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