About the Character Design Program with FunPlus
This spring, Creative Art Works joined forces with FunPlus, an international interactive entertainment company, to offer an online character design internship to 70 teens and young adults from all over New York City. These diverse interns were either currently attending NYC public high schools or were pursuing their high school equivalency. This 9-week internship included live instruction from CAW Teaching Artists augmented by guest lectures and critiques from FunPlus artists and creatives from across the globe. For many, this was their first work experience. Some had little or no prior art-making experience while others were already accomplished artists. Some worked on computers with graphic software while others worked with traditional materials. Regardless, it was a tremendous opportunity.
Artist Portfolios
Christian Concepcion
Eunice Portillo
Jared Collier
Lizbeth Pavia
Nowshin Rahman
Samantha Rodriguez
Amari Outlaw-Clark
Cindy Mejia
Heaven Caussade
Jennie Guzman
Maggie Lin
Olga Moroz
Samuel Hernandez
Ayanna Awuku
Ineesha Imran
Karen Mendez
Marquis Hawkins
Pascale McCutchin-Mossin
Shelly Alcantara
Wendy Perez
Tierra Jones
Brandon Green
David Higueros
Irene Leung
Katherine Gordillo
Melany Diaz
Ruth Alejandro
Silvano Spagnuolo
Tiffany Depena
Carl Delos Santos
Isabel Catu
Krystine Pham
Mia Castro
Sam Hamilton
Simeon Coulter
Yunshan Zhu
Willie Gao
Charlize Lin
Dominick Peart
Jacinto Mena
Kwanzaa Owes
Nikita Shadurski
Samantha Poole
Tamia Lowe
Zidon Smith
And the Winner is . . .
Congratulations to the Best Character Designs
As Chosen by FunPlus!
Winner: KURAGARI ANZHONG by SAMUEL HERNANDEZ
View Sam's Portfolio Page HERE.
Samuel Hernandez
Runner-Up: Agent skadoodle by Charlize Lin
View Charlize's Portfolio Page HERE.
Charlize Lin
CAW Youth Development Awards
Thank You!
This Creative Art Works program was made possible, in part, by generous support from FunPlus.
This Creative Art Works program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council.
Special Thanks
We are grateful to our visiting guest artists from FunPlus who gave so generously of their time and experience by providing feedback to our interns: LJChen, Tim Chi Ly, Wei Wang, and Xinyue Nie.
Teaching Artists
Alexandra Neuber, CAW Teaching Artist
Brandi Yu, CAW Teaching Artist
Kristy McCarthy, CAW Teaching Artist
Monica Wyn, CAW Teaching Artist
Staff
Brian Ricklin, President and CEO
Karen Jolicoeur, Deputy Director | Director of Development
Amy Appleton, Program Director
Lance Paladino, Manager of Teaching & Learning
Alex Karpa, Program Coordinator
Scott Lucas, Marketing & Communications Manager (Please email Scott for website corrections.)
Jill Goldstein, Office Manager
Melisa Vallovera, Associate
Natajha Graham, Programs Intern