Artist BIO
Justina Haejin Son is a concept illustrator and costume illustrator who works in the entertainment and publishing industries.
She started her career as a museum graphic designer and concept artist in the game industry after graduating from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco (BFA in traditional illustration/Fineart) in 2009. After a decade of being a studio artist in game, She decided to redirect her journey to do what she loves the most- character design and creating the story and scene in it- She's been working as a costume illustrator and concept artists on live-action projects such as She-Hulk,Transformers, Blue Beetle, Red One, Dungeons and Dragons, games and TV projects. She is currently working on her own graphic novel as focusing on designing fun characters.
bluejustina@gmail.com
Work Experience
Costume illustration. Character design. Keyframe illustration. illustration.
[FILMs and TVs]
Red One (2024) Action / Mystery
Director : Jake Kasdan
Costume Designer : LJ, Laura Jean Shannon
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) Action/ Sci-fi
Director : Steven Caple Jr.
Costume Designer : Ciara Whaley
BlueBeetle (2023) Action/ Adventure
Director : Angel Manuel Soto
Costume Designer - Mayes C. Rubeo
Beacon 23 (2023) Scifi TV Series
Based on : Beacon 23 ; by Hugh Howey
Costume Designer - Joyce Schure
She-Hulk : Attorney at Law (2022) - Disney+
Director : Kat Coiro
Marvel Visual development Studios
Moonshot (2022) Scifi/Romance -
Director : Christopher Winterbauer
Costume Designer - Stephanie Lewis
When We Danced (2023) | Award-Winning Short Film | Best Short Film
Director : Ryan Moore
Producer/ Costume Designer - Anthony Francisco
For the details on Linkedin page
: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justina-haejin-son-a1630720/
[GAMEs and Publications]
Dungeons and Dragons : 9B studios
Startrek Online season 13, 14 KEYART : 9B studios, Gearbox,Crypic Studios
Olympic Games Beijing 2022 NFT. : Dolphin Entertainment
[Full time In-studio Artist] 2010-2017
Aristocrat Gaming(Gimmiegames)
APPLOVIN (Previously Machine Zone)
Sourcebit (Prev. Wandake Game Studio) ,
Gree International (Prev. Funzio)
[Freelancing Clients]
Namco Bandai, Zspace, Present Creative, The 5th Planet more etc
[INTERNSHIP]
Graphic Designer at Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco
Education
Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. (2004-2009)
Bachelor of Traditional illustration in Fine Art
Continuing Education
Concept Design Academy in Pasadena, CA ( 2017- ), Online Classes, Workshop.
Character design, Costume illustration and zbrush for film costume design.