Stunning.

After graduating from Academy of Art University (San Francisco) with a BA, Sylvia Ji moved down to LA to take a job as a lingerie designer but satisfies her passion for painting after hours.

Born to Korean parents, Sylvia Ji and her sister grew up in artistic family. She started her interest in art from a very young age and eventually became one of today's well-known artist.

When she was asked where she get her inspirations from, Sylvia said "A lot of personal experience. And I love fashion and costumes. I visit other studios and see what other people are doing, visit other people’s studio spaces, photography, cities, every day walking around, music definitely. Sometimes, I listen to music while I paint but I get tired of it and I’ll switch to movies and watch movies while I paint."

Read more of her interview *here*
Or visit her *beautiful website* for more of her gorgeous paintings.

Soa Lee is a pretty 3D illustrator from South Korea who digitally draws amazingly beautiful artworks of women. Her works have been included in EXOTIQUE, EXOTIQUE 2 and EXPOSÉ 4.

From an unknown Korean traditional animator, to a highly-prized 3D artist, Soa Lee has been consistently creating breathtaking pieces of digital illustrations even since she won the first prize at the Korea Computer Art Association, only 6 months after she took a 3D course.

Ever since her university days, Soa Lee had been curious about the workings behind a good animation model. At first she wasn't interested in computer art at all, being more a traditional cell animator, and thoroughly ensconced in the 'ink and paint'; Later on, 3D animation in Korea became very popular, as did the uptake of online game play. Anyone working within the 3D realm in Seoul was deemed to be using the technology as an adjunct to bringing the model into an animation later on.  This was her ticket into this exciting field. Soa Lee decided she had to be a part of this industry wave.

Soa Lee feels that the computer is just a means to an end. At present, she spends time experimenting with 3D spacial techniques. "I am always reminding myself that 2D and 3D software are all just tools to create great images," she says. “I always strive to produce the best images using any techniques.  I’d only use 3D software as simply a tool to create better animations.”

Soa has always been attracted to the human characters as her favorite theme. Depending on the area of the job she is doing, Soa changes her creative methods. "Faces are usually drawn by referencing," she explains. "I combine different pictures that have the facial shapes I'm looking for. I then create images from these and refer to them continuously. I take similar steps by combining various pictures in Photoshop. The images from these processes become a great sketch and these become the foundation of the 3D production. I draw manually for the detailed elements and patterns."

Read more about Soa Lee from her interview with CGSociety and CG-Node. Also see more her works in her CGPortfolio.

Ted Kim, also known as Ted Kimchee or Seoulman is a concept artist and illustrator born and raised in Canada with extensive work in the video game industry since 2000. He has contributed to a number of published titles including Cel Damage, Cel Damage Overdrive (UK), Full Auto and Full Auto 2: Battlelines working as Lead Concept Artist for some of them.

His most recent work is a tribute to the well-loved Capcom characters: The Street Fighters Tribute book alongside great comic artists such as Adam Hughes, J. Scott Campbell, and Sean Galloway.

Aside from working on freelance projects with Imaginary Friends Studios and other companies, he likes to create personal artworks that he sells on his website store and also in Facebook.

Kim Kang San, a.k.a. Manager B.P, is a concept artist from Seoul, Korea who has worked on the concept designs and illustrations for various games.

Check out his website which include his sketches, drawings, tutorials and even a blog. His recent works can also be found on his CGPortfolio.

Dongyun Lee was born in Seoul Korea. After he got a BFA in Visual Communication Design from Kyunghee University, he moved to United States and studied Animation at Savannah College of Art and Design for a year. Fom there, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts(SVA). He is going to receive a Master Degree in Illustration in May 2008.

Currently, Dongyun Lee is focusing on Freelance illustration jobs and Gallery shows. He was recently interviewed by DesignNet (in Korean) and got an honorable mention from Playboy. Also check out his new book, Hurt, a limited edition of 400 copies, with 58 pages of beautifully illustrations printed on high quality Japanese paper, and comes with a 30" x 20" poster.