IMDB Profile
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His love for drawing began when he was a kid. He enjoyed expressing himself with his creative imagination through drawing tool and paper.
Nicholas Hong is a South Korean-born Canadian Art Director and Visual Development Artist based in Toronto, Canada. After he earned an Bachelor degree in Animation at Sheridan College in 2013, He spent over 10 years specializing in concept art, location designs, color keys and art direction in both TV and Feature Animation projects. The clients he worked for were Nickelodeon, DreamWorks, Cinesite, Universal and Warner Brothers.
Before coming to Toronto, Canada, he was taught at the private Art academy to prepare to enroll in Art high School for 5 years in Seoul, South Korea. When He moved to Canada with his family, he was struggling to find his direction in his life and study in Art. When he was suggested to try Animation school, he tried but got rejected and at the end of third trial, he finally got accepted. After first year of studying Animation program at Sheridan Institute, he found his passion in Concept Art for Animation. After receiving a BA in Animation at Sheridan Institute in 2013, he made first step into Animation Industry in Vancouver, Canada, working as a designer for clients such as Nickelodeon and Dreamworks TV for Netflix. In 2015, He had received Mentorship Award from Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference in LA. In addition, working on Mural project for BC Children's hospital has also tremendous experience for him. These experience has encouraged him to continue to evolve and pursue his illustrative style that tells stories with warm mood and emotion. In 2017, he took an opportunity to move to Montreal and worked on Feature Animation projects, Rivedance and Fe@rless_at Cinesite as a Visual Development artist. In November 2018, he founded Kooma Studio Inc. where he made an interactive game app for preschool kids with his friend, App developer. In end of 2019, he moves back to Toronto and has been art directing for CG animation projects and also worked on Feature Animated project, “Paws of Fury” directed by former Lion King Director as a Freelance Visual Development Artist.
He appreciates every moment to be able to pursue creative projects that make people happy and bring positive energy for children and all ages.
Awards
2015 Summer LA Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrator Mentorship Award
