things I love and like. Thank you.

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2009 to ~present

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studiogage Founder / CEO/ Director / art director

A-706, 66(Queens Park 10), Magokjungang 6-ro, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea (07803)

 

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  • Super Wings Season 5  (Series-Animation) / Design

Three of the five designs of the season were commissioned by Korea's Funny Flux,

a subsidiary of China's leading toy maker Alpha.

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  • Time traveler LUKE 5  (Series-Animation) / Design

The work was commissioned by a famous Korean animation producer to conduct the design.

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  • Blood code (Movie Animation) / Concept design

The design of the theater version of Chinese web animation.​

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  • Flying Super Board (Movie Animation) / Story Board & Design directing

Currently in production of an animation using a famous Korean I.P as the material, which is considerably stable considering the domestic situation of not having much experience in theatrical animation. The original comic is improved into a design that is suitable for 3D and the design is optimized to fit a new story.

 

  • CJ K-Culture Valley (Theme Park) / Concept design, Concept refinement

Presenting a new concept direction of myths and K-Tropolois, out of the theme parks that carry out themes based on Korea.

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  • ION 5.0 Cinematics (NC Soft)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vajNnGj-CA

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  • Line Rangers (Web Animation / Design directing

In charge of the early design leading of a series animation based on a main character of messenger service LINE, which has close to 700 million members.

 

  • Larva Season3 ‘Larva in New York’ (Series Animation) / Design directing

Setting the initial story and presenting a standardized worldview.

 

  • Minders (TV Animation) / Art director, Design directing

Built a worldview including the mechanic design of a toy-oriented animation that applies brainwave technology involving the control of objects using mind power.

 

  • Teteru (TV Animation) / Art director, Design directing

Stressed the development of a character design suited to commercialization and worldview building with a series animation in which a teddy bear is the main character.

 

  • Bremen Band (Movie Animation) / Design directing

Involved in the overall look including matte style and map texturing as well as design for a theatrical animation currently underway.

 

  • Kokkdu (Korean traditional Character Design) / Design directing

Assessed as an adequate case of design development with a project animating the Korea traditional toy “Kkokdu”

 

  • Incheon Asian Games opening  ceremony / Concept design

Conducted the visual concept design for the opening show of the Incheon Asian Games.

 

  • Ion Dino (Robot Design) / Concept design

Currently conducting a project aimed at producing robot dinosaur toys.

 

  • Rocky  (Movie Animation) / Art director, Character design, Design directing

A work that received the grand prize at the theatrical animation scenario competition hosted by CJ culture foundation. The project is currently attracting investments in China.

 

  • Teddy Bear Theme park / Amusement park design, Concept design

Spatial design and worldview setting of the teddy bear kid’s part which is a great success at the Second Lotte World.

Developed a story concept to enable spectators to perceive teddy bears without copyright as the client’s own teddy bear

 

  • Jeju Aerospace Museum / Directing, Moving image design

Expressed material involving an alien who comes to see the beauty of Jeju. Maximized the advantages of DOME + 3D Stereo technology.

 

  • Snowpiercer,2013 (Movie Animation for Promotion) / Art director, Concept design

Demonstrated extremely realistic video that applied stop motion to 3D in an animation for the promotion of director Bong Joon-ho’s global project, Snowpiercer.

 

  • The Road of “MAUM” (Movie Animation)/ Art director, Design directing, Story board

Thematic video for the Tripitaka Koreana Festival that is based on the Tripitaka Koreana of Haeinsa Temple, a UNESCO world heritage

 

  • Robot Fish (Real Robot Design) / Concept design

Collaborating with the Korea Testing Laboratory on concept refinement work, in order to transform robot fish produced for water quality and aquatic life observation purposes into those for entertainment purposes.

 

  • Won’s Mother (Movie Animation) / Art director, Design directing

A masterwork that expresses the sensibility of 2D animation in 3D, based on a famous love story in the Korean region of Andong.

 

  • Belluga Talk Show (Interactive Talk Show) / Art director, Character design, Design directing

An interactive talk show with virtual characters installed in the Second Lotte World in Korea. The characterization of the beluga, and the spatial design of the pre-show and main show.

 

  • With a God (Movie) /  Concept design

Conducted early concept design during the cinematization of famous Korean webcomic.

 

  • T-pang Rescue,2013 (Movie Animation) / Art director, Design directing, Character design

Received the Outstanding Character Design Award at the 2015 Asia Rainbow TV Awards

 

  • Moussambani (Movie Animation) / Art director, Character design, Design directing

Designed an experiential video based on Eric Moussambani, an actual swimmer, by maximizing 3D stereo

 

  • IAAF World Championships Deagu,2011 (Interactive Game) / Game design

Presented the overall game composition in a project that provides a game to visitors and athletes of a track and field competition.

