Kaori Hamura Long

Picture Book Illustrator/ Book Designer at Children’s Book Series for Bright Future EDG

Illustrated and designed books for a Bright Future EDG children's book series, coordinating visual storytelling and page layouts.

Picture Book Illustrator at Mint Associates Ltd & Google Books

Illustrated a picture book project published on Google Books.

Translator/ Transcriptor at Appen, Telus

Translated and transcribed content for AI training and localization projects.

UX/UI Designer at Future of Work, Culturelabs.co, Tokyo

Designed user interfaces and experiences for web and mobile products in Tokyo.

Picture Book Illustrator at Young Yogi and The Mind Monsters, Atmosphere Press

Illustrated a children's book about mindfulness and yoga.

Picture Book App Author/Illustrator/Programmer/ App Developer at Kappa Jizo

Created and illustrated a picture book app; involved programing and app development.

Illustrator/ Character Designer at Jose, Fukuoka, Japan

Illustration and character design work for local projects.

Freelance Illustrator at New York Press, Interview, Time Out, Mademoiselle, CosmoGirl, Ray Gun, New Times, Boston’s Weekly Dig, Pubbrain Japan and others

Freelance illustration for print and online media.

Character Designer at The Tom Lynch Co., L.A.; Out Of The Blue, N.Y.C.

Character design for Nickelodeon-related projects.

Product Designer at Wrought Iron and Ceramic Design; Mesa International, NH

Product design for consumer and interior items.

Instructor: Character Design at The Center for Cartoon Studies, VT

Teaching character design to animation students.

Character Designer at Captain Itch, Nickelodeon Animation, NYC

Character design for TV animation.

Flash animator/director at Teen Wire, P.P.F.A., NYC

Flash animation production and direction.

Character Designer/ Flash Inker at Gary The Rat, TNN/Nickelodeon Animation, NYC

Character design and Flash inking for animated series.

Creator/Director at Bootie Boogie, X-Chromosome animation, Oxygen Media L.L.C., NYC

Created and directed animation projects for youth-focused brands.

Senior Character Designer at Feature films, Daria, MTV Animation, NYC

Senior role in character design for feature films and TV.

Character Designer at Downtown, Daria, MTV Animation, NYC

Character designer for TV series.

T-shirt Designer at Anna Sui, Liquid Sky Records, Patricia Field, NYC

T-shirt design.

Clay Model Maker at Celebrity Deathmatch, MTV Animation, NYC

Clay model creation for animation.

Creator/Director at MTV2 Station I.D., NYC

Creator/Director of MTV2 Station IDs.

Creator/Director at MTV Video Music Awards, Package Animation and Design, NYC

Package animation and design for MTV VMAs.

Picture Book Illustrator/ Book Designer at Bright Future EDG

Picture Book Illustrator/Book Designer for a Children’s Book Series.

UX/UI Designer at Future of Work, Culturelabs.co

UX/UI design work in Tokyo focusing on user experience and interface design.

Picture Book Illustrator at Atmosphere Press

Illustrated 'Young Yogi and The Mind Monsters'.

Picture Book App Author/Illustrator/Programmer/App Developer at Kappa Jizo

Author/Illustrator/Programmer/ App Developer for picture book applications.

Illustrator/ Character Designer at Jose

Illustrator/Character Designer based in Fukuoka, Japan.

Freelance Illustrator at New York Press, Interview, Time Out, Mademoiselle, CosmoGirl!, Ray Gun, New Times, Boston’s Weekly Dig, Pubrain Japan and others

Freelance illustration across various publications and outlets.

Character Designer at The Tom Lynch Co. / Out Of The Blue

Character Designer for Nickelodeon TV projects and related studios (L.A. and NYC).

Product Designer at Wrought Iron and Ceramic Design, Mesa International

Product designer work in design and manufacturing contexts.

Instructor: Character Design at The Center for Cartoon Studies

Instructor teaching character design.

Character Designer at Captain Itch, Nickelodeon Animation

Character Designer for Nickelodeon Animation projects.

Flash animator/director at Teen Wire, P.P.F.A.

Flash animation director.

Character Designer/ Flash Inker at Gary The Rat, TNN/Nickelodeon Animation

Character design and Flash inking for animation projects.

Creator/Director at Bootie Boogie, X-Chromosome animation, Oxygen Media L.L.C.

Creator/Director for animation projects.

Senior Character Designer at Feature films, Daria, MTV Animation

Senior character designer for feature films and TV series.

Character Designer at Daria, MTV Animation (Beavis & Butt-Head era projects)

Character designer for TV series and related projects.

T-shirt designer at Anna Sui, Liquid Sky Records, Patricia Field

T-shirt design for fashion and music brands in NYC.

Clay Model Maker at Celebrity Deathmatch, MTV Animation

Clay model making for animation projects.

Creator/Director at MTV2 Station I.D.

Creator/Director for MTV2 I.D. sequences.