Aja Toutonghi
Currently, I am an animation production student abroad at Arts University Bournemouth, UK. Before graduating high school, I did my best to strengthen my education in storytelling every summer, furthering myself towards my goal of being a professional character designer. I’d attend various art, animation, and design courses while working part-time as a receptionist at a workout studio. Today, I’m studying to round out my experience in various departments in the animation industry, and working every day to broaden my scope of capabilities in my art as a storytelling medium. I’m intent on bringing my all to the animation industry through hard work.
Experience
CalArts: Discover Animation - August 2018
CalArts: Discover Animation - June 2019
Digipen Summer School: Scholar’s Art - July 2019
CalArts: Game Art Workshop - March 2020
CalArts: Portfolio Development Workshop - July 2020
Ringling Precollege: Game Art and Concept Art - August 2020
CalArts: Animation Intensive Summer - June 2021
Gobelins Animation Summer School - July 2021
PortPrep Development Workshop with Garth Laidlaw - July 2022
CalArts: Animation - May - June 2023
Education
Arts University Bournemouth, Bournemouth, England
BA Animation Production
September 2022 - present (graduate June 2025)
Skills
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Procreate
Medibang Paint
Maya
Nomad
Substance Painter
Zbrush
TVPaint Animation Pro
Microsoft Word
Google Workspace