MATTHEW MAI

Work Experience

(2026)

 

FreeLance 2d clean up/In-between &Colorist - Luna Canvas Studio 

• Refined rough key animation into clean, on‑model line art and completed inbetweens to finalize character motion.

• Added cel color, shadows, and highlight passes following the project’s color design and lighting direction.

• Ensured consistency in line quality, timing, and character proportions across assigned cuts.

• Delivered organized, production‑ready files for compositing and final render.

 

Freelance Clean Up Artist - Studio MoonMoon 

• Finalized clean, on‑model linework from corrected genga and tiedown drawings for use in digital ink & paint.

• Maintained consistent volumes, proportions, and line hierarchy across all frames in the cut.

• Preserved animator and Sakkan intent while stabilizing motion arcs, overlaps, and character details.

• Ensured drawings were fully production‑ready for color, FX, and compositing stages.

• Collaborated with layout, genga, and nigen artists to maintain continuity and visual consistency across sequences. Rendering the finishing work. Fixing the coloring.

 

(2025)

Layout Artist/Storyboard Artists​

• Develop storyboard panels and sequences that communicate clear acting, staging, and camera language.

• Translate scripts into visual storytelling with strong composition, pacing, and emotional beats.

• Produce storyboard layouts that guide layout artists and animators with accurate posing and scene flow. Collaborate with directors to refine story beats, timing, and visual clarity.

• Block out rough character motion, acting, and timing based on layout and storyboard direction.

• Establish key poses, breakdowns, and motion arcs that define the emotional and physical rhythm of the cut.
  
  Clean Up artits Dragon Ball Dokkan Battle

• Produced genga for Dragon Ball Dokkan Battle–style cuts, establishing dynamic poses, timing, and action clarity.

• Completed nigen by refining volumes, adding breakdowns, and stabilizing motion for clean‑up and inbetweening.
   

Layout Artist - Powerhouse Animation 

• Clean up the storyboard

• Assist with cleaning up the layers 

• Assist with cleaning up character sheets and props. 

• Making sure the character stays in the model

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​Freelance Animator, Clean Up- Dir Kaniz Fatema 

• Clean up rough animation

• Adding in between animation

• Improve the timing of the animation. 

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​2nd Key Animator — Tatsunoko Production (Anime: Turkey)

• Cleaned key animation, designed character corrections, and crafted lighting/shadow effects.

 

Art Director Assistant — Creative Freak (Anime: Kanteshi)

• Revised key animation layouts, character models, and provided technical notes for production.

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Genga animation/ 2key aniamtior nigen - Pirate Revenge(indie project) 

• clean up the animation

• second key animatior 

 

Layout/cleanup animation- Starfire vs Blaze indie animation

• Help to add in between the animation 

• Fixing keyframe animation mistakes 

• improve the work of the previous animation 

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Layout Animator — Kozeki (Project: Hibiku Kokoro)

• Developed rough key animation and managed animation timing sheets.

Rough Animator — Vilo Studios

• Created foundational animations and refined character models for team consistency.

2024

2nd Key Animator — Studio Eclipse (Contract)

• Produced between animation sequences for key scenes.

Rough Animator — Creative Antacid (Project: Captain Zero)

• Designed rough animations and structured production timelines.

HRIS Contractor — Metropolitan Water District

• Supported HR systems with SQL/data analysis (balancing technical and creative roles).

2023

Freelance Artist — San Bernardino, CA

• Enhanced character designs for animation projects, incorporating feedback from art directors.

• Collaborated on visual targets for unannounced indie games.

Graphic Designer — Union Artists

• Designed logos for major festivals and co-created a monthly artwork series.

Notable Projects

• Turkey!: 2nd key animator 

• Even given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I’m actually the Strongest: layout art director assistant. 

• Hibiku Kokoro (Studio Kozeki): Storyboard artist and character designer.

• Lo and Lo Sakkan for episodes 5 and 8 for Reincarnated as A Dragon Hatchling 

• Work on as a lo sakkan for One Punch Man season 3 for ep 8.

• Lo and rough animator for The Transparanet Man and human woman - The two who will eventually become a couple. 

• Nigen(Tiedown artists) for Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle. 

• Fighting Video Game: Led pixel animation and character design for a combat game.

• Pixel Mario Game: Supervised a 7-member team to deliver a finished game demo.

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