Kim Vongbunyong

Texture Painting Supervisor

Western Massachusetts, USA
kim.vby@gmail.com
www.kimvby.com


WORK EXPERIENCE

Industrial Light & Magic
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mar 2014 - May 2018 | Dec 2020 - Present

Texture Supervisor
Star Wars: Starfighter (2027)
Metallica: Life Burns Faster - Sphere Residency (2026)
Ashoka Season 2 (2026)
Moana (2026)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Skeleton Crew (2024)

Texture Supervisor and Lead Artist
The Mandalorian: S3 (2023)

Senior Texture Artist
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
Hawkeye (2021)
Aquaman (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Warcraft (2016)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) 
Terminator Genisys (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Attractions for Walt Disney Imagineering
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run - Proof of Concept
Soarin' Around the World & Over the Horizon
Pirates of the Caribbean; Battle for the Sunken Treasure
Iron Man Experience


Southern California, USA
2010 - 2014
Blizzard Cinematics | DreamWorks Animation | Digital Domain | Framestore | The Mill | Team One Advertising | Zoic | Imaginary Forces | Scholar | Prologue Films | Superfad | BL:ND


EDUCATION


Studio
Crescendo

Santa Ana, CA
Sept 2018
Peter Chan's Gouache Painting Workshop
   
CG Workshops
Los Angeles, CA
Oct 2012 – Dec 2012
Certificate: Creature Texture Painting in Mari


Otis College Of Art And Design
Los Angeles, CA
2007 – 2011
B.F.A. Digital Media with Honors
Dean's List
Institutional Grant
   
Chiang Mai International School
Chiang Mai, Thailand
High School Diploma 2007


AWARDS
 

Visual Effects Society Award
   Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project:
   Deepwater Horizon (2017)
          Shared with:
          Jean Bolte
          Kelvin Lau
          Kevin Sprout

CES 2020 Best of Innovation: Gaming Award
   St. Noire: An AI Murder Mystery Game

Design Ignites Change: 2010 Implementation Award
   Haiti Bridge
 Otis College of Art and Design

 

FEATURED

Industrial Light & Magic
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew; ILM’s Visual Effects Treasure Chest, From At Attin to Starport Borgo

Panelist for Women in Animation

Finding the Force on the Path to Leadership at Lucasfilm

Gizmodo
The Secret Iron Man 3 Titles You Didn't See

Cartoon Brew
Three Legged Legs Light Up Georgia

Motionographer - Dailies
Three Legged Legs: Bullet Art