Profile
Tracy is a 3D generalists with a focus on Visual Effects. Her greatest passion in 3D is Texture-Painting but she also enjoys Lighting, Matte-Painting and Compositing. Based on past seven years experience in Graphic Design, she is able to combine the solid foundation of knowledge of color and light with the love in 3D Digital World.
YI-CHUN CHEN / Tracy Chen
Experience \\
02/2012 - 05/2012
04/2012 - 04/2012
07/2008 - CURRENT
04/2007 - 07/2008
08/2002 - 04/2007
03/2002 - 06/2002
07/2001 - 09/2001
07/2000 - 09/2000
Intern, Elastic Creative Inc, San Francisco
Texturing and lighting for 3D objects.
Texture Artist Intern, The Base Studio, Foster City, CA
Painted textures for a short film.
Freelancer, Taiwan and San Francisco
Managed projects including new product demonstrating animation for RHEOSENSE, INC. and graphic design, webpage design for other clients in U.S. and Taiwan.
Co-founder, Daho Vision Integration, Taiwan
Managed and mentored seven designers to produce websites, brochures, and advertisements for 25 clients including Wacoal, Esprit, Ritek, Pioneer, and Jcode.
Senior Designer, Matrix Visual Design, Taiwan
Completed around 110 design projects including graphic design, package design, web design, and product design for various industries in the advertising agency.
Web Designer, Di-Kang Information Communication Company, Taiwan
Responsible for website and graphic design for Ford Vehicles and official website of HsinChu City in Taiwan.
Multimedia Designer, Idealist Information Co., Ltd., Taiwan
Made and Edited Flash 5 tutorial demonstration DVD.
Editor/Writer, Han-Sheng Publisher, Taiwan
Wrote and Published Examples of Illustrator 9 Graphic Software book.
Education \\
▪ 09/2009 - 12/2012
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, USA
Master of Fine Art, Animation and Visual Effects
▪ 09/1998 - 05/2002
Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Bachelor of Fine Art, Commercial Design
Professional Skills \\
Texturing / Matte-painting / Compositing / Lighting / Rendering
Graphic Design / Webpage Design (UI Design) / Motion Graphics
Software Knowledge and Qualifications \\
Software: Nuke, Maya ( V-Ray and mental ray), Mudbox, Vue, After Effects, PFTrack, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash and
Dreamweaver.
Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Language: English, Chinese ( Mandarin )