 

  • Archiage (MMORPG) / Concept design

Contributed to the stable launching of a game that is still currently in service, through a real and unique worldview configuration.

 

  • Corus city, 2010 (Movie Animation) / Concept design, Design directing

Thematic video for the Korean pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Design with Korean materials and techniques.

 

  • City Paradiso,2009 (Movie Animation)/ Story board, Art director, Character design, Concept Design

Thematic video for the 2009 Incheon Global Festival. Received favorable reviews for robot design with a firetruck based motif.

 

  • Mix Master2 (TV Animation) / Art director, Design directing

In charge design that stress the free combination of item characteristics in a project developed with magnetic toys.

 

  • Pororo, The Racing Adventure, 2012 / Concept design

In charge of production design and all category concepts in a theatrical version of a domestically famous pre-school animation.

 

  • Go! Antonio,2010 (Mobile Game) / Development, Director, Art director

Ranked number 1 in the Southeast Asia region with a free version of a self-developed mobile shooting game.

 

  • 8(eight)Mong (Movie Animation)/ Art director, Character design, Design directing

Co-work project of a prize winner in the 2016 Korean Film Commission’s scenario competition.

 

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2008 to 2009

 

Triple A Games Co.,Ltd.

837-9, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu,Seoul, Korea

The King of Fighters Online

  • Design directing, Lead Concept artist, Leading Starter design, World Concept design

  • Number of Undering: 4

  • Enabled a famous Japanese console game I.P to become online. Developed new characters and built the game’s worldview.

 

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2007 to 2008

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Independence Co.,Ltd.

86-8, Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

AR, Image production, Movie Concept

Director, Art director
 

Artwork development for an AR technology-based character live talk show and production and management for the commercial promotion video.

 

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2007 to 2007

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FX-Digital Co.,Ltd.

530, Gonghang-daero, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, Korea

Hongildong, The Movie animation

Art director, Leading Starter design, World Concept design

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Performed the role of recreating an apocalyptic worldview of a Korean classical novel.

 

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1997 to 2007

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Cynix Soft Co.,Ltd.

274, Songpa-Daero, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea

풍류공작소 / Art Factory

Art director

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Directed the concept of a worldview divided into steam punk and ribo(ribosome) punk. Directed a visual effect that evoked a sensation of seeing the animation. Overall art direction for the graphics room.

 

Kyongggi university

Lecturing on background design.

 

Bucheon University

Lecturing on animation concept design.

 

Ghost Station (Movie Animation)/ seoul movie

Art director, Leading Starter design, World Concept designA story of a girl who enters into the underworld to save her sailor father, which is based on the Korean tale, “Princess Bari”,

 

The Outback, 2012(Koalra Kids /Movie animation)/ digiart production

Art director, Leading Starter design, Color Key

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A theatrical animation with animal characters in the background of Australia premiered domestically.

 

Bumper king zapper (Tv animation)/ fx-digital

Art director, Leading Starter design, World Concept design
Toy-oriented battle amination carried out as a co-work with SBS and Sonokong.

 

A-jang.com (tv animation) / mizion ent.

Concept design

​A work that received favorable reviews for unique material and settings in an animation that was based on the virtual world of the early Korean internet.

 

Geisters (tv animation) / frame ent.

Artdirector
 

The first Korean adult-oriented animation series, carried out with the cooperation of Japan, and formed a considerable fan base when it was broadcasted at the time.

 

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ETC.

  • Cover illustration for 100 novel type books.
     

  • Hosted a concept designer’s group exhibition based on the theme of “spring” at Space K Seoul Exhibition Center.
     

  • Planning a car toy animation targeting pre-schoolers.
     

  • Planning a train transformation toy animation targeting pre-schoolers.
     

  • Received the bronze prize at the second Koizumi World Light Design Contest.

 

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about Studiogage

Incorporation in January 2016 after founding in February 2009

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  • Formed the first and only exclusive pre-production team specializing in theatrical animation in Korea. (currently working on its fifth work)
     

  • Currently there is no single team in Korea that has worked on three or more theatrical animations
     

  • Secured excellent personnel including, expert mechanic designers with industrial design backgrounds, for developing highly dense contents
     

  • Concentrating on securing self-developed I.P by carrying out co-work with multiple projects.
     

  • In possession of multiple self-developed contents and more are in development.
     

  • Dualizing the direction of the business into theatrical animation and theme parks, considering the connection to theme parks in the future.

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