MENTORS
Get to know your mentors who are currently working in the industry
SHAWN LEE
GRAVITY WELL
Previously PIXAR & DISNEY
Shawn has been in the feature industry for about 7 years where he spent most of his time at Pixar and Disney Animation! Most recently, his growing interest in game development brought him over to Gravity Well working on something very exciting!
He started as a trainee on Ralph Breaks the Internet and worked as an animator starting from Frozen 2, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, and other Disney Plus projects! Then he moved over to Pixar to work on Lightyear, Elemental, and Inside Out 2 before he decided to shift into games.
Through countless rejections and reels he worked on as a student, he realized how difficult it was for an aspiring animator to break into the industry. This was one of the reasons why KYOSIL was created so he could explore ways to help students to improve while catering to their specific weaknesses.
He believes that by connecting passionate professionals with eager students in a space that's honest and flexible in learning can help unlock the potential in students' work.
He hopes to help each student to unlock their potential while focusing on growth.
STEPHEN
EUSEBIO
BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT
Stephen Eusebio is from Los Angeles and has been a 3D artist and an Animator for 13 years.
He’s currently a Senior Animator at Blizzard Entertainment on the Overwatch team and has been for the past year and a half. Before joining the Overwatch team, Stephen was on the Blizzard Cinematics team where he animated on the best video game cinematics in the world. His work includes the cinematic and in-game cinematic shorts for Overwatch, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo, and World of Warcraft.
Before Blizzard, Stephen worked in the advertising and vfx industry at Petrol Advertising. While there he contributed to the marketing campaigns of numerous games, tech and products, cinematics, and commercials. He worked at Petrol for 8 years starting as a 3D Generalist and worked his way up to 3D Department Lead.
When not working, Stephen loves to draw and play music on a number of instruments. He loves finding new places to eat, new cafes to have coffee, and new recipes to cook. He regularly plays video games with his friends and hosts board game nights at his house. He really enjoys being active, hiking, biking, playing basketball and yelling at the TV while watching basketball games (Go Lakers!). But you’ll most likely find him drawing, or spending time with his family, and his two cats Boba and Taro.