James Kelvin Camarines
Animation Artist and Storyteller
Date of Birth:
May 19, 1999
Likes
Drawing, cinema, exercising, listening to music, reading comics, animation, playing video games, writing stories
A Bit About Me
Growing up, art was something I can do. I could draw really well that astounded my parents and classmates. For a brief moment, I switched interests from art to technology after learning robotics at school and planned to enter as an electronics engineering student for college.
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Then one day, I watched Pixar's Inside Out and made the decision to bring back my artistic sensibilities and pursue animation as a career.
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The reason is that there are stories I want to tell for Filipino audiences. Animation is the medium that I believe is flexible enough to fulfill my mission of providing Filipino storytellers a voice.
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Expertise
Skills
Adobe Photoshop
Storytelling & Storyboarding
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Toon Boom Harmony
Blender
Clip Studio Paint
Concept Art
Visual Development
Audio-Visual Editing
Project Management
Administrative Work
Work Experience
Multimedia Artist
Ministry of Ecology RCAM
Mar 2024 - present
Sticker Illustrator
Minimalistic Aesthetic Sticker Association
Feb 2023 - present
Layout Artist
Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah
Rocketsheep Studios
Feb 2023 - Apr 2023
I work as a freelance multimedia artist where I create graphics for the events like banners and posters. I also did work as a video and photo documentarian and once worked as a technical member during an Earth Day Zoom meeting where they discuss on the Laudato Si.
I illustrate sticker designs to be sold on local conventions under friends' convention seller group, MASA. The job challenges me to create sticker designs that can sold well on art markets and pop culture conventions.
For my internship, I was assigned as a layout artist for the upcoming feature-length animation film, Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, produced by Rocketsheep Studios. My job is to add crowds on scenes assigned that require them to react or walk and add poses of characters where they interact in certain ways like running or talking.
Education
and
Achievements
Bachelor's Degree of Arts in Animation
De La Salle College of Saint Benilde - Taft Campus, Manila, Philippines
Class of 2023
Dean's Lister 1st term 2018-2019
1st term 2020-2021
2nd term 2020-2021
Honorable Mention
Senior High School Completer
Mapua University - Intramuros Campus, Manila, Philippines
Class of 2018
Grade School and Junior High School Completer
Colegio de San Juan De Letran - Calamba Campus, Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines
Class of 2016
Class of 2012