Fun · Minjae Kim

01 · Film · VFX

A thesis film that earned more attention than I expected.

My SVA BFA thesis film, a short VFX piece that became my first introduction to "design as a system." Awarded across the festival circuit. The first project where I realized composition, timing, and restraint could carry as much weight as the idea itself.

Thesis film · SVA BFA · 2020

Bon Appetite

A short film exploring food, character, and the unexpected behaviors of everyday objects. Built across Cinema 4D, After Effects, and a lot of late-night re-renders. The work that made me realize design and animation share the same vocabulary, composition, timing, restraint.

Recognition

ADC Gold Cube 2022

SIFFF · Finalist 2021

The Rookies · Draft Selection 2021

The Rookies · Finalist 2021

SVA · Best in Show, VFX 2021

02 · 3D Animation

3D as a sandbox for testing ideas.

Modeling, lighting, and short-form animation experiments. I treat 3D as the space where compositional ideas get to break before they show up in product work.

Stationery Company Submission Artwork

Animation project by Minjae Kim.

Circle of Life

Team 3D artwork project.

Jackpot · Signature VFX

Worked on Jackpot's signature VFX, used across splash screens and ads on multiple platforms.

Jackpot · Big Win Celebration

Produced creative asset for big-winner moments on the Jackpot platform.

Toy Bunny

Houdini fur environment project.

CCRT

Internship project for CCRT.

03 · Painting

A decade of paint as a way to keep looking carefully.

Oil, watercolor, and acrylic. The medium that taught me the most about composition, light, and patience.

04 · Packaging + Product

Designing for the hand, not just the screen.

Packaging is product design with a one-shot read. The user decides in a second whether the object earns its space. Brand merch from real work (the Jackpot launch series) sits next to personal product experiments. The discipline of shipping something at factory tolerance has its own teeth.