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France Art Residency: Château d'Orquevaux
This collection features artwork developed during my artist residency at Château d'Orquevaux in France. The residency provided an idyllic environment to explore new visual narratives and reflect deeply on my creative voice. The beautiful French country side and the wonderful resident artists were incredibly inspiring.
This collection features artwork developed during my artist residency at Château d'Orquevaux in France. The residency provided an idyllic environment to explore new visual narratives and reflect deeply on my creative voice. The beautiful French country side and the wonderful resident artists were incredibly inspiring.
China Art Exibition: My Fluffy Me
I had the incredible opportunity to participate in "My Fluffy Me," a major traveling group exhibition touring across 10 cities in China. For this showcase, I contributed a series of illustrations that capture warm moments of traveling with your pet. It was deeply rewarding to see my work travel across regions and connect with a widespread audience through our shared love for animals and everyday wonder.
I had the incredible opportunity to participate in "My Fluffy Me," a major traveling group exhibition touring across 10 cities in China. For this showcase, I contributed a series of illustrations that capture warm moments of traveling with your pet. It was deeply rewarding to see my work travel across regions and connect with a widespread audience through our shared love for animals and everyday wonder.
Other artist’s amazing works
East Of Eden by John Steinbeck Bookcover Project
I had the wonderful opportunity to redesign a bookcover for the legendary classic
East Of Eden by John Steinbeck.
AD: Callie Bri Keels
I had the wonderful opportunity to redesign a bookcover for the legendary classic
East Of Eden by John Steinbeck.
LA Times Weekend
client: LA Times
ad: Brandon Ly
Eat and Drink your Greens!!
Sketches
Decor Maine The Art Issue
client: Decor Maine
ad: Briana Hadorn, Susan Grisanti
Sketches
Decor Maine The Stylish Getaway Issue
client: Decor Maine
ad: Briana Hadorn, Susan Grisanti
Sketches
Grand Central Market Elevator Vinyl
client: Grand Central Market
ad: Tim Aaron
Grand central market, one of LA’s most popular tourist spots, commissioned me to design their elevator vinyl. We decided to go with a map of LA with sports stadiums surrounding GCM. I used a rough ink sketch style to capture the LA vibe.
Illustration Assets
The client asked for a few illustrations of objects from GCM to put up around the building
Great White X Ruthy Kim
I had the exciting opportunity to design chore coat and drink menu cover for the renown restaurant.
AD: Tim Aaron
I had the exciting opportunity to design chore coat and drink menu cover for the renown restaurant.
Seasonal Drink Menu
Parchment Paper Design
T-shirt Design
Spring Wedding Project
For my Wedding that just took place in 2025 May, I illustrated the save the date, welcome sign, 176 guest portraits, and custom wine bottle labels.
Save the Date
Wine & Champagne Bottle Labels
Persona: Exploring Self-Portraiture
museum director: James Fishburne
client: Forest Lawn Museum
museum director: James Fishburne
exhibition date: April 26 through Aug 10, 2025
title: Spring Bride Series
When James first contacted me about the exhibition, I was skeptical. I would love to work on other people’s portraits, but self-portraits? I was busy planning for my wedding, and I was wondering if I should participate at all. Then I decided to draw myself as a bride- an imperfect bride.
Ruthy Kim is a Los Angeles-based illustrator and designer passionate about sharing stories through illustrations that commemorate the joyous moments in life. The Spring Bride Series is a personal exploration of transformation and celebration. As Kim prepares for her own wedding in the spring, these self-portraits capture the anticipation and joy of a life-changing moment. This series features vibrant digital compositions, incorporating spring flowers to symbolize growth and renewal. It also embraces the beauty of imperfection, reflecting on how individuals enter marriage as their imperfect selves, and through the shared struggles and joys, marriage helps people grow and evolve together.
Percy Jackson End Title Sequence
I had a wonderful previlege of being a part of the title sequence project as an illustrator.
studio: imaginary forces
role: illustrator
credits
creative directors: karin fong, tosh kodama
art director/animator: henry chang
designer: brandon savoy
designer/lead illustrator: jorge artola
illustrators: ella lee, ruthy kim
animators/compositors: merrill hall, alex rupert, christian arnsparger
animation interns: jeffrey su, michael wang
editor: lexi gunvaldson
producer: jordan sharon
coordinator: nic luong
creative directors: karin fong, tosh kodama
art director/animator: henry chang
designer: brandon savoy
designer/lead illustrator: jorge artola
illustrators: ella lee, ruthy kim
animators/compositors: merrill hall, alex rupert, christian arnsparger
animation interns: jeffrey su, michael wang
editor: lexi gunvaldson
producer: jordan sharon
coordinator: nic luong
Percy Jackson Season 2 Opening Title Sequence
Following the Emmy Award–winning Season 1 opening sequence, I had the opportunity to collaborate again with Imaginary Forces as a painter on the Season 2 opening title sequence.
studio: imaginary forces
role: painter
credits
creative directors: karin fong, tosh kodama
lead animator: merrill hall
animator: henry chang
illustrator: jorge artola
editor: lexi gunvaldson
painter: ruthy kim
animation intern: david oye
producer: jake fritz
associate producer: nic luong
executive producer: renée robson
Cashapp
I had fun opportunities to work with Laundry Studio for Cashapp’s end of the year review video
I had fun opportunities to work with Laundry Studio for Cashapp’s end of the year review video
client: Laundry Studio
Some of the style frames I designed for Cashapp’s end of the year review video
role: illustrator
studio: laundry
sketch
Amazon Prime Black Friday Football
studio: imaginary forces
role: illustrator
Legends of Runeterra Social Design
client: Hammer Creative, Riot Games
ad: Matt Winkel
Goose 3D Reels Project
Goose 3D Reels Project consists of three 20-second animated reels that introduce viewers to the character and his world.
Goose 3D Reels Project consists of three 20-second animated reels that introduce viewers to the character and his world.
Goose’s Day Off
What does the goose do when he has all the time to spare?
He engages himself with his favorite acitivities: working out, making art, and watching TV.
Even in his free time, he doesn’t mess around. Take a sneak peek into the day of a life of Goose.
What does the goose do when he has all the time to spare?
He engages himself with his favorite acitivities: working out, making art, and watching TV.
Even in his free time, he doesn’t mess around. Take a sneak peek into the day of a life of Goose.
Banana Land
Welcome to the mini banana-themed amusement park full of rides and attractions.
Come spend a day having fun riding our banana rides!
Which ride would you try?
The Journey of Goose
Floating in the space, he decides to launch himself and see where he ends up.
He is then transformed into an egg, and then into something larger than himself. Follow the journey of Goose and discover where he will go next!
Process
Using C4D, Arnold, Greyscale gorilla plugins, and aftereffects, I wanted to create a 3D world for Goose that is simple and yet visually strking. To create visual consistency throughout the projects, I limited myself to using simple geometry shapes to build its world.
Little Goose Children’s Books
Banana Goose recounts the beginnings of Goose as a special bird born from a banana.
Different from all his fellow geese, he goes through a major identity crisis. He then realizes
that the very thing that made him different and lonely is what makes him strong and unique.
Banana Goose recounts the beginnings of Goose as a special bird born from a banana.
Different from all his fellow geese, he goes through a major identity crisis. He then realizes
that the very thing that made him different and lonely is what makes him strong and unique.
Little Goose, Big Dreams
Little Goose, Big Dreams is about the goose in denial of his dream. Even though he badly wants to go explore space,
presuming that he never would be able to, he convinces himself that he doesn’t want to go to space after all. Meanwhile,
he keeps trying and failing… until he finally becomes honest with himself.
