Hi, I’m Ryo(Ryounggyo) Lee, a senior designer and visual storyteller with over a decade of experience in the animation industry. I specialize in background layout, painting, special effects design, color scripting, and background key design, with proficiency in both 2D and 3D pipelines. Alongside my animation work, I have strong experience in illustration and comic-style storytelling, with a focus on composition, mood, and narrative flow. I’m comfortable translating ideas into engaging sequential visuals that communicate story and emotion clearly. I’ve contributed to projects like Barbie TV series and Snoopy Specials on Apple TV, and I’m passionate about crafting immersive and story-driven visuals. I’m excited to bring my combined experience in animation and comics into projects that require strong visual storytelling and world-building.

RYOUNGGYO LEE

Hi, I’m Ryo(Ryounggyo) Lee, a senior designer and visual storyteller with over a decade of experience in the animation industry. I specialize in background layout, painting, special effects design, color scripting, and background key design, with proficiency in both 2D and 3D pipelines. Alongside my animation work, I have strong experience in illustration and comic-style storytelling, with a focus on composition, mood, and narrative flow. I’m comfortable translating ideas into engaging sequential visuals that communicate story and emotion clearly. I’ve contributed to projects like Barbie TV series and Snoopy Specials on Apple TV, and I’m passionate about crafting immersive and story-driven visuals. I’m excited to bring my combined experience in animation and comics into projects that require strong visual storytelling and world-building.

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Hi, I’m Ryo(Ryounggyo) Lee, a senior designer and visual storyteller with over a decade of experience in the animation industry. I specialize in background layout, painting, special effects design, color scripting, and background key design, with proficiency in both 2D and 3D pipelines.

Alongside my animation work, I have strong experience in illustration and comic-style storytelling, with a focus on composition, mood, and narrative flow. I’m comfortable translating ideas into engaging sequential visuals that communicate story and emotion clearly.

I’ve contributed to projects like Barbie TV series and Snoopy Specials on Apple TV, and I’m passionate about crafting immersive and story-driven visuals.

I’m excited to bring my combined experience in animation and comics into projects that require strong visual storytelling and world-building.

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Language

Korean
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

BG Designer at WildBrain
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Created key background designs for Snoopy Camp, produced BG compositions and helped define character placements. Collaborated with the art direction to establish the visual language and mood for scenes.
BG Designer at WildBrain
July 1, 2023 - July 1, 2023
For Peanuts Special, created key BG designs and enhanced mood and atmosphere to support the storyline’s visual language.
Senior Designer at Mainframe Studios
May 31, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Barbie TV Series: It Takes Two (Netflix 2022) and Barbie TV Series: TBD (Netflix 2024). Provided color keys for each episode; designed locations, props, and graphics such as posters.
BG Designer at WildBrain
July 31, 2021 - July 31, 2021
Peanuts Specials (Sep 2020–Jun 2021): provided ideas for environmental designs and created key BGs with mood and atmosphere. Shorts 'Lake Erie' (Jul 2021): provided BG colors and camera-angle planning.
BG Layout Artist / Key Designer at Titmouse
February 29, 2020 - February 29, 2020
Designed and developed layouts for scenes; created prop elements for layouts; set up background composition for multiple shows including Turbo F.A.S.T. Season 2, Home TV, Future Worm, Little Big Awesome, Captain Underpants TV, Archbalt, Animaniacs.
BG Layout Artist (Freelance) at Atomic Cartoons
May 31, 2019 - May 31, 2019
Designed composition and layout with color for Incredible Ant (2019).
2D Arts Assistant at UPopmedia
December 31, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Provided artwork using illustration and Flash programs; assisted designing characters, background, and props; produced Flash animation frames of the character.
2D Artist Intern at Social Game Universe
December 31, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Designed landmark buildings, characters, and symbols; refined 2D images of building designs using Photoshop in 3D view; contributed necessary concepts for game projects.
BG Designer at WildBrain
June 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Snoopy Camp TV series - created key BG designs - provided compositions of Characters
Senior Designer at Mainframe Studios
July 1, 2021 - May 1, 2023
Barbie TV Series: TBD (coming on Netflix 2024); Barbie TV Series: It Takes Two (Netflix 2022) - Provided Color keys for each episode. Design Locations, Props, and Graphics like posters
BG Designer at WildBrain
September 1, 2020 - July 1, 2021
Peanuts Specials (Sep 2020~June 2021) - Provided the ideas of environmental designs - Created Key designs of BGs - Added mood and atmosphere to create proper visual languages. Shorts 'Lake Erie' (July 2021) - Provided colors of BGs - Provided the BG shots in an appropriate camera angles
BG Layout Artist / Key Designer at Titmouse
July 1, 2014 - February 1, 2020
Design and develop layouts for scenes. Design prop elements for layouts. Set up the composition of background. Projects include Turbo F.A.S.T Season 2, Home, Future Worm, Little Big Awesome, Captain Underpants TV, Archbalt, Animaniacs

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Animation at Sheridan College
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2014
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Animation at Sheridan College
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2014

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services