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About
Miyako Molinelli
Visual Artist
New York / Vermont
Miyako is an illustrator and animator, '17 RISD grad, amateur copyeditor, and second-degree black belt in Koroken Karate.
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Experience
Comic Artist
Bugbird Comics
January 2021 – Present
Storyboard Artist (multiple projects)
Titmouse Animation
December 2018 – June 2023 • New York, NY
Storyboard Artist
Cartuna Animation
February 2020 – May 2020 • Brooklyn, NY
Storyboard Artist, Lead Animator
Jun Sekiya
2017 – 2019
Comic Artist
Robert Anderson
2018 – 2020
Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, & Visual Developer
Friends of Madame White Snake
2017 – 2017 • Providence, RI
Storyboard Artist (Freelance)
Katelyn Thomas
October 2015 – November 2017
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
BFA Illustration
2013 – Present • Providence, Rhode Island
School of Visual Arts
Pre-College Animation Program
June 2012 – July 2012 • New York, NY
Burr and Burton Academy
Diploma
2009 – 2013 • Manchester, VT
Clients
HarperCollins PublishersVita-LearnDojo AnimationCommission workFriends of Madam White SnakeJun Sekiya
Skills
PhotoshopClip Studio PaintManga StudioStoryboard ProFinal Cut ProTV PaintToon BoomSketchUp ProDragon FramePremier Pro
Specialties
IllustrationVideoEditingCharacter DesignStoryboardingComic
Awards
2013
Southern Vermont Arts Center Thomas Reilly Dibble Scholarship, Southern Vermont Arts Center
2013
Outstanding Creative Artist, Burr and Burton Academy
2013
Honorable Mention for Excellence in Visual Arts, Burr and Burton Academy (Burr and Burton Academy Scholastic Art & Writing Award)
2013
Dorset Players Young Thespians Award, Dorset Playhouse
2012
School of Visual Arts Merit Scholarship, School of Visual Arts
2008
Black Belt Hall of Fame Special Recognition, Black Belt Hall of Fame
2006
Northern Stage Project Playwright semi-finalist, Northern Stage
2009-2012
Outstanding Effort in Media Arts and Sciences, Burr and Burton Academy
Exhibitions
2017
Group, Is That…Anime?, Canal Walk ISB Gallery - Providence, RI (fourth group show of the Illustration senior class.)
2017
Group, Permadeath, Canal Walk ISB Gallery - Providence, RI (culmination of the concept work done by a group of students for the Permadeath videogame opera produced by Friends of Madam White Snake)
2016
Group, Project Pandrosos Exhibition, RISD ID Building - Providence, RI (culmination of class group work surrounding a fictional organization called Pandrosos)
2013
Solo, Vermont State Art Competition, Montpelier college - Montpelier, VT