EDUCATION

Art Center at Night
Fall 2011
Night classes in Entertainment Design

Bowdoin College
Sep 2006 - May 2009
English Major, Visual Arts Minor

Northwestern University
Sep 2005 - Jun 2006
Transferred

WORK

Varnish Effects, Hollywood, CA
Apr 2013
Concept Artist
Effects and environments pre-visualization for Fisher-Price toy commercials.

Digital Domain
Apr 2012 - Mar 2013
Production Assistant
Responsible for organizing notes, dailies reviews, and many other duties for the productions of GI Joe II and Iron Man 3.

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Sep 2011 - Dec 2011
Intern
Assisted the Digital Operations department in the creation and maintenance of FileMaker Pro databases used for studio production, scheduling, archiving, asset development/art production and more.

Grayhaven Comics
Aug 2011 - Current
Illustrator
All art duties for space western comic book series "Titanium Star" and other publications.

Designing Solutions
Feb 2012 - Current
Illustrator
Rendered room concepts based on blueprints, designs and furniture selections provided by interior designer Deborah Wiener.

WeVolt
Aug 2010 - Aug 2011
Illustrator
All art duties for cyberpunk comic book series Chrome.

EXPLO Schools
Jun - Aug 2010
Teacher
Wrote and taught lesson plans for three-week classes on Comic Book Art and Veterinary Science for 6th-7th grade students.

HBO Miniseries
Jun - Aug 2009
Intern
Assisted Kary Antholis, President of Miniseries, on projects in active development including The Pacific. Responsible for script coverage, rolling calls, maintaining script library, and other office and administrative duties.

I do additional freelance illustration work not listed here -- please inquire if you are interested!

SKILLS

Technical: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, Wacom tablet and Cintiq, Final Draft, Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, Shotgun, Internet, Phone systems, Mac, Windows, some Linux

Creative: Formal and self-taught education in drawing, illustration, animation, and writing; classically and jazz-trained flautist

Other: Familiar Spanish, Red Cross certified Life Guard, hand and power tools, warehouse work including pallet jack and “Big Joe” order picker, nationally competitive fencer, mixed martial arts, exhaustive knowledge of fictional history of Marvel Comics

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Here is a nice bio written by a ten-year-old girl at the summer camp I worked at:

Imagine a world of comics and lots of things created from thought. Well, that’s how Sam Tung sees it, the comic guy, Explo’s hero. Is it not interesting to imagine being able to see something one minute and have it show up on a piece of paper the next? That is how Sam Tung is. But Sam Tung does not have to imagine. He can just do it on a piece of paper.

After Sam Tung studied comics in his college, he went to Los Angeles to find a job for comics so his work could be seen by many people. In his eyes, comics seem to be moving across the paper filled with ink of many colors. Sam brings lots of his great designs to Explo’s campus when needed. He also performed at the staff talent show as Explo’s own amazing hero artist. There are many interesting facts about Sam, so if you would like to know more, just ask him!

Here is a bio I wrote:

My name is Sam Tung and am a writer and artist living in Los Angeles, California. I draw perpetually, learn quickly and play well with others. I am pursuing a career in comics and animation, and it would be great if you hired me so that I could eat.

I have a blog you can check out at http://quilllabyrinth.com

Email

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Phone

314.914.1420