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I'm Yushan Huang, a visual development artist who loves bringing fantastical worlds to life through visuals. I enjoy designing characters, environments, and props that tell stories and feel lived-in, grounded in historical and cultural inspirations. I value a strong work ethic, collaboration, and curiosity, and I thrive on meeting new people and learning from every project as I breathe life into worlds from the palm of my hand.…I'm Yushan Huang, a visual development artist who loves bringing fantastical worlds to life through visuals. I enjoy designing characters, environments, and props that tell stories and feel lived-in, grounded in historical and cultural inspirations. I value a strong work ethic, collaboration, and curiosity, and I thrive on meeting new people and learning from every project as I breathe life into worlds from the palm of my hand.

Yushan Huang

Concept Artist, Illustrator, Animator, +4

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I'm Yushan Huang, a visual development artist who loves bringing fantastical worlds to life through visuals. I enjoy designing characters, environments, and props that tell stories and feel lived-in, grounded in historical and cultural inspirations. I value a strong work ethic, collaboration, and curiosity, and I thrive on meeting new people and learning from every project as I breathe life into worlds from the palm of my hand.…I'm Yushan Huang, a visual development artist who loves bringing fantastical worlds to life through visuals. I enjoy designing characters, environments, and props that tell stories and feel lived-in, grounded in historical and cultural inspirations. I value a strong work ethic, collaboration, and curiosity, and I thrive on meeting new people and learning from every project as I breathe life into worlds from the palm of my hand.

Available to hire

I’m Yushan Huang, a visual development artist who loves bringing fantastical worlds to life through visuals. I enjoy designing characters, environments, and props that tell stories and feel lived-in, grounded in historical and cultural inspirations.

I value a strong work ethic, collaboration, and curiosity, and I thrive on meeting new people and learning from every project as I breathe life into worlds from the palm of my hand.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Visual Development / Location Designer at Studio Psycho

March 1, 2026 - Present

Collaborated with the director and lead to conceptualize locations and world-building for their second episode; created colour keys for major locations.

Freelance Illustrator at Nelson Education

October 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025

Illustrated for old and upcoming stories in children’s books; produced a series of colorful illustrations weekly to maintain smooth production.

2D & 3D Animator / Character Rigger at Game Jams - Little Soup, 西红柿炒蛋

June 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025

Animated and illustrated 2D assets for a cooking adventure game; modeled and textured 3D assets for a 2.5D shooter platformer; rigged and animated 3D characters in Blender and Unity.

Concept Artist / Background Painter at An Infinite Story - Unannounced

April 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025

Collaborated with Bobby Chiu and Masae Seki to create iterations, concepts and background assets for an upcoming game; adapted to various art styles and production changes; painted over 25 backgrounds and several UI components; effectively communicated with the team and incorporated feedback.

Environment Concept Artist at Quite Some Time - Flip Side

March 1, 2025 - Present

Design, research, and conceptualize environmental paintings for a mystery-adventure 2D animated show; provided early designs and lighting iterations for the team.

Visual Development Lead / Compositor / Background Painter at In Your Memory - Forget Me Not Studios

September 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025

Led art direction and environmental concept exploration for a short 7-minute animated film; managed tasks via a spreadsheet, critiqued work, and created detailed guides to maintain quality and efficiency; composited 2D animation within ToonBoom Harmony.

Background Painter / Colourist at Sheridan Short Films 2023 - 2024

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024

Contributed to several award-winning short films as a background painter and colourist (e.g., Straggler & Snub, Arktus, Mission Popo, Afterimage, Pondwater, Bloom).

Visual Development / Background Painter at 24 Hours Animation Contest - Only Joregi

October 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022

Placed 11th globally in a 24-hour contest, contributing visuals and background painting.

Freelance Illustrator

January 1, 2020 - Present

Created illustrations, merchandise and zines for commercial, client, and charity projects, including Moonlight Threads Vol. 1, Daybreak Vol. 2, Thundering Hearts, Moonlight Threads Vol. 2.