KENNY MOK
kennymokk@gmail.com

BACKGROUND DESIGNER | 3D MODELER | VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST


2026

Jan 2018 -

Lead Visual Development Artist - Pixile Inc.

  • Designed background/environments, prop assets, splash screens and characters.

  • Super Animal Royale successfully launched Steam December 2018. In July 2023, Super Animal Royale hit 10 million total players.

 

Mar 2025 -

Background Designer -

 

Feb 2026 - Jun 2026

Background Designer - Green Street Pictures

  • Designed and painted backgrounds for Season 1 of Green Street’s Unannounced title.

  • Built 3D models for complex sets for future reuse.

 

2025

Oct 2023 - Dec 2025

3D Modeler/Designer - Funky East Design

  • Responsible for working with the project manager on and off-site to design and build 3D models of the exterior and interior spaces of a 30 million dollar estate construction project.

  • Also built 3D models for smaller residential construction projects.

 

Feb 2025 - Jun 2025

Background Designer - Bento Box Entertainment

  • Designed backgrounds for season 4 of Bento Box’s Krapopolis.

 

Sept 2024 - Feb 2025

Background Designer - Titmouse Animation

  • Background designer at Titmouse, designing environments for season 1 of Netflix’s Strip Law.

  • Built 3D models to assist board and background artists.

 

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

Freelance Background Designer - Bento Box Entertainment

  • Brought on to help design backgrounds for season 4 of Bento Box’s Krapopolis during background-heavy episodes.

 

2024

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

Background Designer - 20th Television Animation

  • Designed backgrounds and environments for seasons 14 & 15 of 20th Television’s King of the Hill.

  • Brought on to help the design team during background-heavy episodes, but eventually stayed on for 2 seasons as a full-time background designer.

 

Oct 2021 - Aug 2024

Background Designer - Disney’s Marvel Studios

  • Designed backgrounds for seasons 1 &2 of Marvel Studios’ X-Men ‘97.

  • Emmy Nominated 2024: X-Men '97's fifth episode, "Remember It" is nominated for Best Animated Series.

  • The Dorian Awards: X-Men ‘97 wins Best Animated Show.

  • Harvey Awards: X-Men ‘97 wins for the Best Adaptation Award.

  • HPAAwards: X-Men ‘97 Season 1 wins for Outstanding Visual Effects.

  • Rotten Tomatoes Awards: X-Men ‘97 wins the Golden Tomato for Best Animated Series.

  • Annie Awards: X-Men '97 was nominated for Best Character Design.

 

Feb 2024 - Jun 2024

Visual Development Artist - Green Street Pictures

  • Building 3D models and designing background/layouts for Negative Space, a pitch deck Green Street Pictures has in development.

 

Feb 2019 - Apr 2024

Co-Owner & Project Management - Mr.Obanyaki

  • Co-owner of a Japanese pastry business called Mr. Obanyaki.

  • Focused mainly on developing brand identity.

  • Developed procedures for staff to follow to ensure a smooth operation.

  • Maintained a knowledge base of the evolving product offerings and improved customer retention by 10% by proactively recommending new products to existing customers.

  • Provided excellent customer service daily & quickly triaged incoming calls and customer orders.

 

Feb 2024 - Apr 2024

Freelance Background Designer - Bento Box Entertainment

  • Designed backgrounds for season 3 of Bento Box’s Krapopolis.

 

2023

Aug 2023 - Sept 2023

Freelance Concept Artist - Otherworld

  • Responsible for conceptualizing digital environments, characters, and props that will be used in an immersive interactive art installation/mixed reality playground.

 

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Development Artist - Titmouse Animation

  • Designed backgrounds and layouts for pitch decks and shows Titmouse has in development.

 

Jun 2022 - July 2023

Background Designer - Titmouse Animation

  • Designed backgrounds for seasons 1 and 2 of Titmouse’s Hospital.

  • Annie Awards: The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy was nominated for Best Mature Television Series.

