paints a signal in smoke. How do you respond? auilix@gmail.com

| Site-specific projection-mapped narratives |



"the speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd..."

My most recent immersive narrative project with my projection-mapping group, Inspiration Burns was an award-winning installation taking place within the Edinburgh Burns Monument. Seven multi-planed animations were mapped to fill the monument from floor to ceiling. An ephemeral narrative was constructed intertwining the life of the poet and his works, and a reactive soundscape included recorded Burns singers which changed with each iteration.

"hewn from nature"

Project Lifehouse brought worlds of animation to two halls of the University of Edinburgh's Anatomical Museum, breathing life into static structures, including the Museum's collections of skeletons and statues, in a celebration of the mysteries of anatomy. Visitors who dared find their way in the darkness were able to trigger reactive animations, via hidden motion-sensors, and fully mapped animations sprang from the shadows.

"i said, 'you, on the other side- let her go..."

Edinburgh International Film Festival : Atmosphere - Hellboy was an immersive projection mapping display played in conjuction with Hellboy for the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012 Atmosphere series. 3D backgrounds, weather effects, colours and special effects were used to draw the audience into the mood of Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece.

Ami Bogin is a narrative artist who animates, illustrates, makes comics, and tells stories in every possible way. Her immersive experiences, in conjunction with the group House Chimeric, are award-winning, site-specific works intended to imbue a sense of narrative to a structure, and allow the audience to interact with it in return.

communication through digital paintings, 3d and 2d animation & installations always find new ways to let the demons out auilix@gmail.com

| Illustration, animation, & sequential art |


  • Meeting - A digital painting for a class on visual storytelling
  • Maker Faire Poster detail for the audio game Stupid Creatures by Two Big Ears
  • Give away - A digital painting for a class on visual storytelling
  • Concept art for a new audio game by Two Big Ears - Useless Stupid Creatures
  • A digital painting for Saturday Night Live's Film Unit Christmas Card 2012
  • A watercolour advert illustration for the Bond Street Bar in Asbury Park, NJ, based on their company identity.
  • The Glass Urchin is an autobiographical webcomic I continue to update twice a week for over four years now.
  • A commissioned piece for a client, I was provided a description and a back story. This character is not owned by me!
  • A kabuki inspired Alice in Wonderland piece for a charity auction for the Asian American Comicon
  • Background illustration for a charity pet shelter fundraiser event poster at The Brooklyn Lyceum
  • A fun self-portrait inspired by my love of the sequential arts
  • An early page of an as-of-yet unreleased comic I am working on. In addition to the art and design, I also wrote the story.
  • A series in which I found people who were still visible on the Google street maps and painted the scene as if I was there.
  • A personal piece and emotion study done entirely in Photoshop.
  • Some frames from a short piece called Rally published in Washington!, NERD Comics' second successful anthology.
  • Illustration for a win graphic in a social media brawling online game.
  • A concept art piece for a friend's voice modification program called Dehumanizer, inspired by the programs unsettling sounds.
  • Because I was not formally trained in an art school setting, I go to many life drawing classes to help improve my art

From personal pieces to commercial work, my style is often based on fanciful and imaginary characters with ligne claire settings. I am influenced by works of European and Asian modern artists, as well as the American indie artist culture. I enjoy animals as characters but I also like to experiment with people in varying degrees of cartoon style. I love to incorporate atmosphere in detailed backgrounds, working from sight or memory of the places I've traveled or lived in.

I also enjoy sequential art because, like animation, it is a form that plays with the passage of time. In addition to personal and commercial fiction and non-fiction comic projects, I am also the co-founder of NERD Comics, a New York-based collective. We publish our own anthologies, tour at comic conventions together, and host monthly meetups to encourage and engage the comic artist community. I can work with physical mediums with pencil, inks, and brush, or on the computer in full color with a Wacom tablet.


Mediums used: Pens and pencils, Markers, Watercolours, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5


If you would like to read further, please check out GlassUrchin.com, where you can read my entire webcomic online for free! It began when I moved to New York City after graduating from my undergraduate degree and goes through my pitfalls, heartbreaks, and adventures, and has been updating for the past four years. All the stories are true.
Click to go to The Glass Urchin

2012 graduate with distinction of university of edinburgh's design and digital media msc presented for your kind consideration auilix@gmail.com

I love to create narrative worlds, particularly in situated forms of media, and I do not constrain myself through one form or medium to do so. My installation experience is a mix of animation, storyboarding, video editing, projection mapping, and interactive programming, as well as hands-on site setup, including audio/visual rigging and site build. I enjoy being pushed to my limits, physically and mentally, and I am a quick learner. I am a dual citizen of the US and EU, and can live and work in either area without restriction. I have made toys, wrote books, and lived in four different countries. I love to lose sleep working on something I'm passionate about.





Experience Animation for short sequences, VR experiences, mobile games, and projection mapped events. Animating styles include 3D and various 2D mediums such as traditional and Flash based animation.
Education The University of Edinburgh - Design & Digital Media Master's 2012 with distinction
Specialty Traditional and 3D character animation, storyboarding, colourscripting, video editing, and animation for multi-plane projections
Computer Skills Adobe Photoshop CC, AfterEffects CC, Flash CC, Illustrator CC, Toon Boom Animate Pro 2, Autodesk Maya 2013, Blender on both Windows and Mac platforms. HTML, CSS, Javascript and ActionScript 3.0

Thank you for viewing my portfolio. Please contact me at auilix@gmail.com or on the phone at +44 7983 394 868 in the UK and +1 908 670 2782 in the US.