 

May 2023 - Jun 2023

Background Designer - Bento Box Entertainment

  • Designed backgrounds for season 2 of Bento Box’s Krapopolis.

 

Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

Freelance Background Designer - Warner Brothers

  • Helped on several episodes of Warner Bros.’ Bugs Bunny Builders.

  • Brought on to help the design team during background-heavy episodes.

 

2022

May 2022 - Dec 2022

Background Designer - Bento Box Entertainment

  • Designed backgrounds for seasons 1 and 2 of Bento Box’s Krapopolis.

 

Oct 2022 - Dec 2022

Background Designer - Bento Box Entertainment

  • Designed backgrounds for season 1 of Bento Box’s Grimsburg.

 

Apr 2022 - May 2022

Background Designer - Titmouse Animation

  • Designed backgrounds for a Justin Roiland Halloween Special “Slashtronaut”.

 

Mar 2022 - Apr 2022

Freelance Background Designer - Warner Brothers

  • Helped with background designs on several episodes of Warner Bros.’ Bugs Bunny Builders.

 

2021

Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

Background Designer - Titmouse Animation

  • Designed backgrounds for season 3 of Titmouse’s Star Trek: Lower Decks.

  • Peabody Award: On June 10th 2024, the Star Trek franchise received the Peabody Institutional Award, which is given annually to recognize an organization or long-running television program that has made an indelible mark on the American broadcasting landscape.

 

Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

Background Designer - Warner Brothers

  • Designed backgrounds for season 1 of Warner Brother’s Bugs Bunny Builders.

 

Apr 2021 - July 2021

Background Designer - Titmouse Animation

  • Designed backgrounds for season 1 Amazon Prime’s The Boys: Diabolical.

 

Jan 2021 - May 2021

Background Designer - Cartoon Network

  • Designed backgrounds for season 2 of Cartoon Network’s Apple and Onion.

 

Apr 2020 - Jan 2021

Background Designer - Netflix Animation

  • Designed backgrounds for seasons 1 and 2 of Netflix’s Inside Job.

 

2020

Apr 2019 - May 2020

Background Designer - Rough Drafts Studios

  • Designed background and environments, and props for seasons 3 and 4 of Netflix’s Disenchantment.

 

2018

Jan 2018 - Sept 2018

Background Designer - Titmouse Animation

  • Background layout, Background paint, and props for Adult Swim’s Animated Series “Tigtone”.

 

2017

Aug 2017 - Nov 2017

Visual Development Artist - Titmouse Animation

  • Clash Royale - Background layout/paint for 6 commercial spots.

  • Moon Girl - Background layout for a pitch deck for an upcoming Marvel animated television show.

  • Foxy Trotter - Visual development for a pitch deck heavily inspired by the 1970s.

  • Nike Champs - Composited, reworked, and cleaned up three large-scale posters for a Nike and Champs commercial.

 

Apr 2016 - Jun 2017

Background Layout Artist - Secret Sauce Animation

  • Designed backgrounds and layouts for a feature game cinematic codenamed Extinction.

 

2016

Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

Design Internship - Titmouse Animation

  • Assisted the animation, production, storyboard, prop design and background design teams with day to day needs.

  • Developed an understanding of the animation industry through hands-on experience in the storyboard and visual development process and gained knowledge of the production pipeline.

 

Clients

Marvel Studios | Warner Brothers | Netflix | Cartoon Network | Titmouse | BentoBox | Rough Drafts | Pixile Inc | Secret Sauce | Otherworld | Funky East Design | Green Street Pictures


Education

Art Center College of Design - Pasadena, CA
B.F.A in Illustration: Entertainment Arts

Concept Design Academy - Pasadena, CA
Blender for Concept Art with Andre Balmet

Gnomon - Los Angeles, CA
Worldbuilding in Unreal with Rene Hernandez


Skills

Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchup, Blender, Sketchbook Pro, Indesign, Microsoft Office, Unreal Engine